Day in Tech History
The Day in Technology History: Daily rundown of events in science, tech and geek. Find out what was released, happened in history: chronological order. This Podcast is produced 7 days a week.For the Tech History Geek in all of us. http://www.dayintechhistory.com
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September 17, 2008: Sarah Palin’s Email Hacked
2008 -Sarah Palin succumbed to a hacker in a different ...
2008 -Sarah Palin succumbed to a hacker in a different way - through her Yahoo! email. The infiltrator gained access by using common information to reset the password. David Kernell then posted her email and new password on 4chan.
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September 16, 1997: Microsoft WebTV, Steve Jobs back at Apple
1997- Microsoft purchased WebTV back in April for $425 Million. ...
1997- Microsoft purchased WebTV back in April for $425 Million. It didn't take long for the Justice department to clear the purchase, so Microsoft geared down to integrate the WebTV machine. Today, Microsoft showed off the new and improved WebTV.
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September 15, 2008: Best Buy Purchased Napster
2008- Napster has been trying to solidify their name since ...
2008- Napster has been trying to solidify their name since they went legit. They forged the way with music downloads in the 1990's but struggled after. - Enter Best Buy. They saw the opportunity and laid down $121 Million for the company.
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September 14, 1973: IBM Antitrust Lawsuit
1973 - IBM had a suit filed in January of ...
1973 - IBM had a suit filed in January of 1972 by Telex. They accused IBM of monopolizing the “plug compatible” equipment market. This included tape and disk drives, along with other add-on memories. - Judge Sherman Christensen hands down his 222 page...
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September 13, 1983: Osbourne Declared Bankruptcy
1983 - The Osbourne I was a computer introduced by ...
1983 - The Osbourne I was a computer introduced by Adam Osbourne in 1981. It featured a Z80 microprocessor and the computer would run at least $1800. However, the computer company did not fair too well. They tried to mask their true financial statement...
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September 12, 1985: Steve Jobs Leaves Apple to Start NeXT
1985 - After an interesting power struggle with John Sculley, ...
1985 - After an interesting power struggle with John Sculley, Steve Jobs decides to throw in the towel and tenders his resignation at Apple. He announces at the Board meeting he and other low level employees will be starting a new company - NeXT.
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September 11, 2001: 911 Day, 2008: TiVO Announce Phone DVR
Remembering 9-11 Day - 2008 - TiVO and Research in ...
Remembering 9-11 Day - 2008 - TiVO and Research in Motion (RIM) announce they will collaborate to give people another option to record their favorite shows. Coming soon, you would be able to set your DVR and review schedules right from your Blackberry...
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September 10, 1984: First Genetic Fingerprinting Discovered
1984 - Alex Jeffreys of Leicester, England noticed and deduced ...
1984 - Alex Jeffreys of Leicester, England noticed and deduced that DNA is a unique item from person to person and could possibly be used to identify someone. Hence, Genetic Fingerprinting was born. Alex was originally working on a way to determine her...
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September 9,1945: First Computer Bug Revealed
1945 - Grace Hopper is forever immortalized in the computer ...
1945 - Grace Hopper is forever immortalized in the computer world as the first person to find a bug in a computer system. Litterally. The bug was a moth in between Relay #70 on Panel “F” of the Harvard Mark II Aiken Relay Calculator.From there on end,
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September 8, 2008: Real Launched RealDVD
2008 -Real launches a new program that will allow you ...
2008 -Real launches a new program that will allow you to put your DVDs and other format movies onto the hard drive. It instantly became a hotbed of controversy as the software raised the question: can you legally copy the data to another media?
