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 7, 1981: DOD’s Illiac IV Retired
1981 - It was called the Illiac IVILLIAC IV and ...
1981 - It was called the Illiac IVILLIAC IV and was the first large parallel processing computer. The computer was first planned by the Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency who contracted the University of Illinois to build it.
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September 6, 2011: Yahoo! Carol Bartz Fired via Email
2011 - Carol Bartz sends an email to her (former) ...
2011 - Carol Bartz sends an email to her (former) staff at Yahoo! To all: - I am very sad to tell you that I've just been fired over the phone by Yahoo's Chairman of the board. It has been my pleasure to work with all of you and I wish you only the b...
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September 5, 2007: Lulu sued Hulu over Similar Name
2007 - Lulu.com is a site that allows people to ...
2007 - Lulu.com is a site that allows people to publish their own books. Hulu.com is an online video site. Still, Lulu felt that Hulu was way too close to their name, so they decided to file a lawsuit for similarity.Similarity of what? -
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September 4, 2008: Apple Removed “Pull My Finger” Application
2008- A letter was published from the creator of "Pull ...
2008- A letter was published from the creator of "Pull my Finger" iPhone application from Apple. The program was simple - you pull the finger and a sound was created (You can guess the sound). The letter read:
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September 3, 1995: AuctionWeb (eBay) Founded
1995 - The online auction site eBay officially was founded ...
1995 - The online auction site eBay officially was founded on this day by Pierre Omidyar, but it was known back then as "AuctionWeb". The first auction was for a broken laser pointer. It was sold for $14.83.
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September 2, 1995: Sega Saturn Launched, 1969: ARPANET Connects
1995 - Sega launches the Saturn video game console in ...
1995 - Sega launches the Saturn video game console in the US. The 32-bit Cartridge loading system contained the 2 x Hitachi SH-2 32-bit RISC (28.6 MHz). It was launched in Japan and Europe earlier in the year, but didn't hit the US until this date. -
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September 1, 2008: Google Chrome “Accidentally” Released
2008 - It was hailed as a "Mistake" on their ...
2008 - It was hailed as a "Mistake" on their blog. With that, Google Chrome is released in Beta on Windows machines. The new browser takes a lot of people by surprise as this was a pretty secretive project - that is, until the comic was released.
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August 31, 1994: Adobe Finalizes Merger of Aldus
1994 - Adobe finalizes the merger with Aldus to try ...
1994 - Adobe finalizes the merger with Aldus to try and create a new powerful desktop manager. Aldus brought to the table a desktop publishing program in "PageMaker". The program was first created in 1985 and used the emerging Graphical User Interface ...
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August 30, 1995: Microsoft Office 95 Released
1995 - Just a few days after the launch of ...
1995 - Just a few days after the launch of Windows95, Microsoft puts out the newest version of the Office software. Technically, it's called "Office 7.0", but Microsoft wanted to brand it as a companion to the newest operating system. Therefore,
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August 29, 2003: b. variant Blaster tracked down
2003 - Jeffrey Lee Parson was arrested from his home ...
2003 - Jeffrey Lee Parson was arrested from his home in Minneapolis MN. He was suspected to be developer of the b. variant of the Blaster virus. The virus would turn infected computers into a unit that would give windowsupdate.microsoft.
