Day in Tech History Jeffrey Powers
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I love history. That is why I started Day in Technology History podcast. It's a Daily rundown of events in science, tech and geek news. Find out what was released, in a chronological order. This Podcast is produced 7 days a week, 365 days a year. www.dayintechhistory.com
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June 13, 1993: Interactive Television from Microsoft
1993 – Microsoft teamed up with Tele-communications and Time Warner to start the revolution known as “Interactive TV”. The ability to buy product right through the set during a show. iTV would give users a Digital Set Top Box in which they would use to browse, go back and watch video. It even connected to […]
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June 12, 1997: 3COM, US Robotics Complete Merger
1997 – Back in February, it was announced that US Robotics be acquired by 3Com Corporation in a $6.6 billion stock swap. This would add to 3Com’s computer networking company against Cisco as they would become the second largest networking company. The merger did go through a series of corporate evaluations before the shareholders agreed to […]
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June 11, 1980: Steve Ballmer Joins Microsoft
1980 – Otherwise known as “The 24th Man” (to join Microsoft, that is), Steve Ballmer came on as Microsoft’s first Business Manager. He made only $50k and stock options. Of course 30 years later, Steve succeeded Bill Gates as CEO of the Redmond based software company. Speak and Spell debuts Compaq purchases DEC for $9 […]
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June 10: Seiko Introduces Ruputer
1998 – Seiko introduces the world’s first wearable PC watch called the Ruputer. It was marketed under the OnHand PC name. The Ruputer had a 3.6 MHz processor and 2 MB of non-volitile storage. The 102×64 monochrome LCD could display data or play games. a joystick with six function buttons were on the Ruputer. This […]
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June 9, 1986: Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Opens
1986 – The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center opens. It links 5 supercomputer centers together – Princeton, San Diego, Illinois, and Cornell University. PSC is a leading partner in the TeraGrid, the National Science Foundation’s cyberinfrastructure program.
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June 8, 2001: NetZero and Juno Merge to United Online
2001 – To compete with AOL, Internet Service Providers NetZero and Juno Online Services announce they will merge to become United Online. The company would eventually acquire other assets to keep afloat, including the purchase of the FTD group in 2008. Of course, NetZero had changed their business model to a Wireless plan in 2012 and […]