Day in Tech History

Jeffrey Powers
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Day in Tech History

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

  1. 11 HR AGO

    November 12, 2002: Gary McKinnon Indicted

    2002 – Gary McKinnon has been in the news ever since his arrest. Back in 2002, he hacked into networks run by NASA, the Pentagon, along with other military bases around the US. He claims he was on a hunt to find evidence that the US has been covering up alien contact.What makes this a […]

    7 min

  2. 23 HR AGO

    November 11, 2005: Sony suspended CD copy protection

    2005 – In an effort to curb piracy, record companies began putting copy protection on the CD’s themselves.  The electronic marking would cause CD’s to error out if they tried to copy. Unfortunately this idea was riddled with problems. Some players couldn’t read the disks, other people would find ways around the copy protection, such […]

    7 min

  3. 1 DAY AGO

    November 10, 1983: Microsoft Windows 1.0

    1983 – Windows 1.o was announced at the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York City. It was one of the most elaborate product introductions to date. Gates says Windows 1.0 will officially release in 1984, yet it didn’t release until June, 1985. 1986 – Back in that day, Comdex was the big computer show. There […]

    10 min

  4. 2 DAYS AGO

    November 9, 2004: Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Released

    2004 – Mozilla launches the web browser that would finally give Internet Explorer a run for it’s money. Firefox 1.0 web browser was created by Mozilla, who broke free from the Netscape Navigator browser to develop in Open Source. The Gecko layout engine browser would be available for Windows, Mac and Linux – with it […]

    9 min

  5. 3 DAYS AGO

    November 8, 1993: Windows for Workgroups 3.11

    1993 – Microsoft releases the OS Windows for Workgroups 3.11 – which is the last big release before Windows 95. It was built to connect better with Windows NT for businesses. It also had updates to improve stability and system performance. Bubbleboy worm DirectX 9 is released Eric Schmidt bows out of Barak Obama’s search […]

    9 min

  6. 4 DAYS AGO

    November 7, 2000: Pets.com Closes

    2000 – It was a time that would be known as when the Bubble burst. The event technically happened on March 10, 2000. Since that time,  dot com-ers began losing their sites and livelihood. Although Pets.com had a pretty good run and marketing strategy, they didn’t have the momentum to keep investors on board. The […]

    9 min

  7. 5 DAYS AGO

    November 6, 1995: Voodoo 3D Accelerator

    1995 – 3DFX releases the much anticipated Voodoo 3D acceleerator. QuakeGL becomes the first game using the Voodoo 3D. Hi-resolution rendering was it’s advantage. 3Dfx would continue to make the VooDoo until NVidia acquires the rights. 3Dfx would ultimately file for bankruptcy in 2002. Lizzybee.com becomes the 3 millionth domain name The first Walkman Phone […]

    8 min

  8. 6 DAYS AGO

    November 5,1999: Microsoft Found a Monopoly

    1999 – It was over 12 years that we saw Microsoft go through the Department of Justice over Monopoly issues. US district Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued a 207 page Findings of fact on this day. In it, he ruled that Microsoft did have a Monopoly power over the OS in the Intel market. During […]

    7 min
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About

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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  • Creator
    Jeffrey Powers
  • Years Active
    2009 - 2024
  • Episodes
    21
  • Rating
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    © 2024 Geekazine.com
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