Ctrl Alt Defunct

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OccasionalLabs presents Ctrl Alt Defunct. The rise, the crash, and the assets sold separately.

Episodes

  1. 2d ago

    E05: Myspace — Everybody Was Friends With Tom

    Sal and Ara on Myspace: eUniverse not a dorm room, Tom as default friend, the Top 8, News Corp and Intermix, Google ads, Facebook passing them, Timberlake, and the songs lost in a server move.

    E05: Myspace — Everybody Was Friends With Tom

  2. 2d ago

    E04: CompUSA — Rise and Fall

    Sal and Ara name the show Ctrl Alt Defunct, then tell CompUSA from Soft Warehouse in Addison to the IPO, Slim, Computer City, Good Guys, the 2007 wind-down, and the smaller Systemax afterlife.

    E04: CompUSA — Rise and Fall

  3. 2d ago

    E03: Exabyte — Rise and Fall

    Sal and Ara on Exabyte: Boulder 1985, StorageTek founders, the EXB-8200, the 1989 Nasdaq IPO, Mammoth delays, Ecrix and VXA, and the 2006 Tandberg asset sale that left shareholders expecting nothing.

    E03: Exabyte — Rise and Fall

  4. 2d ago

    E02: USRobotics — Rise and Fall

    Sal and Ara on USRobotics: Chicago 1976 founders and Casey Cowell, the Nasdaq IPO, Courier HST and the BBS sysop program, Palm, the 3Com merger under Éric Benhamou, the 56K war, later CEOs, and the brand still listed in 2026.

    E02: USRobotics — Rise and Fall

  5. 2d ago

    E01: AIM — Rise and Fall

    Sal and Ara remember checking AIM after school, then walk the history: 1997 launch, buddy lists and away messages, the peak in the 2000s, the slide to SMS and social, and the December 15, 2017 shutdown.

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OccasionalLabs presents Ctrl Alt Defunct. The rise, the crash, and the assets sold separately.

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  • Creator
    OccasionalLabs
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    5
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 OccasionalLabs
  • Show Website
    Ctrl Alt Defunct