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. 6 HR. AGO

    November 21, 2008: Justin.TV Online Suicide of Abraham Biggs

    2008 – Some watched in horror. Others watched thinking it was a joke. Still, Abraham Biggs was a troubled teen. He decided to end it all and do it in front of a live audience. He got on Justin.tv and told people he was taking sleeping pills. After a little while, he went to lie […]

    7 min

  2. 18 HR. AGO

    November 20, 2013: AOL Tries to Shut Down WinAmp

    2013 – AOL shocked a lot of geeks when they announced WinAmp.com would be shutting down and the software would be no longer available come December 20th.  The next day rumors surfaced that Microsoft was planning to buy it – which didn’t go further than the inital report. The service did not shut down though. […]

    7 min

  3. 1 DAY AGO

    November 19, 1993: Don’t Post Bomb Instructions Online

    1993 – The Ionizer – Otherwise known as Michael Elanky, recieved 28 months in prison for posting bomb-making instructions on his BBS. There have been other instances of this throughout history, but Elansky was a member of the International Information Retrieval Guild, a computer group very much concerned with freedom of speech and freedom of […]

    7 min

  4. 2 DAYS AGO

    November 18, 1985: Calvin and Hobbes

    1894 – The first Sunday Comics section is printed by the New York World. 1985 – 91 years later, Bill Watterson syndicates a comic about a boy and his stuffed Tiger. Calvin and Hobbes will bring laughter to millions for the next ten years. It reached through 2,400 newspapers (at it’s height) and spun off […]

    8 min

  5. 3 DAYS AGO

    November 17, 2008: Jerry Yang Steps down as Yahoo! CEO

    2008 – After battle upon battle between Microsoft, Google and shareholders (including Carl Icahn), Jerry Yang finally announced to all he was stepping down as CEO of Yahoo! The previous days, Steve Ballmer said they are not going forward with any future purchase of Yahoo! Because of this, stock hit it’s lowest share price, $8. […]

    9 min

  6. 4 DAYS AGO

    November 16, 1977: Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind Debuts

    1977 – Most of the time, we skip over movie releases, unless it has had a definite impact on the Tech and geek community. That is the case with this movie. Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, and Teri Garr was released to 272 US theaters. […]

    8 min

  7. 5 DAYS AGO

    November 15, 1971: Intel 4004 Microprocessor

    1971 – Intel announced the 4004 microprocessor in an ad in Electronic News Magazine. Intel called it a micro-programmable computer on a chip, this was the first single-chip processor. It was also concidered to be the precursor to the x86 processor. The 4004 was followed with the 8008, 8080 and 8085 processors. Federico Faggin was the […]

    10 min

  8. 6 DAYS AGO

    November 14: Computer Dealer Exhibition – COMDEX

    During the 80’s and 90’s, there was a little show called COMDEX. It stood for Computer Dealer Exhibition. For a while, there were 2 versions: The Spring COMDEX (Alternating for a while between Altanta and Chicago) and the Fall COMDEX (Las Vegas). The show was attended by many and there were vendors galore. I remember […]

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