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Day in Tech History
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February 22: AMD K6-III Sharptooth Processor
AMD
1999 - AMD releases the AMD K6-III Processor in speeds of 400 and 450 MHz. It would feature a 64KB Level 1 cache and a 256KB Level 2 cache. The 3DNow! graphics instructions would be supported, along with Direct X 6.0. There were 21.3 million transistors on the 0.25 micron process wafer.
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- Palm introduces the Palm IIIc and Palm IIIxe
- Popcorn is introduced to the Pilgrims by Quadequina
- Gawker puts Defamer up for sale
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February 21: Space Shuttle Columbia
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Space Shuttle Columbia Crew
2003 – As the Space Shuttle Columbia was re-entering into Earth’s atmosphere, the shuttle disintegrated. It killed all 7 astronauts. After review, NASA discovered that a puncture on the wing had created a structural flaw – like when you have a ding on your windshield, if not repaired, it could completely comprimise the glass – and the ship fell apart.
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- Empire Strikes Back – Special Edition
- IBM Sues Eagle Computer
- Legend of Zelda is released
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February 20: Launch of Mir Space Station
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MIR
1986 - The first piece of the Mir Space Station is launched. With 6 docking ports and labs for research, the Space Station was expected to push us into the stars. The term “Mir” is Russian for “Peace”.
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- Compaq Presario 2100 is introduced
- Napster‘s 1 billion dollar bribe to the RIAA
- Google found Atlantis?
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February 19: Adobe Photoshop 1.0 Released
Photoshop
1990 – Thomas Knoll was a student at the University of Michigan when he decided to write a program for his Macintosh Plus. The program was a simple image viewer, but when his brother – John Knoll – caught wind, he suggested that Thomas turn it into an image editor. Thomas took 6 months to develop the first version of the photo editing program. They then took the idea to Adobe, who snapped the idea up. At that point, Adobe Photoshop 1.0 was released.
20 years later, it became the premier image editing software for most. The first version only ran on Mac and because of the Monochromatic display, only created in black and white. There is not a day I go by without having to open up my version of Photoshop. I even used to do Photoshop contests – Here are some of the photoshops I did.
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- The first computer Search Warrant
- Pong gets patented
- Analog Cellphone networks shut down
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February 18: Sahara Desert Gets Snow
Love in the Snow
1979 – for the first and only time in recorded history, it snowed in the Sahara Desert. It was in Southern Algeria and the storm only lasted a half hour. The snow melted off quickly.
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- Corel ships WordPerfect Suite for DOS.
- JavaScript v 2.0 is released
- White House website recovery.gov is launched
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February 17: Microsoft Windows 2000 Released
windows 2000
2000 – Microsoft released the next version of the Windows Operating system in Windows 2000. Also known at Windows NT 5.0, it was the beginning of merging the NT and 9x versions. Of course, the companion was Windows ME, which didn’t do too well. The end result streamlined the two OS into Windows XP.
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- Apple QuickTake 100 Camera is released
- XBox cord recall
- DTV in the US was suppose to happen today, but was delayed
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February 16: First Bulletin Board System (BBS – then called CBBS)
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RemoteAccess BBS
1978 - The first computer bulletin board system was created in Chicago, Illinois by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess. The Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS) came together in 30 days, where it was then launched. Even though it was already turned on for testing, today was the day CBBS went into production.
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- Inauguration of 911
- First known Malware for Mac OS X
- Lance Armstrongs’ bike is stolen.
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February 15: YouTube is Established
YouTube
2005 - YouTube, the popular video sharing website, is established by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. The website was registered on February 14th, and didn’t officially launch until November 2005. Google bought out YouTube on October 9, 2006 for $1.65 Billion. With an upload every 20 minutes and over 1 Billion views a day, YouTube has definitely grown to a video powerhouse.
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- Intel demonstrates the Willamette processor
- Kevin Mitnik is arrested by the FBI
- The Pirate Bay trial begins in Sweeden
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February 14: ENIAC is Unveiled
US Army photo of ENIAC
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1946 – J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly debut the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). 17,468 vacuum tubes at 100,000 pulses/second. It was part of a $400,000 contract from the U.S. Army.
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- Texas Instruments makes the first “micro on a chip”
- Lotus Symphony
- Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advanced SP
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February 13: Jugi Tandon Storage (JTS) Merged with Atari
Atari
1996 - Atari Corporation announces the merger with Jugi Tandon Storage (JTS). Atari extended a bridge loan of $25 Million so JTS can still build drives. The company would still be known as JTS, but Atari would own 60% of the company.
While Atari was sold to Hasbro via THQ, JTS could not emerge from the debts. They ended up filing Chapter 7 bankruptcy on Feb 28, 1999.
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- The Last Peanuts Comic Strip is released one day after Creator Charles Schultz passes
- Apollo Computer is formed
- Rush Limbaugh gets service call from Steve Jobs
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