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| The Day in Technology History is a podcast detailing what happened in Tech. This is a daily podcast, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. We look at stories of the Information Age, dates of artifacts, creation of Silicon Valley and the history of companies like Microsoft, IBM, Apple, Commodore, Facebook, Twitter and more. It’s a Computer museum in a podcast. |
May 24: AOL is Founded through Quantum Computer Services
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1985 - Quantum Computer Services was founded. Technically, it was a reorganization of Control Video Corporation, which main goal was to sell online service “Gameline” to Atari 2600 users. When it failed, the company re-launched as QCS. They market “Q-Link” for Commodore users.
Quantum Computer Services would then change their name to America Onlin (AOL).
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- MIDAS II
- Sega introduces a rating system for games
- Microsoft launches Windows NT 3.1
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May 23: MySQL, Java Programming
Sun Microsystems
1995 - Sun releases the Java Programming language. James Gosling at Sun Microsystems originally developed the language as a core component to Sun’s Java platform. It uses C and C++ syntax.
On the same day, MySQL releases their SQL database program for web pages. using C and C++, the SQL parser used yacc and a hybrid of lexer called “sql_lex.cc”. Many different websites to this day use MySQL, including us at Geekazine and the Day in Tech History.
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- Windows Vista Beta 2 is released
- Kevin Mitnick is arrested
- NEC gets into the home video game market
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May 22: Pac-Man Video Game is Released
Pac-Man
1980 - The first Pac-Man machine was installed. Namco installed the first Pac-Man machine in a movie theater in Tokyo. Created by Toru Iwatani, the game has been one of the most popular in Arcades around the world. Of course, Pac-Man was one of the most popular games in history and created many spin-offs including Ms. Pac-Man. Pac-Man was released in North America October of that year.
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- Robert Metcalfe describes a new device called the Laser Printer
- Adobe ships Illustrator 7.0
- Apple splits Newton into it’s own division
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May 21: Caldera International Becomes SCO Group
SCO Group
2003 - Caldera International finished the acquisition of the Server Software and Services divisions of Santa Cruz Operation. They turned around and officially renamed to the SCO group. The focus was more to the UNIX platform. The SCO group was in a major lawsuit with Novell until Masrch 2010 when the courts ruled that Novell had the proper rights to the SCO properties in the Linux OS.
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- The IBM 701 is announced
- Atari stock splits 2-for-1
- Apple releases Mac OS X Server
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May 20: Craigslist vs. South Carolina over Adult Section
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2009 - Craigslist was under fire for their erotic services. Reports of prostitution and other illegal activities were being conducted in the category. Craigslist revamped their site to remove the erotic services and add an “Adult” section – with more moderation. However, South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster for threatening executives of Craigslist with criminal prosecution for aiding prostitution in the state.
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- AppleLink is created
- Microsoft and Intuit discontinue their merger due to Antitrust issues
- Intel makes the Pentium processor available
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May 19: Apple III, aka “Apple Failure III”
AppleIII
1980 – The machine was code named “Sara”. It was the Apple III and was planned to be the successor to the Apple II. However, the machine had enough failures that Apple had to re-launch this computer in August. Therefore, it was refered to as “Apple Failure III”. Then IBM came out with the PC and Apple switched gears with their Macintosh line. Apple III saw modest numbers before it was retired on April 24th, 1984.
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- Star Wars Episode I
- Apple opens the first Apple Stores
- Intel debuts the pineview Atom chip
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