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March 14 – Rick Rolled: Never Gonna Give You Up hits Number 1
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Rick Astley
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1988 - It’s the song that found it’s rebirth and the term “Rick Rolled” became a urban saying. Of course, we are talking about Rick Astley and the song: Never Gonna Give You Up. It hit #1 on the charts. Of course, it’s internet fame has turned this into a whole new beast.
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- Microsoft releases XBox in Europe
- NEC announces they will be getting into the computer market
- Apple releases the Power Macintosh computer
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February 29: Atari Moved
Atari
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1996 – Atari moves it’s offices from 1196 Borregas Avenue in Sunnyvale, CA to 455 South Mathilda Avenue in Sunnyvale,CA. The new location gives Atari 7,208 square feet. It was a Bank of America building, and still had the vault door. Jack Tramiel, Sam Tramiel, Leonard Tramiel, Garry Tramiel, Dave Schwartz, John Skruch, Donald A. Thomas, Jr., Scott Sanders, Max Fagan, and Gayle McKim occupied the offices.
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February 28: Right to Privacy
1966 (Feb 28) – With all these ways to listen in on a conversation, the FCC has to make a ruling to protect the rights of US citizens. They create the Right to Privacy act which bands evesdropping or direct and indirect use of radio – controlled devices.
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- M*A*S*H* broadcasts the final episode
- PeopleSoft reorganizes
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January 31: Corel Acquired WordPerfect
Corel WordPerfect
1996 - Corel not only gets WordPerfect form Novell, but also Quattro Pro for $180 million in stock and cash. Michael Cowpland (Founder of Corel) called WordPerfect the “Pepsi to Microsoft‘s Coke”. I guess that was not the case as OpenOffice (RC maybe?) surpassed WordPerfect users.
WordPerfect and Corel have been in flux since 2006, when Vector Capital purchased 72% of the company. Just this last year, they bought up the remaining stock and became privately held once again.
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January 24: RemoteAccess BBS Released to Public
RemoteAccess BBS
RemoteAccess BBS is a DOS Bulletin Board System. It’s software was written by Andrew Milner. RemoteAccess was released as shareware and did a crude version of Multitasking.
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- IBM Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator (SSEC) a.k.a “the Poppa” is dedicated
- Microwave Oven is patented
- Gary McKinnon won right to judicial review
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January 17: Carbon Microphone for Telephone
Thomas Edison
1882 - Thomas Edison created more tech history when he was granted a patent for the carbon microphone for the telephone. The carbon was in between two cups and attached to the mouthpiece. The diaphragm would change pressure, causing the carbon to be pushed upon. That would send electric current to the other end – which would transpose it back to audio.
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Other Historical Events in Technology
- The infamous “Apple Ad” shows up in movie theatres
- IBM charged with the Sherman Antitrust Act
- Apple reaches an “out of court” settlement with NeXT
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January 14: First Assembly Line Ford Model T Car
Ford
1914 – Although the Model T has been around since 1908, the first Ford Model T that was made on an assembly line was completed. This, of course, brought a new wave to the Auto and manufacturing industries. Ford has since been a leader in cars in the US.
Interesting side-note: Henry Ford was on the cover of Time Magazine on Jan 14, 1935.
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Other Historical Events in Technology
- Intel 2.4 GHz processor
- IBM Data 360
- Nortel files Chapter 11
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December 12: Apple’s Filed Initial Public Offering
Apple
1980 - Apple Computer goes up for their Initial Public Offering and makes a statement in the market. Using the symbol “AAPL“, Apple shares started at $22 – but sell out within minutes. By the end of the day, shares rose to $29. The market value became 1.8 Billion, which, in turn, made employees and investors pretty rich – Steve Jobs reports $217 Million, being the largest shareholder. It beat out Ford Motor when it went IPOV (IPO Viral).
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Other Historical Events in Technology
- OSCAR I goes into orbit
- Christopher Cockerell patents the Hovercraft
- FidoNet #1 Hard drive failure
- Gawker.com is hacked and full email, password information was up on the Pirate Bay
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July 23: First Car Ever, First Model A Seventeen Years Later
Gottlieb Daimler Car
Back in 1886, Gottlieb Daimler gets into his new invention. It looks like a horse-drawn buggy, but it has a one cylinder 1.1 HP engine mounted in the back seat. The first car got up to 16 km/h
Seventeen years later, in 1903, Ford Motor company sells it’s first car. A Model A to Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago. It was a twin cylindar combustion engine.
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June 4: Ford Test Drives First Car
Ford Quadricycle
1896 - Henry Ford gets ready to test drive the first Quadricycle (a.k.a. Car). Only one problem – They didn’t make the garage door big enough. Out comes the Ax – A couple chops and a wider door was created. The car ran 2 speed, but could not go in reverse.
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- Patent for DRAM
- Nintendo introduced the Game Boy
- Packard Bell and NEC merge
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