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January 12: Apple’s 68 Million Dollar Loss
By January 12, 2013

1996 – Apple had been declining in the last few years. With Michael Spindler at the helm and a host of problems with the failed Lisa project, the company had been dealing with loss after loss. The $68 Million first quarter loss was a wake up call for Apple to change guard. On Feb 2nd, Gil Amelio would replace Michael Spindler as CEO, who in turn would bring Steve Jobs back into the mix and ultimately loose that position to the former CEO.Wikazine – Full show notes for January 12 Sinclair 16/32 bit Quantum Leap (fictional) Activation of HAL 9000 UNIX is introduced ICANN opens up registraton for new top-level domains. Registration fee is $185,000 Podcast: Play in new window | ...

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November 25 – Roxio Acquires Napster
By November 24, 2012

2002 – While in Bankruptcy since the following September, Roxio – along with the Private Media Group – came in and took over the $2.43 million dollar company. They took all logos and names and rebranded it “Napster 2.0″. This time, Napster was a pay site – merging technologies with Roxio Pressplay.The sale completed in 2003Ultimately, the company was purchased by Best Buy in 2008. This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for November 25 DVD Jon releases the crack to WMV9 codec ICANN and the US Commerce Memorandum of Understanding Playboy files suit against Rusty n Edie’s BBS Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

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November 16: Close Encounters of 3rd Kind
By November 15, 2012

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. It was produced on a budget of US$20 million, amd would gross US $5,379,460 in the opening weekend.It also changed the way I ate mashed potatoes. This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for November 16 3Dfx Interactive unveils the Voodoo ICANN selects 7 top level domains (TLD) Intel launches the i7 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

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October 25: Osbourne Vixen, Encore Computer Debuted, Windows XP Released
By October 24, 2012

The Vixen and Encore computers, by Osborn, debuted. Also, Windows XP was released by Microsoft

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September 18: NeXTstepOS, NeXTstation computers released
By September 17, 2012

Day in Technology History for September 18 – NeXTstep and NeXTstation released

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