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June 12: United States Digital Television (DTV) Transition
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2009 - After much planning and a couple set backs, the Digital TV transition is completed in the US. Stations will Non-profit status or emergency bands could broadcast using analog signal. 2.8 million users were still not ready for the conversion.
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June 11: Steve Ballmer Joins Microsoft
Steve Ballmer
1980 - Otherwise known as “The 24th Man” (to join Microsoft, that is), Steve Ballmer came on as Microsoft’s first Business Manager. He made only $50k and stock options. Of course 30 years later, Steve succeeded Bill Gates as CEO of the Redmond based software company.
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- Speak and Spell debuts
- Compaq purchases DEC
- Apple releases Safari for Windows
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June 9: 25th Anniversary, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Pittsburgh Super Computing Center
1986 – The Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center opens. It links 5 supercomputer centers together – Princeton, San Diego, Illinois, and Cornell University. Today, the center has over 5,000
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- Linux Kernel 2.0 is released
- iPhone 2.0 launches
- MessageMedia and Revnet join to become North America’s largest e-mail marketer
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June 8: Herman Hollerith’s Punch Card Reader – Day in Tech History
Hollerith Punchcard
1887 – Herman Hollerith is a pioneer. His creations in the 19th century were detrimental in modern computing. Herman Hollerith’s creations helped the United States create a Census. On June 8th he received a patent for a punch card reader, which was used in many fashions, including school attendance, for almost 100 years.
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- Intel introduces the 8086 processor
- Yahoo acquires Viaweb
- Apple introduces the iPhone 3GS
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June 6: Apple’s Transition, PowerPC to Intel
steve jobs
2005 - Steve Jobs spoke in front of the masses at the WWDC announcing that Apple will switch their processors from PowerPC to Intel. He then showed off the Mac OS X running on aPentium 4 CPU. The reasoning was that PowerPC chips took too much power to run and also ran hotter than an Intel chip.
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- TI 99/8 is introduced
- The first Internet connection
- Palm releases the Palm Pre
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June 5: Pedro, the Voder Speaks
Pedro
1938 – Pedro, the Voder is the name for the first computer that could produce speech. Bell Telephone brought out Pedro to the Franklin institute to show the new option off. Of course, years later, we can replicate a persons sound, which was shown off when Roger Ebert was on Oprah taking for the first time since his surgery.
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- Apple II goes on sale
- Bob Hope did not die
- Jeff Moss joined the Homeland Security Advisory Council
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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.
It’s all in the book – the ford century
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- Patent for DRAM
- Nintendo introduced the Game Boy
- Packard Bell and NEC merge
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June 3: Commodore TED-16, Plus/4 – Day in Tech History
commodore
1984 – Commodore adds to their line of computers. The Plus/4 – originally called the 264 – was released for $300. The Commodore 16 or TED-16 looked like a Commodore 64 with 16KB of RAM. It was called the “Learning Machine” and sold for $100
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- Nintendo sues Lewis Galoob over the Game Genie
- AT&T offers Wi-Fi at Starbucks
- Microsoft releases “Nehalem” Core i7
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June 2: Changes at PointCast – Day in Tech History
Pointcast
1997 - If anyone remembers the Windows 95 days, you may have had Pointcast playing as the screensaver. It was a push notification site that would send you content. Pretty innovative for it’s time, yet, time ended up getting the best of it. Creator and CEO Chris Hassett stepped down and Pointcast was re-organized.
Ultimately, AOL purchased the company and incorporated it into their systems.
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- IBM PS/2 Model 70
- The CIH Computer Virus surfaces
- Safari Carpet Bomb attack
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June 1: Psion, Intel – Legal Issues Behind “Netbook”
psion
2009 - Back in 1996, Psion trademarked the term “Netbook” to reflect a line of sub-notebook computers. Equipped with a StrongARM processor, the netbook debuted in 1999. However, Psion decided to shelve the device after the 2003 version (Netbook Pro) didn’t meet expectation. Therefore, when Intel decided to dub the term “Netbook”, Psion brought forward the trademark. However, after weighing in on options, Psion decided to drop the case and let Intel use the netbook name.
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- Steve Jobs becomes the major apple shareholder with 1.5 million
- MN city makes Google remove Street view pictures
- The first batch of Scotch Whiskey is made by Friar John Cor
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