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April 3: First Cell Phone Call, Microsoft Deemed a Monopoly

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April 3, 2013

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed 1973 – Martin Cooper made the first handheld cellular phone call in public. Walking down the streets of New York, Cooper – the General Manager of Motorola’s communication system division – talked on the phone. It’s not the first cellular call since car phones have been around before then. The phone is also known as the “Brick” cell phone. 2000 – US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issues a forty-three page conclusions of law, ruling that Microsofttried to monopolize the web browser market. The next day, Microsoft stock drops 15% as an aftershock. Wikazine – Full show notes for April 2 Atari declares today Pac Man Day The first Telnet specification IBM ...

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March 9: PowerOpen Environment

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By Jeffrey Powers @geekazine

March 9, 2013

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed 1993 – The PowerOpen Association is formed to conform to the PowerOpen environment, which is an open standard for running forms of Unix on PowerPC platforms. Apple, IBM, Motorola are all in on this group.Wikazine – Full show notes for March 9 IBM 2260 Four-millionth domain name Newscorp says no to counter offer on Yahoo 2008 – Sarah Lacy’s SXSW interview with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

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January 21: Kevin Mitnick Uses the Internet

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By Jeffrey Powers @geekazine

January 21, 2013

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed 2000 – Kevin Mitnick, who was imprisoned for 5 Years in hacking IBM, Motorola and DEC; then a big chase with the FBI, was released from prision. He was still ordered to not log onto a computer.2003 – Kevin Mitnick finally logs back onto the Internet after the 3 year probation. He fought the prohibition from the Internet and got it reduced to 3 years. No word as to where he went on his first login. Wikazine – Full show notes for January 21 AOL acquires Personal Library Software Intel stamping serial numbers on processors Microsoft’s Injunction to package Java from Sun Microsystems.

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