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April 13: Moore’s Law First Coined

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April 13, 2013

1965- You may have heard about Moore’s Law. This states that every 18 months, a processor will double in speed. The law’s name is coined after Intel co-founder Gordon E. Moore. He said: It can’t continue forever. The nature of the exponential is that you push them out and eventually disaster happens. The law started with the Integrated circuit. It has continued to this day – especially since we switched ideas and, instead of speeding up, we double the amount of processors. Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for April 13 [dithsponsorq12] Apple discontinues the Power Mac G4 Atari signs agreement with Williams Electronics Metallica sues Napster Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

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April 7: ATOM Processor Launched

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By Jeffrey Powers @geekazine

April 7, 2013

2008- Intel launches their newest processor: the ATOM processor. It’s codename was Silverthorne. It is a ATOM Z single processor using the 45 nm die processes (the processor was smaller than a penny). The ATOM processor would run at 800 MHZ with a 512 L2 cache and 533 Front side bus. The most current ATOM processor is the S1220, S1240 and S1260 for servers (released December 2012). ATOM processors can run 32 bit and 64 bit hardware and software. Wikazine – Full show notes for April 7 [dithsponsorq12] Sun lays off Scalable System Group Workforce AOL VoIP launches Publication of the RFC 1 Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

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January 27: Magnavox Odyssey Production Begins

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By Jeffrey Powers @geekazine

January 27, 2013

1972 – Magnavox begins the production of the Odyssey Video game system. The final release date was not until May. It was a very primitive system with no processors and the cartridges are jumpered configurations. The system will be on the market for a year before being discontinued. Wikazine – Full show notes for January 27 MIT vs. David LaMaccia Kevin Mitnik cracks the WELL White House e-mail outtage Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

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January 21: Kevin Mitnick Uses the Internet

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By Jeffrey Powers @geekazine

January 21, 2013

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. Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed

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