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June 4, 1896: Ford Test Drives First Car
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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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June 4, 1896: Ford Test Drives First Car
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 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 […]
June 3, 2009: Core i7 “Nehalem”
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 2009 – Intel introduces the Nehalem Core i7 processor, code-named “Lynnfield”. The i7-950 and 975 models are 4-core processors with a speed of 3.06 GHz. The processor ran 64-bit instruction set and could take up to 24 GB of RAM at DDR3 800/1066. Price: $294.00
June 2, 1988: IBM PS/2 Model 70
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1988 – While not the first version of the PS/2, the Model 70 was introduced with the 80386 processor. 16, 20, and 25 MHz clock speeds. The Model 70 also used a 25 MHz Intel 486 processor in a complex called the Power Platform. If you wanted to upgrade to […]
June 1, 1979: the 8088 Microprocessor
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1979 – Intel released the successor to the 8086 processor in the Intel 8088 chip. With a clock rate of either 4.77 MHz or 8 MHz, this 16-bit chip had an external bus of 8 bits and 29,000 transistors. It was used in IBM PC and PC-XT computers during the 80’s. […]
May 31, 2006: The Pirate Bay Raided, Swedish Political Party Increased
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 2006 – Swedish police raid the host of the Pirate Bay BitTorrent. On the same day, the Pirate Bay political party increased their numbers by 500, with an additional 930 joining the following day. The site stayed down for 3 days, but came back to double the traffic due to […]
May 30, 1987: Compact Disc Video (CD-V) Format Released
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1987 – North American Phillips Company introduced the compact disc video format. Using the same technology as LaserVision, the “CD’s with Pictures” would be gold in color and the same size as an audio CD. They could hold up to 800 MB – which would allow for a full length […]
May 29, 1999: Five Million Domain Names Registered
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1999 – Believeinkids.com became the five-millionth domain name in the world. At the time, a domain name cost $70 for the first year, $35 a year thereafter. The domain name was abandoned and is still available to this day. Vim 4.0 is released IEEE 1394 officially becomes “Firewire”
May 28, 2014: Apple Music Acquires Beats
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 2014 – Rumors flew high on this one, so when it happened, many people were not surprised. Apple announced they were going to acquire Beats Music and Electronics in a $3 billion deal. As part of the acquisition, co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine would join Apple. Beats subscription service […]
May 27, 2003: WordPress CMS Released
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 2003 – Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little created a Fork of B2/cafelog. From there, WordPress was born. Since its release, WordPress has taken over Content Management Systems (CMS) with its ease of use and plethora of programmers that have made plugins, themes and other tweaks to the system since. […]
May 26, 1998: AMD K6-2 Processor
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1998 – At the beginnings of the AMD / Intel battle, AMD brought out a processor to dual with Pentium II. The AMD K6-2 processor was a Super Socket 7 pin structure, which also was compatible with older Socket 7 motherboards. With 9.3 million transistors, the K6-2 had a […]
