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April 6, 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey
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- IBM RS/6000 Model H70 64 bit 4-way Web server
- 2001: A Space Odyssey was released to theatres
- Intel revamps, renames i3, i5, i7 processors
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April 6, 1968: 2001: A Space Odyssey
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1968 – 2001: A Space Odyssey actually premiered in Washington DC on April 2nd, New York and Los Angles on April 4th. It was April 6th that was the major theatrical release date for the US. This Stanley Kubrick classic won an Oscar for best visual effects and was nominated for best director, […]
April 5, 1995: Security Administration Tool (SATAN) Released
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1995– The program is called the Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks. But you may call it SATAN. The Perl written program – Written by Dan Famer and Wietse Venema – was released to help network admins find vulnerabilities in their remote systems. There was a lot of controversy over the […]
April 4, 1975: Microsoft was Founded
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1975– Paul Allen and Bill Gates founded Microsoft in Albuquerque, NM. The company was founded there simply because that is where Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) is located. The duo was building BASIC for the Altair 8800. The Yorkshire Posse attacks 13 corporate sites Gmail is integrated into […]
April 3, 1973: First Cell Phone Call
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 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. […]
April 2, 1987: The IBM PS/2 Released
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1987 – IBM releases a flurry of new items on this day. The most notable was the IBM PS/2 – Their first 80386 system using a 3.5 floppy (720kb or 1.44 MB discs), MFM hard drive, PC-DOS and OS/2. Multiple models were released, including the Model 60 (10 MHz […]
April Fools Day History
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More Watch out today, as the internet becomes a bevy of fake information. The joke telling pre-dates the internet, but since the world started connecting online, the hoaxes have gotten not only more elaborate, but more fun. Did you know that John C. Dvorak wrote an article in 1994 about […]
March 31, 2008: DNS Addressing Flaw
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 2008 – Dan Kaminsky announced he has been in contact with Microsoft over a flaw in the DNS naming system. At this time, there were no other details as to keep this issue as secret as possible while they try to fix the problem. On March 27, Kaminsky discovered that […]
March 30, 1993: AT&T Graphics Software Labs Close
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1993 – The graphics software labs at AT&T closed down and relocated to the AT&T Multimedia Software Solutions. The division focused on software products that included 3D vector based graphic programs like AutoCAD, RIO, TOPAZ for PC and Mac computers. Quantum sells to Maxtor Intel launches Nehalem Microsoft ends Encarta
March 29, 1989: Pixar’s Tin Toy Wins Academy Award
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1982 – The first completely computer animated video wins an Academy Award for best animated short film. “Tin Toy” by Pixar (now a division of Disney) was an animated short film about a toy named Tinny – a one man band – who was being played by an infant named Billy. […]
March 28, 1979: Meltdown of Three Mile Island
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1979 – At 4 PM EST, the nuclear reactors in Middletown, PA (Dauphin County) experienced a partial meltdown. The incident was officially rated a 5-of-7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale: Accident with wider consequences. A stuck open pilot relief valve was to blame for the incident in the primary […]
