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November 6, 1995: Voodoo 3D Accelerator
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1995 – 3DFX releases the much anticipated Voodoo 3D acceleerator. QuakeGL becomes the first game using the Voodoo 3D. Hi-resolution rendering was it’s advantage. 3Dfx would continue to make the VooDoo until NVidia acquires the rights. 3Dfx would ultimately file for bankruptcy in 2002.
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November 6, 1995: Voodoo 3D Accelerator
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1995 – 3DFX releases the much anticipated Voodoo 3D acceleerator. QuakeGL becomes the first game using the Voodoo 3D. Hi-resolution rendering was it’s advantage. 3Dfx would continue to make the VooDoo until NVidia acquires the rights. 3Dfx would ultimately file for bankruptcy in 2002. Lizzybee.com becomes the 3 millionth […]
November 5,1999: Microsoft Found a Monopoly
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1999 – It was over 12 years that we saw Microsoft go through the Department of Justice over Monopoly issues. US district Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued a 207 page Findings of fact on this day. In it, he ruled that Microsoft did have a Monopoly power over the […]
November 4, 1984: Dell Computers Launches
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1984 – Michael Dell launches his new business of IBM compatible PC’s from his dorm in Austin, TX. The idea was to sell a philosophy over a product. The philosophy was to sell direct to customize to the shopper. Of course, Dell’s award winning service throughout the years has […]
November 3, 1999: REAL Networks Admits to Data Collection
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1999 – Real Networks admits to collecting data without telling users with their software program RealJukebox player. When the issue was brought up by a competitor, Real apologized and issued a patch to change the collection process. For any software to collect data, they must inform you and give […]
November 2, 1931: DuPont DuPrene (Neoprene) Introduced
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1931 – E.I. DuPont announces to the world they have come up with a new substance that is a Synthetic rubber called DuPrene. Made from Acetylene, salt and rubber, this combination would eventually be renamed NeoPrine in 1937. The announcement was made at the American Chemical Society in Akron, […]
November 1, 1995: Intel Pentium Pro Announced
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More Intel announced in 1995 the next generation processor – the Pentium Pro. Unlike the Pentium, the Pentium Pro was a chip designed for 32-bit architecture, so Windows 95 and Windows NT could run true. The processor ran between 150-200 MHz, with a bus speed of 60 MHz (for 150 or […]
October 31st, 2008: Bitcoin Paper Authored
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More The paper was called “Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System” by Satoshi Nakamoto. It was posted to a cryptography mailing list. This was a roadmap to the creation of the crypto-currency, which officially launched on January 3, 2009. The Abstract: A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow […]
October 30, 1938: War of the Worlds – the Fake One
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1938 – Orson Welles shocks the nation with radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds” by H. G. Wells. A large number of listeners who tune into the program ten minutes late (because the singer on the Edgar Bergan show was not that great). Because of this, they […]
October 29, 2013: William Lowe Passes
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 2013: If you grew up in the 80’s, you knew what an IBM PC was. Even in the 90’s and 00’s, the PC was what you had in the corner of the house to do homework on, surf the internet, work out expenses and more. William C. Lowe was […]
October 28, 1955: Happy Birthday Bill Gates
Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More 1955 – William Gates Sr. and Mary Maxwell Gates has a son. William Gates III was born in Seattle, WA. Bill Gates, of course, went on to start Microsoft. Bill was CEO of Microsoft until he retired in 2008. In 2000, he started the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. […]
