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February 15, 2019

February 16, 1978: First Bulletin Board System (aka CBBS)

1978 – The first computer bulletin board system was created in Chicago, Illinois by Ward Christensen and Randy Suess. The Computerized Bulletin Board System (CBBS) came together in 30 days, where it was then launched. Even though it was already turned on for testing, today was the day CBBS went into production. Inauguration of 911 First known Malware for Mac OS X Lance Armstrongs’ bike is stolen. Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe! Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS | More

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February 13, 2019

February 14, 2005: YouTube is Founded

Happy Valentines Day! 2005 – YouTube, the popular video sharing website, is established by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim. The website was registered on February 14th, and didn’t officially launch until November 2005. Google bought out YouTube on October 9, 2006 for $1.65 Billion. With an upload every 20 minutes and over 1 Billion views a day, YouTube has definitely grown to a video powerhouse. Texas Instruments makes the first “micro on a chip” Lotus Symphony Nintendo releases the Game Boy Advanced SP Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe! Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS | More

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February 11, 2019

February 12, 2001: Anna Kournikova Virus Hits Internet

2001– Jan de Wit – a.k.a. “OnTheFly” sends out an email stating that it is a picture of the famous tennis player. Of course it turned out to be a a Worm that takes down tens of thousands of computers. Most companies will shut off their email to the world just to prevent from getting it. De Wit would then be arrested two days later and sentenced to 150 hours community service. Packard Bell employee opens fire Windows NT 4.0 and 2000 source code is leaked Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe! Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS |...

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February 11, 2019

February 11, 2012: Apple Tries to Ban Samsung, JOSS Taken Down

2012 – Apple began the lawsuits in the US of Samsung made Galaxy Nexus citing patent violations back in April 15, 2011. This would span across the Nexus S, Epic 4G, Galaxy S 4G and Galaxy Tab. A lawsuit that has gone back and forth between the two companies. The patents in question were for data tapping, a Siri search method, a slide-to-unlock patent and a word completion patent. On this day, Apple officially asks for a preliminary injunction for Samsung sales in the US . 1966 – The Johnniac Open Shop System (JOSS) was taken down by the RAND Corporation. JOSS...

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February 7, 2019

February 8, 1996: 24 Hours in Cyberspace Book

1996 – It was the single largest online event at the time. 24 Hours in cyberspace was coordinated by Rick Smolan to capture photos representing a day in the life of the internet user. Photos would be handed in from around the world and put out on Cyber24 dot com. The website is no longer in service and there is no good Internet Archive to the site. The Communications Deceny Act becomes Law The Harvard Mark I Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe! Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS | More

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February 6, 2019

February 7, 2000: Mafiaboy DDos on Yahoo, 6 Other Web Sites

2000 – 10:15 AM, Mafiaboy – Michael Demon Calce, a 16 year old hacker from Canada – targets 7 sites with a Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS). Amazon, Buy.com, CNN, eBay, E*E*Trade, MSN and ZDNet are all affected. Mafiaboy would be sentenced to eight months in a youth detention center for this DDoS. The project was called Rivolta (riot in Itallian). Yahoo! was his first target. Calce later said he downloaded the application but didn’t realize he ran it so he went to school. When he came back his computer was crashed and he had no idea what happened....

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February 4, 2019

February 5, 1999: First Major Webcast in Victoria’s Secret

1999 – Victoria’s Secret holds their annual fashion show after dealing with the networks for the last 10 years. The event attracts attention – 1.5 million visitors to be exact in 90 countries. The company uses the same idea the next year to rousing success. This was considered the first Major Successful webcast. Ads were run on Wall Street Journal, New York Times and other print publications. However, it was the ad spot on the Superbowl that would cause the uproar. Within minutes of the commercial airing, 1 million people logged onto the site – causing it to crash. This is pre-...

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February 2, 2019

February 3, 2009: RAMBUS Patent infringement Postponed Indefinitely

2009 – Judge Ronald M. Whyte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order indefinitely postponing the coordinated patent-infringement cases filed by RAMBUS against rival memory chip makers. Hynix Semiconductor, Micron Technology, Nanya Technology and Samsung Electronics were plaintiffs on RAMBUS lawsuits. Apple phases out computers in Best Buy, Circuit City, Office Max and Sears Free-PC will no longer give away Free PCs Microsoft releases Windows XP SP1 Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe! Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS | More

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February 16, 1978: First Bulletin Board System (aka CBBS)

February 14, 2005: YouTube is Founded

February 11, 2012: Apple Tries to Ban Samsung, JOSS Taken Down

February 8, 1996: 24 Hours in Cyberspace Book

February 7, 2000: Mafiaboy DDos on Yahoo, 6 Other Web Sites

February 5, 1999: First Major Webcast in Victoria’s Secret

February 3, 2009: RAMBUS Patent infringement Postponed Indefinitely

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