April 17, 2000: Terraserver Releases Photos of Area 51
2000 – Five arial images of Area 51 are leaked onto Terraserver from a Russian satellite called “Sovinformsputnik. The amount of traffic that went to the site brought the server down, so they had to take the photos off until they could handle the traffic.
Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for April 17 In Wisconsin, friends are called "Sconnies". Even if you're not from Wisconsin, you can be part of the Sconnie Geek Nation through my coverage! By pledging, you join the Geek Sconnie Nation! Plus, you help me cover costs so I can continue the coverage of Gadget tech, music tech, and geek culture through the shows.
Subcribe to Day In Tech History:
RSS Feed - iTunes - Google Play - Spotify
Twitter - Facebook- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial
Be a Part of the Sconnie Geek Nation!
- Qualified schools got copies of the new LOGO programming language
- Toshiba releases the Libretto sub-notebook
- Sweden finds the four defendants in the Pirate Bay case guilty of hosting illegal downloads
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe! Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS | More
