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December 12: Apple Initial Public Offering

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1980 – Apple Computer goes up for their Initial Public Offering and makes a statement in the market. Using the symbol “AAPL“, Apple shares started at $22 – but sell out within minutes. By the end of the day, shares rose to $29. The market value became 1.8 Billion, which, in turn, made employees and investors pretty rich – Steve Jobs reports $217 Million, being the largest shareholder. It beat out Ford Motor when it went IPOV (IPO Viral).

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OSCAR I goes into orbit
Christopher Cockerell patents the Hovercraft
FidoNet #1 Hard drive failure
Gawker.com is hacked and full email, password information was up on the Pirate Bay

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December 6th, 1768: Encyclopedia Britannica Published

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1768 – Encyclopedia Britannica began publishing the first print – otherwise known as “part I”. It was the brain child of Colin Macfarquhar, and Andrew Bell, and was a conservative reaction to the French Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot. The first volume would be completed Edinburgh, Scotland by 1771. The 3rd edition would become popular and also expand for the first time. Since then, the Britannica would be digitized and put on CD, then DVD format. Today’s current version has 400 editors and 1,000 contributors. The Encyclopedia also saw several pirate copies during it’s 242 year run.The Encyclopedia would move to the US in 1901. Today, Britannica is produced as a digital version.

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for December 6

IBM 2420
Playstation sells 300,000
Apple Shares fall
Opera v.5 is released
.XXX goes online

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December 3, 1981: Disbanding of IBM Data Processing Division

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine adobe, aggregator, apple, data processing, Data Processing Division, day in tech history, dot kids, dpd, East Fishkill New York, efficiency act, Hardware, historical events, IBM, implementation, Information systems, information systems group, investors, mainframe, mainframe systems, Micron Technology, nad, national accounts division, national marketing, Podcast, Samuel J. Palmisano, twitter 0 Comments December 2, 2018

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1981 – For many years, whenever something came out, it was “IBM’s Data Processing Division releases”… Well, on Dec 3rd 1981, IBM decided and announced that the Data Processing Division was going to be absorbed into the IBM National Accounts Division (NAD), and the National Marketing Division. The 2 divisions would then become part of the Information SystemsGroup. This would be effective January 1982.

The Data Processing Division was launched in 1956. IBM DPD had launched many 370 mainframe systems, as well as the 7090 – which we talk about it’s release on Dec 3rd 1968. For more information, see IBM on the IBM Data Pprocessing Division.

Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act
Adobe purchases Macromedia
Apple looks for Psystar investors

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December 2, 1991: Apple Quicktime

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1991 – What was first a Multimedia add-on for System 6, Quicktime has spent 21 years being Apples’ proprietary player. The original version contained graphics, animation and Video codecs – What was refered to as “Road Pizza”. Since then Quicktime had developed on both Mac and Windows sides (starting in 1992). The current version is called Quicktime X but there are signs the technology is either moving a new direction or possibly retired.

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for December 2

The Virginia Internet Policy Act
AT&T pulls pay phones
Digg.com was not for sale

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November 18, 1985: Calvin and Hobbes

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1894 – The first Sunday Comics section is printed by the New York World.

1985 – 91 years later, Bill Watterson syndicates a comic about a boy and his stuffed Tiger. Calvin and Hobbes will bring laughter to millions for the next ten years. It reached through 2,400 newspapers (at it’s height) and spun off 18 books. Bill Watterson ended the comic on December 31st, 1995 and has left it retired since.

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for November 18

A court says Microsoft is free to market BASIC
International Cryptography Framework (ICF).
DivX sues Yahoo over Google-Yahoo deal
Macy’s Department Store launches largest Internet shopping website to date.
Psystar loses their anti-trust case against Apple

International Cryptography Framework (ICF).

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November 17, 2008: Jerry Yang Steps down as Yahoo! CEO

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2008 – After battle upon battle between Microsoft, Google and shareholders (including Carl Icahn), Jerry Yang finally announced to all he was stepping down as CEO of Yahoo! The previous days, Steve Ballmer said they are not going forward with any future purchase of Yahoo! Because of this, stock hit it’s lowest share price, $8. That, the failed Google affiliation (due to antitrust issues), and a very despondent group of investors, Jerry felt it best to step back in his roll.

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for November 17

USB 3.0 Specification is released
Apple vs. Carl Sagan
Veronica is released

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October 28, 1955: Bill Gates Birthday

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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.

Interestingly enough, 30 years later in 1985, Bill Gates put Microsoft up for IPO. That’s a birthday present…

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for October 28

Apple unveils MessagePad2000
Digital Millennium Copyright Act goes into Law
Palm merges Handspring – forms PalmOne

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October 27, 1999: Dell PC Sales Were #1

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Dell

1999 – Dataquest, a company that monitors PC sales, has shown a trend that Dell had maintained a 5% lead over Apple for 2 consecutive quarters. Therefore, Dell had become #1 in computer sales for 1999. Of course, a recent report mentioned that Apple could now buy Dell if it so inclined.This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for October 27

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Windows Azure launches
Internet Explorer 4.0 releases
The ARPANET stops functioning

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