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October 3: Happy Birthday to the Buffalo Wing!

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Buffalo Wings

This is an especially Geeky day, for not only in 1955 was Captain Kangaroo and the Mickey Mouse Club debuting on CBS and ABC, but in 1964 the first Buffalo Wings were made in Buffalo, New York. Hence the name – Buffalo wings.

There are four different versions of how they came to be. Wikipedia accredits Teressa Bellissimo and the Anchor Bar in Buffalo for the invention.

You can serve them up with celery (no carrots), and Blue Cheese dressing (Apparently the folks in Buffalo take offense to using Ranch dressing).

I think we all need to take an evening off and enjoy a beer and wings with your friends.

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  • Patent for the Transistor
  • TASCC is opened
  • Bill Gates on Browsing extensions
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September 28, 2011: Amazon Kindle Fire Debut

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2011 – Jeff Bezos announces a new line of Kindle products including the Kindle Fire. This 10 inch tablet was Amazon’s rival to the iPad. It ran a version of Android that connected with Amazon store. The Fire would cost $199 and came with 30 days of Amazon Prime.

2008 – British Secret Service admitted they have been looking for the next agents. They mention that they have been looking far and wide for spies. That is why they went to Facebook. MI6 placed 3 ads on Facebook to look for people seeking career change.. ability to shake a good martini is preferred.

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  • eDonkey shuts down
  • IE overtakes Netscape as the #1 browser
  • Bill Gates, Paul Allen, and Kay Nishi accept new IBM contract
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September 5, 2007: Lulu sued Hulu over Similar Name

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2007 – Lulu.com is a site that allows people to publish their own books. Hulu.com is an online video site. Still, Lulu felt that Hulu was way too close to their name, so they decided to file a lawsuit for similarity.Similarity of what?

Now if you want to go sue someone who is backed by NBC Universal, you have a lot of marbles. Nonetheless, it sounds more like a publicity stunt for Lulu to get their name out. Well, the lawsuit was dropped on Oct. 22, and Hulu launched in Beta. Ultimately, by March 12th, 2008, Hulu.com was officially launched.

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  • Jerry Seinfeld / Bill Gates commercials start
  • Facebook opens the search feature to non-Facebook members
  • Mytunes Redux
  • STRETCH is decommissioned.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates Create the Microsoft – Apple Alliance

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August 6, 1997: Bill Gates & Steve Jobs create a Microsoft/Apple alliance

It was the day that will live in infamy. Apple on the verge of collapse. Steve Jobs in dire need. So he calls on the only person that can help – Bill Gates.

Well, it didn’t happen that way. But in 1997, at MacWorld Expo, the two come together to announce a five year alliance. Microsoft buys $150 Million of non-voting stock into Apple and hold it for 3 years. Patents will be cross-licensed for the next 5 years. Microsoft Office would be created for Mac computers. Internet Explorer would also be developed for the Mac OS.

This is considered one of the 10 most pivotal moments in tech history. Of course, Steve Jobs changed directions and Apple grew after this moment. Although some might have said this was one of Apple’s worst moments in time, it really turned out to be their best.

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Other today in technology historical facts:

  • Tim Berners Lee posts the WWW project at alt.hypertext Usenet newsgroup
  • XP Service Pack 2 is released
  • Apple removes Google Maps off the iPhone
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July 22, 1988: Arrests of Fry Guy, Atlanta Three, Legion of Doom

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July 22: Arrests of 3 hacking organizations

The Secret Service made some major breakthroughs in Hacking circles in 1989 as three members of the Legion of Doom were arrested. They were charged with hacking into Bell South’s Telephone Networks in 1988.

Franklin Darden, Adam grant and Robert Riggs would be sentenced to time in Federal prison.

The Secret Service also find out who “Fry Guy” is – the employee who hacked McDonalds mainframe for raises. It was part of the “Hacker Crackdown”.

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  • Mac OS 8.0 is released
  • Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign the MITS agreement
  • Amazon purchases Zappos
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June 27, 2008: Bill Gates Steps Down

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2008 – Microsoft CEO Bill Gates officially steps down from office. He hands the reigns over to Steve Ballmer, and stays on as Chairman of the Board.

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  • Gillette makes the Erasermate – the first erasable pen
  • Atari is established
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Day in Tech History/ Microsoft

June 25, 1981: Microsoft Incorporates, Plans to Buy 86-DOS

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1981 – Microsoft goes through a restructure to incorporate in Washington. Bill Gates would become president, Paul Allen was Executive Vice President. Steve Ballmer would come on full-time with a $50,000 year salary.

The reason why they incorporated? On this same day, Paul Allen sends a proposal to Rod Black of Seattle Computer Products for Microsoft to purchase all rights to 86-DOS for $30,000.  At that point, they had only a non-exclusive license (since September 22, 1980). This was a strategic move because Microsoft had a relationship with IBM, and wanted to re-license for the IBM PC.

After a month of negotiations, Seattle Computer agreed to the purchase for $50,000. However, that was not the end of it, as they found out of the IBM deal. They finally settled years later for $1 million.

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  • Michael Jackson brings Social Media Down
  • Geocities was hacked
  • AOL hits 30 million users
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June 20, 2014: Smartphone Kill Switch

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2014 – Microsoft and Google agree to the Kill switch technology. In a California bill SB-967, Smartphones built after July 1, 2015 will consist of a hardware or software option to “kill” the phone. Further, a $500 to $2,500 fine will be issued to anyone selling a stolen phone.

Once switched, the device will not be able to turn on, even during a hard reset.

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  • 1926 – First wireless phone is demonstrated
  • 1989 – Lotus 1-2-3 version 3.0 is released
  • 2000 – IBM 1GB Microdrive
  • 2003 – Wikimedia Foundation is founded
  • 2009 – Nokia purchases Nortel
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