Bill Gates

June 27, 2008: Bill Gates Steps Down

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0627, aggregator, Atari, Bill Gates, bill gates biography, bill gates car, bill gates facts, bill gates foundation, bill gates house, bill gates net worth, bill gates quotes, bill gates salary, bill gates scholarship, ceo of microsoft, day in tech history, erasable pen, explorer 1, Geek, gillette, heart, internet explorer, internet tv, IPO, iTunes, june 27, Microsoft, mosaic, mosaic web, OpenTV, Podcast, RSS, spyglass, stitcher, technology history, tv company, web browser 0 Comments June 27, 2024

Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More

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.

Subscribe to Day In Tech History:

RSS Feed - iTunes - Android - Spotify - iHeartRadio

Facebook -

- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial

- Join me on Patreon and support Day in Tech History

Gillette makes the Erasermate – the first erasable pen
Atari is established

Day in Tech History/ Microsoft

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

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0625, 30 million, 86-DOS, aggregator, AOL, Bill Gates, day in tech history, flood, Geek, geocities, Google, IBM Personal Computer, michael Jackson, Microsoft, Online Communities, paul allen, Podcast, pop star, reminiscence, Seattle Computer Products, Social Networking, steve ballmer, stitcher, technology history, twitter, United States, wikipedia 0 Comments June 25, 2024

Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More

Microsoft

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.

Subscribe to Day In Tech History:

RSS Feed - iTunes - Android - Spotify - iHeartRadio

Facebook -

- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial

- Join me on Patreon and support Day in Tech History

Michael Jackson brings Social Media Down
Geocities was hacked
AOL hits 30 million users

Day in Tech History/ Google/ Microsoft

June 20, 2014: Smartphone Kill Switch

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0620, aggregator, airs, anthony michael hall, Bill Gates, book fire, day in tech history, Electronics, fire in the valley, IBM, ibm 1gb microdrive, imdb entry, joey slotnick, lotus, lotus 1 2 3, Microsoft, noah wylie, Nokia, Nortel, pirates of silicon valley, Podcast, sequel, silicon valley, Smartphones, steve jobs, steve wozniak, stitcher, Technology, technology history, Technology_Internet, television network, tnt television, wikimedia foundation 0 Comments June 20, 2024

Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More

Microsoft

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.

Subscribe to Day In Tech History:

RSS Feed - iTunes - Android - Spotify - iHeartRadio

Facebook -

- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial

- Join me on Patreon and support Day in Tech History

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

Day in Tech History/ Facebook

June 15, 2014: Facebook Changes Breastfeeding Stance

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0615, aggregator, arcades, Benjamin Franklin, Bill Gates, breastfeeding mothers, computing scale, computing tabulating recording company, day in tech history, Facebook, first amendment, FreetheNipple campaign, herman hollerith, historical events, IBM, iTunes, kite, Microsoft, MSX, Podcast, RSS 0 Comments June 15, 2024

Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More

2014 – After a major protest from #FreetheNipple, Facebook decided to adjust their stance on photos of breastfeeding mothers. Facebook implemented the initial ban on December 30, 2008.

The new rule became: Any baby fully engaged in feeding where nipple was covered could remain posted. However, Facebook did have the right to pull down photos if enough complaints were lodged.

Subscribe to Day In Tech History:

RSS Feed - iTunes - Android - Spotify - iHeartRadio

Facebook -

- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial

- Join me on Patreon and support Day in Tech History

1752 – Benjamin Franklin flies a Kite
1983 – Microsoft eXtended Basic (MSX)
1982 – Arcades and the First Amendment
2006 – Bill Gates announces he is stepping down from CEO of Microsoft

Day in Tech History/ Microsoft

June 11, 1980: Steve Ballmer Joins Microsoft

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0611, apple, apple releases, based software, Bill Gates, business, business manager, cell phone camera, day in tech history, geek history, Google, Microsoft, microsoft team, Microsoft Windows, mozy, phillippe kahn, Podcast, steve ballmer, stock options, Windows 8 0 Comments June 11, 2024

Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More

1980 – Otherwise known as “The 24th Man” (to join Microsoft, that is), Steve Ballmer came on as Microsoft’s first Business Manager. He made only $50k and stock options. Of course 30 years later, Steve succeeded Bill Gates as CEO of the Redmond based software company.

Subscribe to Day In Tech History:

RSS Feed - iTunes - Android - Spotify - iHeartRadio

Facebook -

- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial

- Join me on Patreon and support Day in Tech History

Speak and Spell debuts

Compaq purchases DEC for $9 million

The first cameraphone photo – Philippe Kahn taking a picture of his newborn daughter

Apple releases Safari for Windows

1st generation iPhone gets put on the Obsolete list

AMD/ Day in Tech History

May 26, 1998: AMD K6-2 Processor

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0526, 3dnow, advanced micro devices, alignleft, AMD, AMD K6, amd k6 iii, AOL, Axis powers, Bill Gates, caption, chapter 11 bankruptcy, Chief executive officer, Computing, front side bus, Google, Google Chrome, history, History of Microsoft, IBM, IPad, k6 2, Microsoft, mobile solution, Personal computer, pioneers, Porsche, processor line, samsung, saying that microsoft, Socket 7, Socket 7 motherboards, ssd, stitcher, technology history, tidal wave, Wi-Fi, Yahoo 0 Comments May 25, 2024

Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More

1998 – At the beginnings of the AMD / Intel battle, AMD brought out a processor to dual with Pentium II. The AMD K6-2 processor was a Super Socket 7 pin structure, which also was compatible with older Socket 7 motherboards.

With 9.3 million transistors, the K6-2 had a CPU clock rate of 266 to 550 MHz. Of course, these were single-core processors and had front side bus of either 66 or 100 MHz. The K6-2 also featured the MMX and 3DNow! instruction set.

The K6-2+ was added to keep up with Pentium III processors. The processor line only lasted a year and was ultimately replaced with K6 III.

Subscribe to Day In Tech History:

RSS Feed - iTunes - Android - Spotify - iHeartRadio

Facebook -

- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial

- Join me on Patreon and support Day in Tech History

AMD released the K6-2 processor
Samsung announces the 256 SSD
Psystar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

Day in Tech History/ Microsoft

April 21, 1977: MITS vs Bill Gates & Microsoft: 8080 BASIC

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0421, Bill Gates, ghz pentium, Google, gotomeeting, Hertz, intel, letter, micro instrumentation and telemetry systems, Microsoft, MIT, mobile solution, paul allen, Personal computer, royalty, royalty payments, stitcher 0 Comments April 20, 2019

Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More

April 21, 1977: Microsoft sends notice to MITS

1977 – Two days prior, Microsoft send MITS a letter with the allegation that they were not up on royalty payments and if they didn’t catch up, MITS would be in breach and the 8080 BASIC would be pulled. MITS sends a letter stating that they are not correct. Ultimately, this would begin a debate that would end in November when Microsoft pulled the 8080 BASIC out.

Subscribe to the Day in Tech History

Subscribe to Day In Tech History:

RSS Feed - iTunes - Android - Spotify - iHeartRadio

Facebook -

- RSS Bandwidth by Cachefly Get a 14 Day Trial

- Join me on Patreon and support Day in Tech History

The Tanday 5000MC
Intel 3 GHz Pentium 4
Firefox 3.0.9 is released

Day in Tech History/ Software

April 20, 2009: Oracle Purchases Sun Microsystems

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0420, acquisition, alignleft, attachment, Bill Gates, breach of contract, caption, compaq, dollar deal, Google, IBM, MySQL, New York City, oracle, paul allen, personal computers, sears roebuck, Solaris, SPARC, sparc processors, stitcher, stock, sun microsystems 0 Comments April 19, 2019

Subscribe! Spotify | RSS | More

2009 – Oracle announces they have purchased Sun Microsystems in a $7.4 billion dollar deal. This includes stock at $9.50 / share. That would also be the acquisition of SPARC processors, Solaris OS, Java and MySQL, among other items. The deal would be finalized on January 27th 2010.

Compaq and Sears-Roebuck offer Presario line of personal computers
Bill Gates and Paul Allen write the letter to MITS on breach of contract
IBM opens it’s first PC store in New York City

«‹ 2 3 4 5 ›»