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AOL

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May 24, 1985: AOL (as Quantum Computer Services) Founded

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May 24, 1985: Quantum Computer Services was founded (AOL)

1985– Quantum Computer Services was founded. Technically, it was a reorganization of Control Video Corporation, a company that started in 1983. The company was selling online service “Gameline” to Atari 2600 users. You would pay $49.95 for the modem and also a one-time $15 setup fee. With the reorganization, Jim Kimsey became Chief Executive Officer and Marc Seriff took the CTO role. Ninety employees quit, ten remained. The company changed to sell Quantum Link for Commodore 64 and 128 consoles. Eventually, they would get into AppleLink and PC Link. Quantum Computer Services eventually (October 1989) changed their name to America Online (AOL).

Jim Kimsey left AOL in 1995, where he stayed under the limelight. He was appointed to the Board of Trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts by President George W. Bush.


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  • MIDAS II
  • Sega introduces a rating system for games
  • Microsoft launches Windows NT 3.1
Star Wars I: the Phantom Menace

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May 19, 1999: Star Wars Episode I Released

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Star Wars I: the Phantom Menace
Star Wars I: the Phantom Menace

1999 – Sixteen years after “Return of the Jedi”, George Lucas finally moves his vision forward with “Star Wars: Episode I – the Phantom Menace”. The story of young Anakin Skywalker and how Obi-Wan Kenobi brought him in, trained him, and ultimately lost him to the dark side.

Episode I grossed over $924.3 million worldwide and became one of the highest-grossing films of 1999. The 2nd set trilogy would continue with Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith.

The movie was received with warm reviews. The general consensus was the character development lacked while the scenes, characters, and landscapes were breathtaking. Even Roger Ebert gave it three-and-a-half stars.


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  • Star Wars Episode I
  • Apple opens the first Apple Stores
  • Intel debuts the pineview Atom chip
Shrek

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May 18, 2001: Shrek Hits Theaters

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May 18, 2001: Shrek is released

2001 – The computer animated movie “Shrek” hits theaters. The 90 minute movie was produced on a $60 million budget and although it’s first weekend only saw $42 million , the overall theatrical run brought in $487 million. Shrek was the first computer animated film to win an Academy Award (Best Animated Feature).

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  • Sony establishes: Sony Computer Entertainment of America
  • Dell add AMD processors
  • Facebook adds OpenID
McDonalds

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May 15, 1940: Speedee McDonalds Opens

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McDonalds
McDonalds

1940 – The first Corporate McDonalds restaurant opened in San Bernardino, CA by Richard and Maurice McDonald. “Speedee” was the mascot back then – a hamburger-chef that was poised upon the McDonalds sign. The “Golden Arches” dawned on the sides of the restaurant.

In 1955, Ray Kroc took notice and partnered up with the brothers. They created the corporate version of McDonalds at that time. He opened the 9th store in Des Plaines, IL and eventually took the headquarters there.

The original McDonalds was demolished in 1976.

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  • The Love Bug strikes
  • Carl Icahn officially launches a Proxy fight against Yahoo
  • CBS Acquired CNet
  • Supposed Coca-Cola recipe sold on eBay for $15 million
Paint.Net

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May 6, 2004: Paint.Net Graphics Editor Released

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Paint.Net

2004 – A free raster graphics editor, Paint.NET was created and released by Rick Brewster as a school project at Washington State University. The software was released under the MIT License and was at first Open Source. After multiple cases of plagiarism, the software moved to Creative Commons, then in version 3.36 was turned to closed-source (but still free).

The latest version of Paint.Net 4.0 uses NET framework 4.5.1.

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  • The Sierra Network is announced
  • Paint.NET v.1 is released
  • Sprint, Nextel and Clearwire announce WiMAX under the Clearwire name
SEAC

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April 23, 1964: Standards Eastern Automatic Computer (SEAC) Decommissioned

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April 23, 1964: SEAC is retired

1964– The Standards Eastern Automatic Computer (SEAC) is retired after fifteen years. SEAC was the first to use all-diode logic. SEAC was bason on EDVAC. It had 747 vacuum tubes, and the clock rate was under 1 mHz.

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  • Internet Explorer 2.0 is released for Mac 7.0.1
  • Carnegie Mellon warns users of the CIH virus
  • Ubuntu 9.04 is released
Apple II

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April 16, 1977: Debut of Apple II, Commodore Pet

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April 16, 1977: Apple II Debuts

1977 – Apple Computer shows off the Apple II home computer at the West Coast Computer Faire. The $1,298 Home machine featured a 6502 processor, 4kb RAM 16kb ROM and for the first time – A home computer with color graphics.  Apple II was the most recognizable home and school computers in the 80s and 90s. I personally would play Ultima III and Ultima IV on an Apple II after school. The final Apple II rolled off the line on October 15, 1993.

Commodore also unveiled the PET 2001, which is a full-featured computer. It also had the 6502 processor, 4kb RAM, 14kb ROM and a cassette drive for $595. The Pet was replaced by the PET 2001-N in 1979.

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  • Nintendo sues for copyright infringement
  • Adobe Photoshop 7.0 releases
  • Ashton Kutcher Joins Twitter.
Altair

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March 26, 1976: Altair Computer Convention

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Altair 8800

1976 – The First Annual World Altair Computer Convention is held at the Airport Marina Hotel near Albuquerque, New Mexico. Bill Gates opens the convention with his position on software piracy.

Of course, it was all about the Altair 8800. MITS (Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems) was a computer that came in kit form where you could build and improve upon it.

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  • Tablet PC Initiative
  • Kevin Mitnick pleads guilty
  • Dr. Who comes back out of mothballs.
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