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November 12, 2002: Gary McKinnon Indicted

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2002 – Gary McKinnon has been in the news ever since his arrest. Back in 2002, he hacked into networks run by NASA, the Pentagon, along with other military bases around the US. He claims he was on a hunt to find evidence that the US has been covering up alien contact.What makes this a tough case is that McKinnon lives in the UK. Since the arrest, he has been waging a war against being extradited to the United States. He has been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome – a form of Autism.

BTW – this is the largest military hack known to have been perpetrated by one individual.

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  • 2012 – John McAfee goes into hiding because his neighbor (Gregory Faull) was found dead from a gunshot the day before. Belize police wanted McAfee to come in for questioning, but McAfee stated the police were “out to get him”. He fled to Guatemala where he was arrested for illegal entry. He was deported to the US on December 12th.
  • The World Wide Web proposal is published by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Intel introduces the 45nm Penryn chips
  • On Computable Numbers with an Application to the Entscheidungs-problem – is published by Alan Turing
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November 10, 1983: Microsoft Windows 1.0

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1983 – Windows 1.o was announced at the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York City. It was one of the most elaborate product introductions to date. Gates says Windows 1.0 will officially release in 1984, yet it didn’t release until June, 1985.

Atari
Atari

1986 – Back in that day, Comdex was the big computer show. There were two versions: one that was held in Chicago in the spring and the other in Las Vegas mid-November. At this time, Atari was the big dog on the block. Jack Tramiel was putting all efforts in this years Comdex after seeing a small dip in the shares.So they set up a 65 booth display with different 3rd party developers that would show off what the Atari could do. The big innovation that year – the SX212 1200 baud modem for $99.95. They also showed off the Atari 2600jr and the Atari 7800, and because of that impressive show, Atari boasted a $25 million profit that year.

Of course, the company went well for a few more years, merged with JTS, which was then bought by Hasbro in 1998. The company still is survived in a way to this day, but not in the glory that it was back then.

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  • IBM introduces Giant Magnetoresistive (GMR) Heads
  • The first Apple iPod is shipped
  • Circuit City files for Chapter 11 protection
  • Bill Gates introduces Windows for IBM PC
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November 9, 2004: Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Released

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2004 – Mozilla launches the web browser that would finally give Internet Explorer a run for it’s money. Firefox 1.0 web browser was created by Mozilla, who broke free from the Netscape Navigator browser to develop in Open Source. The Gecko layout engine browser would be available for Windows, Mac and Linux – with it being the standard browser in current flavors of Ubuntu. Last year on it’s 3.5 release, it set a new worlds record download. Firefox currently takes 1/5 of the market browser share.

This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for November 9

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  • Blizzard settles a lawsuit with Micro Star
  • Netscape acquires Collabra
  • Albert Einstein is awarded a Nobel Peace Prize in Physics
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November 8, 1993: Windows for Workgroups 3.11

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1993 – Microsoft releases the OS Windows for Workgroups 3.11 – which is the last big release before Windows 95. It was built to connect better with Windows NT for businesses. It also had updates to improve stability and system performance.

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  • Bubbleboy worm
  • DirectX 9 is released
  • Eric Schmidt bows out of Barak Obama’s search for a CTO
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November 7, 2000: Pets.com Closes

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Pets.com sock puppet was the most popular part of Pets.com

2000 – It was a time that would be known as when the Bubble burst. The event technically happened on March 10, 2000. Since that time,  dot com-ers began losing their sites and livelihood. Although Pets.com had a pretty good run and marketing strategy, they didn’t have the momentum to keep investors on board. The company worked hard at trying to sell, but even the puppet mascot of a dog holding a microphone wasn’t enough to reel in an interested buyer. The only good sales at Pets.com were the sock puppets, which was eventually sold upon bankruptcy to a company called Bar None – an auto loan firm.

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  • IBM and Motorola shun Microsoft on a new computer platform
  • Atari makes IPO
  • the Craigslist bandit
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November 6, 1995: Voodoo 3D Accelerator

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1995 – 3DFX releases the much anticipated Voodoo 3D acceleerator. QuakeGL becomes the first game using the Voodoo 3D. Hi-resolution rendering was it’s advantage. 3Dfx would continue to make the VooDoo until NVidia acquires the rights. 3Dfx would ultimately file for bankruptcy in 2002.

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  • Lizzybee.com becomes the 3 millionth domain name
  • The first Walkman Phone
  • Hewlett Packard files for IPO
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November 5,1999: Microsoft Found a Monopoly

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1999 – It was over 12 years that we saw Microsoft go through the Department of Justice over Monopoly issues. US district Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued a 207 page Findings of fact on this day. In it, he ruled that Microsoft did have a Monopoly power over the OS in the Intel market. During the week we talked about what leads up to this 207 page ruling.

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  • Aurora SPARC Linux is released
  • Abilene network segment is upgraded to 10 Gbps
  • Google drops the Yahoo – Google deal in pressure from the Justice department
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November 4, 1984: Dell Computers Launches

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1984 – Michael Dell launches his new business of IBM compatible PC’s from his dorm in Austin, TX. The idea was to sell a philosophy over a product. The philosophy was to sell direct to customize to the shopper. Of course, Dell’s award winning service throughout the years has shown this to be a good plan. Happy Anniversary, Dell!

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  • Firefox captures 20% market share
  • Compaq announces the 12 lb portable
  • UNIVAC I predicts Dwight D. Eisenhower as president
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