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First Fingerprint Used

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July 28, 1858: Fingerprinting is First Used

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First Fingerprint Used
July 28, 1858: First prints used as evidence

Sir William James Herschel was using it for more of a signature than anything in 1858 as he was requiring palm prints from people he met. After collecting several prints, though, he started realizing there were unique identifiers that could be used in identifying a person. The Palm prints would eventually change to fingerprints for Forensics to use.

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  • Apple invests in Samsung for LCD technology
  • Sprint acquires Virgin Mobile and the Boost Mobile brand
  • Dell Workstation 400 is announced
Windows NT 3.1

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July 27, 1993: Windows NT 3.1 released

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Windows NT 3.1
July 27, 1993: Windows NT 3.1 was released

1993 – Microsoft released another Operating System to focus the business. NT 3.1 was the first release in the NT series. NT stood for “N-Ten,” the codename of the Intel i860 XR processor for which NT was initially developed.The NT kernal was different than the Windows 3.x version. It implemented the Win32 API, or 32 bit programming. Windows NT also was for the business. It didn’t push multimedia like it’s home counterpart.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for July 27

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  • Tandy 1000 SL is released
  • OJ Simpson launches askoj.com
  • Cuil Launches to rival Google
Napster

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July 26, 2012: Google Fiber Launched,2000: Napster Injunction Issued

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2012 – Google ran a contest for people to tell them why they should have fiber installed in their city. After millions of entries and a lot of interesting videos trying to convince the judges, Google decided that Kansas City KS would be the first fiber city. On this same day, Google also showed off Fiber TV service.

Napster
Napster

2000 – The Recording Industry Association of America was after Napster ever since the site came on-line. It was the promotion of illegally searching and downloading music and sometimes video. in 2000, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel issued a preliminary injunction against Napster, ordering the company to cease operation by July 28th.

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals would stay the injunction and raise questions to judge Patel and the injunction.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for July 26

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  • Cyrix and Texas Instruments part ways
  • The auction of Quokka.com assets
  • The Google – Digg acquisition talks were reported to have fallen through.
Doom Unofficially Released

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July 25, 2005: Violent Video Games Bill Goes into Law

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Doom Unofficially Released
July 25, 2005: Violent Video Games Law

The sale of Video Games began to really heat up in 2005 as Illinois Governer Rod Blagojevich signs a bill into law restricting the sale of violent video games to minors. You could be fined up to $1,000 for selling games with adult ratings. Immediately, video game groups sued, claiming the law is a restriction on free speech.The law would be deemed unconstitutional and repealed by US District Judge Matthew Kennelly.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for July 25

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  • Ericsson purchases Nortel‘s CDMA and LTE assets
  • Sinclair Radionics is founded
  • Duck Dodgers and the 24 1/2 Century is first aired
Chromecast

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July 24, 2013: Chromecast TV Dongle Debuted

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Chromecast
Chromecast

2013: Google put on a “Secret Town Hall” meeting. Nobody knew what was going on, although some speculated it had to do with the TV. In their major announcement, Google introduced Chromecast – the HDMI-based set top box that was small enough to plug into the TV and not see it. The 2.83 inch dongle could stream YouTube or Netflix (at the time), along with a feature that turned your Android or iOS device into the remote.

The video would push to the TV while the mobile device could continue on searching, playing games, and more.

Chromecast debuted at $35 with 3 free months of Netflix.

Credit Cards
Credit Cards

It’s whats known as “Data Pass”. You went up to Orbitz, Buy.com, Fandango, Shutterfly, Priceline or Continental Airlines and purchase something. You are then asked if you want to be a part of the loyalty program. If you say yes, the credit card would be passed to a 3rd party affiliate, like WebLoyalty, Vertue and Affinion. They would then continue to bill your card. This issue broke lose in 2009 and the US Senate commerce Committee started looking into the issue.On Aug 10, 2010, Affinion (parent company to Data Pass) agreed to pay 8 million in damages. An additional $2 million would be paid between 5 – 3rd party companies that included Classmates.com and FTD. A small amount to the millions they swindled for years…

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for July 24

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  • Caldera International buys DR-DOS from Novell
  • AMD acquires ATI Technologies
  • Podcaster Leo Laporte walks over to record the first show from their new TWIT Brickhouse.
Gottlieb Daimler Car

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July 23, 1886: First Car Ever,1903: First Model A Seventeen Years Later

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Gottlieb Daimler Car
Gottlieb Daimler Car

Back in 1886, Gottlieb Daimler gets into his new invention. It looks like a horse-drawn buggy, but it has a one cylinder 1.1 HP engine mounted in the back seat. The first car got up to 16 km/h
Seventeen years later, in 1903, Ford Motor company sells it’s first car. A Model A to Dr. Ernst Pfenning of Chicago. It was a twin cylindar combustion engine.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for July 23

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  • IBM goes Open-Source
  • Palm launches the Tungston T2
  • Commodore unveils the Amiga 1000
408px-Hacker_troll[1]

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July 22, 1988: Arrests of Fry Guy, Atlanta Three, Legion of Doom

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Hacker Troll
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”.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for July 22

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  • Mac OS 8.0 is released
  • Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign the MITS agreement
  • Amazon purchases Zappos
John Scopes

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July 21, 1925: John Scopes Guilty on Teaching Evolution

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John Scopes
July 21, 1925: John Scopes found guilty for teaching evolution

John Scopes was an activist and a teacher. In what was called the “Scopes Monkey Trial“, John was charged on May 5th, 1925 of teaching evolution in his Tennessee classroom. On July 21 he was found guilty and fined $100. The central argument in the case was the Butler Act, prohibiting that human evolution, or any Biblical account of origin could be taught.Scopes verdict was overturned, but only because of a technicality. The Judge fined Scopes and not a jury.

The Butler Act was repealed in 1967.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for July 21

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  • Xerox leaves the computer market
  • Blueberry iBook Computer announced
  • Apple announces a worker at Foxconn commits suicide for loosing an Apple 4G prototype
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