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February 23, 1896: Tootsie Roll Introduced

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February 23, 1896 – Tootsie Roll is introduced in US[/caption]

1896 – A little Geeky knowledge for ya – The Tootsie roll is introduced. Austrian immigrant Leo Hishfield took the idea to a New York store and sold the idea. The name comes from her 5 year old daughter, whom everyone called “Tootsie”. It became the first “Penny candy” and was even a War time ration since it could withstand severe weather conditions.

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Texas Instruments recalls the TI-99/4a for a short in the system
JTS Corp sells Atari to HIACXI, who is owned by Hasbro
Comcast OnDemand is launched

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February 17, 2000: Microsoft Windows 2000 Released

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February 17, 2000: Microsoft released Windows 2000[/caption]

2000 – Microsoft released the next version of the Windows Operating system in Windows 2000. Also known at Windows NT 5.0, it was the beginning of merging the NT and 9x versions. Of course, the companion was Windows ME, which didn’t do too well. The end result streamlined the two OS into Windows XP.

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Apple QuickTake 100 Camera is released
XBox cord recall
DTV in the US was suppose to happen today, but was delayed

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February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts at University of Pennsylvania

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1946 – J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly debut the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC). 17,468 vacuum tubes at 100,000 pulses/second. It was part of a $400,000 contract from the U.S. Army.

The computer was actually announced on Feb 14th, but the dedication happened on the 15th.

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Intel demonstrates the Willamette processor
Kevin Mitnik is arrested by the FBI
The Pirate Bay trial begins in Sweeden

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February 9, 1977: Atari – My First Computer Keyboard

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1977 – The “My First Computer” was an add-on to the Atari 2600. This device would turn the game console into a full computer. For $90 you could get 8K of RAM (expandable to 32K), 16K ROM and 8K BASIC.

The My First Computer was to tap into the Video Console System (VCS) in which over 10 million have been sold. The keyboard would attach to the top of the console – using the cartridge slot. The rubber chicklet keypad would allow you to type using the QWERTY style.

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Craig Neidorf (Knight Lightning) is arrested
Bandai unveils the Pippen Atmark Computer
Yahoo refuses Microsoft’s offer

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January 11, 2001: Enclosure Tag in RSS – Podcasting Technically Born

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2001– Dave Weiner added a new functionality to the RSS feed called “Enclosure“. It was defined as passing any audio file (mp3, wav, ogg, etc), video file (mpg, mp4, avi, mov, etc), PDF, or ePub (electronic publication) into the syndicated feed. Weiner demonstrated by enclosing a Grateful Dead song in his website at Scripting News. This was an idea that was proposed by Tristan Louis.

It wasn’t until Adam Curry and crew started iPodderX and in February 2004 the name “Podcasting” was coined by Ben Hammersley. But its roots all come back to this day when RSS 0.92 was demonstrated.

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Popular Mechanics publishes first issue
The Bionic Woman debuts
AMD and Intel settle legal issues
The Gizmodo CES prank bans one reporter

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January 3, 1977: Apple Computer Corporation is Incorporated

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1977 – Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak officially incorporate the Apple Computer Corporation. Mike Makkula jr. invests $250,000 in venture capital and becomes the first chairman of Apple.

They also decided to move operations of the company outside of Steve Jobs parent’s garage and rent a building in Coupertino. This was so they could improve production of the Apple II, which debuted on April 16,1977.

Of course, the third founder – Ronald Wayne – was not present as he sold his stake in the company earlier in 1976.

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Matsushita acquires MCA
Yahoo! stock hits $475.00
Computer was Time Man of the Year

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December 30, 2008: Does Facebook Allow Breastfeeding?

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2008 – Facebook made an initiative to remove any picture showing breastfeeding. In return, 11,000 women posted pictures in protest.

On June 15, 2014, after the #FreeTheNipple campaign brought success, Facebook officially changed their stance on the subject. According to their “Does Facebook Allow Breastfeeding” FAQ page:

Yes. We agree that breastfeeding is natural and beautiful and we’re glad to know that it’s important for mothers to share their experiences with others on Facebook. The vast majority of these photos are compliant with our policies.

Facebook’s policy also states if people complain or its too questionable, they have the right to remove the photos. Basically, the baby must be fully engaged in the feeding so the nipple is covered.

There is still a lot of controversy surrounding this issue.

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Version 3.2 of IBM PC-DOS
WonderSwan

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December 13, 1982: Atari 1200XL

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1982 – After a decent success of the Atari 400/800 line the company noticed the console was looking a little “old”. After all, the Atari 400 actually discolors upon UV light. The 400’s non-tactile keyboard was replaced with the 800’s raised key keyboard. Still, Atari felt they needed to bring this personal computer into the 80’s.Therefore, the 1200XL was born. It was a hybrid computer – using what they called “Sweet 16” – a byte language developed by Steve Wozniak. It was to manipulate 16-bit pointer data from an 8-bit system.

The Atari 1200XL also featured 64 KB of RAM and a redesigned cable port and keyboard layout. Unfortunately the community felt the 1200XL was poorly designed for certain ports were in the wrong place. There was also a color enhancement feature that couldn’t be used because it wasn’t connected to the monitor port.

The Atari 1200XL was $599.99

Charles Dickens publishes A Christmas Carol
Cyrix files lawsuits over others who were using their patented technologies
Symantec licenses Java from Sun Microsystems.

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