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January 21, 1981: The First Delorean DMC-12

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DeLorean DMC-12
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1981 – While getting this up to 88 miles per hour doesn’t take you back in time, it was still a cool car to have. The First production Delorean DMC-12 was built. A prototype was made back in 1976 and all Deloreans were made in Ireland.

9,000 Deloreans were made before financial issues got to the company in 1983. A revival was attempted and announcements of an all-electric Delorean (with prototype), but as of this point has not come out of Vaporware.

There is one gold-plated Delorean in Reno, NV. I also got to experience the original “Back to the Future” Delorean at CES 2014 (video below).

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Dell Adds AMD Processors

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August 17, 2006: Dell announced in 2006 they will begin putting AMD processors into Dimension desktops and later in the year Dell AMD servers will be available. On that same day, they announced that after an internal investigation into its accounting practices Dell would restate and reduce earnings from 2003 through Q1 2007.  A total amount of between $50 million and $150 million was deducted – 2 cents to 7 cents per share.

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ENIAC

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February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts at University of Pennsylvania

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February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts

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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DeLorean DMC-12

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January 21, 1981: The First Delorean DMC-12

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DeLorean DMC-12
DeLorean DMC-12

1981 – While getting this up to 88 miles per hour doesn’t take you back in time, it was still a cool car to have. The First production Delorean DMC-12 was built. A prototype was made back in 1976 and all Deloreans were made in Ireland.

9,000 Deloreans were made before financial issues got to the company in 1983. A revival was attempted and announcements of an all-electric Delorean (with prototype), but as of this point has not come out of Vaporware.

There is one gold-plated Delorean in Reno, NV. I also got to experience the original “Back to the Future” Delorean at CES 2014 (video below).

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  • AOL acquires Personal Library Software
  • Intel stamping serial numbers on processors
  • Microsoft’s Injunction to package Java from Sun Microsystems.
Dell

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August 17, 2006: Dell Adds AMD Processors

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Dell
Dell

Dell announced in 2006 they will begin putting AMD processors into Dimension desktops and later in the year Dell AMD servers will be available. On that same day, they announced that after an internal investigation into its accounting practices Dell would restate and reduce earnings from 2003 through Q1 2007.  A total amount of between $50 million and $150 million was deducted – 2 cents to 7 cents per share.

Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for August 17

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  • The first CD is made
  • FBI search a SD “Forensic Tech Solutions” that had gained access to some government computers.
  • US rules on Grokster for Peer to Peer and accountability
ENIAC

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February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts at University of Pennsylvania

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ENIAC
February 15, 1946: ENIAC Debuts

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.

Wikazine – Full show notes for February 15

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Vinyl Record

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February 15, 1972: Copyright Protection for Sound Recordings

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Vinyl Record
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1972 – It was an overhaul to the 1909 copyright act that failed to cover sound recordings. Before 1972, each state had its own law against illegal duplication of sound recordings. For the most part, if you recorded it, you could be considered the “Intellectual owner”. Of course, common law copyright was also in play but it had to be proven without a doubt.

The new law put in place would cover sound recordings but with one major hole – anything before Feb 15, 1972 was NOT covered by this law. These cases would have to rely on the individual state that governed the original recording.

Keep in mind that this can also protect older magnetic media with computer programs from getting copied. Of course this is not much of an issue today.

Wikazine – Full show notes for February 15

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January 21, 2000: Kevin Mitnick Uses the Internet

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2000 – Kevin Mitnick, who was imprisoned for 5 Years in hacking IBM, Motorola and DEC; then a big chase with the FBI, was released from prision. He was still ordered to not log onto a computer.2003 – Kevin Mitnick finally logs back onto the Internet after the 3 year probation. He fought the prohibition from the Internet and got it reduced to 3 years. No word as to where he went on his first login.

Wikazine – Full show notes for January 21

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  • AOL acquires Personal Library Software
  • Intel stamping serial numbers on processors
  • Microsoft’s Injunction to package Java from Sun Microsystems.
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