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June 4, 1896: Ford Test Drives First Car

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Ford Quadricycle
June 4, 1896: Henry Ford tests the  Quadricycle

1896 – Henry Ford gets ready to test drive the first Quadricycle (a.k.a. Car). Only one problem – They didn’t make the garage door big enough. Out comes the Ax – A couple chops and a wider door was created. The car ran 2 speed, but could not go in reverse.

It’s all in the book – the ford century

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Intel Core i7

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June 3, 2009: Core i7 “Nehalem”

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Intel Core i7

2009 – Intel introduces the Nehalem Core i7 processor, code-named “Lynnfield”. The i7-950 and 975 models are 4-core processors with a speed of 3.06 GHz. The processor ran 64-bit instruction set and could take up to 24 GB of RAM at DDR3 800/1066. Price: $294.00

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IBM Model 70

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June 2, 1988: IBM PS/2 Model 70

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IBM Model 70
IBM Model 70

1988 – While not the first version of the PS/2, the Model 70 was introduced with the 80386 processor. 16, 20, and 25 MHz clock speeds. The Model 70 also used a 25 MHz Intel 486 processor in a complex called the Power Platform.

If you wanted to upgrade to the 80486, you would have to replace the PS/2’s BIOS chip along with the processor board.

The model 70-A21 sold for $11,295 and included 2 MB of RAM, 120 MB ESDI hard drive, MS-DOS and OS/2. If you wanted a monitor for it, you would have to put down an additional $595 for the 8512 VGA.

Model 70 was a desktop case and Model 80 was a tower. IBM also introduced the PS/2 Model 25 LS and PS/2 Model 50 Z.

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  • IBM PS/2 Model 70
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CD-V format

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May 30, 1987: Compact Disc Video (CD-V) Format Released

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CD-V format

1987 – North American Phillips Company introduced the compact disc video format. Using the same technology as LaserVision, the “CD’s with Pictures” would be gold in color and the same size as an audio CD. They could hold up to 800 MB – which would allow for a full length movie in SD, or a video music album.

The CD-V didn’t last that long, dissolving by 1991.

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  • TurboLinux OS 7 released
  • Windows NT 3.51 released (adding Power PC support)
  • The Pennsylvania Evening Post was the first paper in the US
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May 29, 1999: Five Million Domain Names Registered

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believeinkids

1999 – Believeinkids.com became the five-millionth domain name in the world. At the time, a domain name cost $70 for the first year, $35 a year thereafter.

The domain name was abandoned and is still available to this day.


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  • Vim 4.0 is released
  • IEEE 1394 officially becomes “Firewire”
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Beats Music

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May 28, 2014: Apple Music Acquires Beats

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Beats Music

2014 – Rumors flew high on this one, so when it happened, many people were not surprised. Apple announced they were going to acquire Beats Music and Electronics in a $3 billion deal. As part of the acquisition, co-founders Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine would join Apple.

Beats subscription service would continue to work as part of the service would be integrated with iTunes. Currently, Beats has a 20 million song library, and is available for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone for a $9.99 subscription.


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  • Steve Jobs is removed as General Manager of Macintosh Division
  • Yahoo! completes Acquisition of Geocities
  • 3DO gaming filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy
  • Time Warner separates from AOL.
  • The first graphene-based circuits to break the gigahertz barrier
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Wordpress

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May 27, 2003: WordPress CMS Released

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Wordpress
WordPress

2003 – Matt Mullenweg and Mike Little created a Fork of B2/cafelog. From there, WordPress was born. Since its release, WordPress has taken over Content Management Systems (CMS) with its ease of use and plethora of programmers that have made plugins, themes and other tweaks to the system since. The current version is 3.5.1 which has been downloaded over 18 million times.


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  • Wang introduces: Wang Personal computer
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  • Google gives away 4,000 Android phones at Google I/O
  • Digital currency Liberty Reserve is shut down
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AMD K6-2

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May 26, 1998: AMD K6-2 Processor

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AMD K6-2
AMD K6-2

1998 –  At the beginnings of the AMD / Intel battle, AMD brought out a processor to dual with Pentium II. The AMD K6-2 processor was a Super Socket 7 pin structure, which also was compatible with older Socket 7 motherboards.

With 9.3 million transistors, the K6-2 had a CPU clock rate of 266 to 550 MHz. Of course, these were single-core processors and had front side bus of either 66 or 100 MHz. The K6-2 also featured the MMX and 3DNow! instruction set.

The K6-2+ was added to keep up with Pentium III processors. The processor line only lasted a year and was ultimately replaced with K6 III.


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  • AMD released the K6-2 processor
  • Samsung announces the 256 SSD
  • Psystar files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
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