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IDSA File Lawsuit to Stop Piracy

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0816, 3do company, acclaim entertainment, accolade, bethesda softworks, entertainment company, idsa, interactive digital software, interplay productions, lucas arts entertainment, paradigm, piracy issue, Podcast, razor 1911, software association, software palm, software piracy, technology history, today in technology history 0 Comments August 16, 2024

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August 16, 1999 – The Interactive Digital Software Association (IDSA) announced they joined in a six-company lawsuit brought by Acclaim Entertainment against the Class, Paradigm and Razore 1911“>Razor 1911 hacking groups. Other companies included Accolade/Infogrames Entertainment, Bethesda Softworks, Interplay Productions, Lucas Arts Entertainment Company, and The 3DO Company. Of course this was an attempt to curtail the software piracy issue.

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IBM AI software
Palm purchases Be
Wikiscanner

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Netflix goes Offline

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0814, 3do, AMD, delivery operations, distribution centers, netflix, Podcast, scp, technology history, today in tech history 0 Comments August 14, 2024

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August 14, 2008 Fifty-Five Netflix distribution centers go offline due to an “undisclosed error”. While they didn’t let us know what happened, they did say that it only affected the core of mail-based delivery operations. The problem took 3 days to fully resolve, although they were slowly shipping movies by that Wednesday.

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3DO sells
1.1 GHz from AMD
SCP sells DOS

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Datallegro, XPrime and Microsoft Lawsuit

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0813, acquisition, aggregator, apple, Atari, ceo, datallegro, historical events, iccp, jardin, Microsoft, palm viix, Podcast, technology history, today in tech history, vx 0 Comments August 13, 2024

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Datallegro – a warehouse application – had been sued by XPrime, where Cary Jardin (CEO of Datallegro) used to work. Datallegro was in mid acquisition by Microsoft at the time. The acquisition completed on Sept 16, 2008. The suit was analyzed by critics as “not relevant”. No word on how that suit ended.

ICCP is founded
Atari sues Amiga
Apple’s Rooftop is burning

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1 Million iTunes Songs, DITH 10 Year Anniversary

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0810, 1 million, aggregator, anniversary, apple, august 10, august 8, borland, couple weeks, Craigslist, free trial, iPhone, iTunes, listeners, milestone, Podcast, quickcast, spinoff, technology history, today in tech history, tpn, world population 0 Comments August 10, 2024

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On this day in 2009, the Day in Tech History started. I was running the show as “Week in Tech History”, then went to a daily format to increase listeners. The show has been running for over 1000 episodes, never missing a day. It is now entering into it’s 9th year.

It’s a great day for Apple in 2004 as they hit th one millionth song. They started back in 2001, so to hit 1 million songs in 3 1/2 years was a big milestone. Of course, since then and since the introduction of the iPhone, that number has increased exponentially.

Borland releases Quattro
World Population at 6 Billion
Craigslist Outtage

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AMD Athlon Processor Introduced

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0809, aggregator, AMD, athlon processor, august 8, brand name, Geek, intel, k7, mozy, netscape, palm viix, Podcast, stitcher, technology history, today in tech history, vx 0 Comments August 9, 2024

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August 9, 1999: AMD Athlon Introduced

AMD introduces a new brand name to compete with Intel in 1999. The Athlon processor replaces the K7 and adds 3DNow! Technology. The processor was introduced with speeds of 500 MHz to 650 MHz. The prices went from $249 to $849. The Palm VIIx was $449 and the Vx was $399.

Netscape goes Public
URL Shortner Tr.im announces they are closing (to only find they would come back online 2 days later)

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The $1000 Apple iPhone Application

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0808, aggregator, apple iphone, application store, august 8, Geek, intel, iPhone, Microsoft, Microsoft Office, Podcast, ruby, stitcher, technology history, today in tech history 0 Comments August 8, 2024

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Apple has always controlled it’s products – The Application store is no different. This might be a great case why. An application was put into the store – Called the $1000 app. It did cost $1000, which means after Apple’s 30%, the developer received $700 per purchase. The application simply showed a ruby.Apple took the app down quick, but not after the application was purchased 8 times.

Keep in mind there ARE applications that cost upwards to $1,000. I highlighted them in this iPad365 episode.

Microsoft Office is introduced
Intel announces Pentium 4

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Palm Debuts m100 line

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0807, aggregator, apple, august 7, day in tech history, historical events, lcd display, palm iii, palm m 100, palm m100, palm os, palm viix, palm vx, Podcast, powermac g5, satellite photos of earth, technology history, v line 0 Comments August 7, 2024

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Palm introduced a couple new devices in 2000, They beefed up the Palm V line with the Palm Vx and Palm VIIx. The company, however, decided to retire the Palm III line and start Palm m100. They debuted the 16MHz model with Palm OS 3.5 and a 2″x2″ monochrome LCD display for $149.The Palm VIIx was $449 and the Vx was $399.

Eventually, Palm was bought out by HP where it was used and discarded. WebOS software is now Open source.

IBM introduces the ASCC
First Satellite photos of Earth were taken
Apple releases the PowerMac G5

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Controversial Apple Mighty Mouse Released

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 0802, aggregator, apple lisa, apple mighty mouse, cartoon character, controversy, day in tech history, Geek, global brand, Google, intel, intel chips, ionizer, man and machine, medical field, Podcast, price tag, stitcher, switches, technology history, trademark laws 0 Comments August 2, 2024

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August 2, 2005: Apple Mighty Mouse released

The Apple Mighty Mouse was first released in 2005. It was the first mouse since Apple Lisa that had multi-button functionality. A $49 price tag made it a real addition to your machine.However, this mouse was not without controversy. Another company – Called “Man and Machine” – created a mouse for the medical field. It was also given a trademark for the Mighty Mouse name a year before Apple. Yet Apple still received a Trademark for the mouse.

Now some may say “What about the mouse that saves the day”. According to trademark laws, their trademark was for a cartoon character, whereas Apple and Man and Machine made a mouse.

IBM introduces the 370 series
SGI switches to Intel chips
The Ionizer is arrested
Google Surpassed Apple as top global brand

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