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August 22, 565: A Monster in Loch Ness was Spotted!

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine beast, brethren, day in tech history, legend of zelda, monster, name of god, nesse, nessie loch ness, Podcast, ropes, sign of the cross, st columba, technology history, terror, tide 0 Comments August 22, 2018

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OK, not really Tech, but kinda geeky:565 – St. Columba saves someone who was being attacked by a monster in Loch Ness. That will later become record as the first time Nesse was spotted. You can read about it in the book Life of St. Columba by Adamnan.

From Adamnan’s Book:

(He) raised his holy hand, while all the rest, brethren as well as strangers, were stupefied with terror, and, invoking the name of God, formed the saving sign of the cross in the air, and commanded the ferocious monster, saying, “Thou shalt go no further, nor touch the man; go back with all speed.” Then at the voice of the saint, the monster was terrified, and fled more quickly than if it had been pulled back with ropes, though it had just got so near to Lugne, as he swam, that there was not more than the length of a spear-staff between the man and the beast.”

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SHARE is founded
Legend of Zelda is released
The investigation of TIDE (The Terrorist Database)

Day in Tech History/ Internet

August 21, 2001: Internet2 (aka RNP2) Connected

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine academics, affiliate members, aggregator, audio show, august 21, club neverdie, day in tech history, education institutions, education network, entertainment group, higher education, internet 2, internet2 member, iTunes, launch, line brazil, mbs, miami fl, Podcast, rio de janerio, sony, sony entertainment, technology history, universe 0 Comments August 21, 2018

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2001 – using a 45 MBs line, Brazil became part of the Internet2, an internet connected to multiple academics. The connection went from Rio de Janerio to Miami Fl. Internet2 member rolls included over 200 higher education institutions, 40 members from industry, 30 research and education network and connector organizations and over 50 affiliate members.

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Windows 95 is released. The official launch date will be on the 24th
Club Neverdie is running well in Entropia Universe
MP3.com reaches a settlement on their case with Sony Entertainment Group

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August 20, 2008: Apple’s iPhone 3G Antenna Issue

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 3g network, aggregator, american airlines, antenna, apple, apple iphone, company stated that, independant company, iPhone, letter stating that, mhz processor, Podcast, powermac g4, software update, steve jobs 0 Comments August 20, 2018

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2008 – When the 3G iPhone released, some people started complaining about the connection. Apple wasn’t saying anything. An independant company stated that the “Infineon” chip that helped control 3G was to blame for the issue. It was suspected that a software update would fix the problem.However the 2.0.2 software update didn’t really help with the connection problems. Add to it the fact that a woman was suing Apple over the 3G network being slower than advertised.

Steve Jobs finally put out a letter stating that by 2.1 the issues will be resolved.

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American Airlines launches in-flight WiFi
PowerMac G4 with Dual 800 Mhz processor is released
Betamax will cease production

Day in Tech History/ Geek

August 19, 2003: Sobig.F Virus Discovered,2004: Google Stock Starts Trading

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2004 – 19,605,052 Google shares (GOOG) went on sale at $85 a share. Google wanted $135, however, US regulators approved the float at $85. Google raised $1.67 billion – giving them a 23 billion dollar market capitalization.

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2003 – The Sobig.F virus was first discovered on this day. 24 hours later, it took down many a network by sending out emails with subjects like – “Re: Approved,” “Re: Details,” “Re: Re: My details,” “Re: Thank you!,” “Re: That movie,” “Re: Wicked screensaver,” “Re: Your application,” “Thank you!,” or “Your details.”The first version was found in January of 2003. The Sobig.F was the most destructive.

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AMD Sempron 3300+
Saturday Morning TV begins
Netscape 3.0 released

Day in Tech History/ HP

August 18, 1992: Wang Files for Bankruptcy

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine aggregator, bankruptcy protection, best buy, ceo, computer, controversy, et, financial outlook, grokster, hp, leo, palm, Podcast, scope, smart phone, technology history, TouchPad, wang, wang computers, wang global 0 Comments August 18, 2018

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Wang Computers had been growing, but their financial outlook didn’t seem good. In 1992, they filed for Bankruptcy protection. They eventually got out of bankruptcy, but not before they changed the scope of the business. They changed to Wang Global, then in 1999 were bought out by “Gentronics”

2011 – CEO Leo Apatheker made an announcement HP will be focusing on Enterprise, and putting the PC division on sale. This sale did not include the WebOS software. He instantly discontinued the HP TouchPad tablet and Pre series of smart phone. By the evening, most stores would discount the TouchPad to $99. This brought a lot of controversy, as some people would go to buy a TouchPad at Best Buy and they were denied as HP told them to ship the units back. BTW – HP was incorporated back in 1947 on this day.

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ET is released
Android “Near Release” SDK 0.9
Grokster ruling stating that P2P are not liable for the content they deliver

Day in Tech History/ Dell

August 17, 2006: Dell Adds AMD Processors

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 50 million, accountability, accounting practices, aggregator, AMD, amd processors, dell, dimension desktops, earnings, fbi, fbi search, forensic, government computers, grokster, internal investigation, peer-to-peer, Podcast, q1, servers, tech solutions, technology history, today in tech history 0 Comments August 17, 2018

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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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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

Day in Tech History/ Geek

August 16,1999 : IDSA File Lawsuit to Stop Piracy

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 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, 2018

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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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August 14, 2008: Netflix goes Offline

Jeffrey Powers @geekazine 3do, AMD, delivery operations, distribution centers, netflix, Podcast, scp, technology history, today in tech history 0 Comments August 14, 2018

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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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