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Paint.Net

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May 6, 2004: Paint.Net Graphics Editor Released

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Paint.Net
Paint.Net

2004 – A free raster graphics editor, Paint.NET was created and released by Rick Brewster as a school project at Washington State University. The software was released under the MIT License and was at first Open Source. After multiple cases of plagiarism, the software moved to Creative Commons, then in version 3.36 was turned to closed-source (but still free).

The latest version of Paint.Net 4.0 uses NET framework 4.5.1.

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Tim McVey Day

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January 28, 1984: Tim McVey Day

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Tim McVey Day
Tim McVey Day

1984 – One billion points on one quarter. That was the reason for Tim McVey Day. At the Twin Galaxies arcade back on January 17th, Tim scored 1,000,042,270 points on one quarter to the game “Nibbler” – a hybrid Pac-Man and Centipede game. McVey got his name in Computer Games Magazine for it, and so he became the first video gamer to get a civic day in his honor.

His record was broken eight months later by Enrico Zanetti.

Of course, this event gets overshadowed by the 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing by Timothy McVeigh.

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Paint.Net

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May 6, 2004: Paint.Net Graphics Editor

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Paint.Net
Paint.Net

2004 – A free raster graphics editor, Paint.NET was created and released by Rick Brewster as a school project at Washington State University. The software was released under the MIT License and was at first Open Source. After multiple cases of plagiarism, the software moved to Creative Commons, then in version 3.36 was turned to closed-source (but still free).

The latest version of Paint.Net 4.0 uses NET framework 4.5.1.

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iMac G3

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May 6, 1998: iMac G3 Introduced

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iMac G3
iMac G3

1998 – Steve Jobs, just fresh out of his return to Apple, announces one of the many changes in the Mac line. The iMac G3 computer. The iMac was the first computer to offer USB ports as a standard. The “All in one” computer had a front loading CD drive – but no floppy drive, built in speakers and came in 13 different colors. The iMac mouse was a disc shaped device with one button. A standard Mac keyboard was also included.

The G3 came with a Power PC 233 to 333 MHz. The L2 cache could run at 512 or 1MB and came loaded with Mac OS 8.1. The price was given of $1,299 and Jobs expected this computer to be out within 90 days, although it didn’t officially start shipping until August 15th.

The G3 was discontinued on March 18, 2003.

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Yahoo! GeoCities

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January 28, 1999: Yahoo Aquired GeoCities

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Yahoo! GeoCities
Yahoo! GeoCities

First started as Beverly Hills Internet (BHI) GeoCities was one of the largest online user-created communities. At it’s height, GeoCities was the third-most visited website. Pages built by users to slice their piece of the Word Wide Web Pie.

Yahoo! saw this as a great addition to their web so on January 28, 1999 Yahoo! announced they were purchasing GeoCities for $3.6 billion dollars and $1 billion in stock options. Because of this news, GeoCities stock jumped up 42.25 points to $117/share. Yahoo! jumped up 31 points to $367/share.

GeoCities was closed by Yahoo! on October 26, 2009

Fun Fact: GeoCities still exists – in Japan.

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