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Windows 98 SE

Day in Tech History/ Microsoft

Cinco De Mayo, 1999: Release of Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)

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Windows 98 SE
Windows 98 SE

1999 – In an effort to fix some minor issues, improve USB support and upgrade Internet Explorer, Microsoft launched Windows 98 SE (Second Edition). The upgrade version also improved WDM audio and modem support, shell updates and Web Folders (WebDAV). This was the last release of the 9x series.

Windows 98 SE were officially retired on July 11, 2006.

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February 11 - AT&T asks for an injunction against Samsung

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February 11, 2012: Apple Tries to Ban Samsung, JOSS Taken Down

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February 11 - AT&T asks for an injunction against Samsung
February 11 – AT&T asks for an injunction against Samsung

2012 – Apple began the lawsuits in the US of Samsung made Galaxy Nexus citing patent violations back in April 15, 2011. This would span across the Nexus S, Epic 4G, Galaxy S 4G and Galaxy Tab. A lawsuit that has gone back and forth between the two companies. The patents in question were for data tapping, a Siri search method, a slide-to-unlock patent and a word completion patent. On this day, Apple officially asks for a preliminary injunction for Samsung sales in the US .

1966 – The Johnniac Open Shop System (JOSS) was taken down by the RAND Corporation. JOSS was set up to relive bottlenecks in programming batches, but more and newer work pretty much took the JOSS to the limit and ultimately became a bottleneck. Therefore, JOSS was taken offline indefinitely.JOSS began operation in 1953.

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Windows 98 SE

Day in Tech History/ Microsoft

May 5, 1999: Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)

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Windows 98 SE
Windows 98 SE

1999 – In an effort to fix some minor issues, improve USB support and upgrade Internet Explorer, Microsoft launched Windows 98 SE (Second Edition). The upgrade version also improved WDM audio and modem support, shell updates and Web Folders (WebDAV). This was the last release of the 9x series.

Windows 98 SE were officially retired on July 11, 2006.

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February 11 - AT&T asks for an injunction against Samsung

Apple/ Geek

February 11, 2012: Apple Tries to Ban Samsung, JOSS Taken Down

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February 11 - AT&T asks for an injunction against Samsung
February 11 – AT&T asks for an injunction against Samsung

2012 – Apple began the lawsuits in the US of Samsung made Galaxy Nexus citing patent violations back in April 15, 2011. This would span across the Nexus S, Epic 4G, Galaxy S 4G and Galaxy Tab. A lawsuit that has gone back and forth between the two companies. The patents in question were for data tapping, a Siri search method, a slide-to-unlock patent and a word completion patent. On this day, Apple officially asks for a preliminary injunction for Samsung sales in the US .

1966 – The Johnniac Open Shop System (JOSS) was taken down by the RAND Corporation. JOSS was set up to relive bottlenecks in programming batches, but more and newer work pretty much took the JOSS to the limit and ultimately became a bottleneck. Therefore, JOSS was taken offline indefinitely.JOSS began operation in 1953.

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JOSS

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February 11, 1966: JOSS Taken Down

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JOSS
JOSS

1966 – The JOHNNIAC Open Shop System (JOSS) was taken down by the RAND Corporation. JOSS was set up to relive bottlenecks in programming batches and was based on the von Neumann architecture. This machine was noted for being used continuously from 1953 to 1966. Eventually, newer ideas pretty much took JOSS to the limit and the computer would start to be a big bottleneck. Eventually, JOSS was taken offline indefinitely.

JOHNNIAC stands for the John Neumann Numerical Integrator and Automatic Computer.

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Chris Lamprect

Day in Tech History/ Geek

May 5, 1995: First Person Banned from Internet

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Chris Lamprect
May 5, 1995: Chris Lamprect was the first banned from the Internet

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1995 – Most people didn’t even really know what the internet was at this point, but Chris Lamprecht did – And he got banned for life from using it. Funny thing is, he didn’t do a crime on the internet. He sold stolen circuit boards belonging to Southwest Bell. He would be banned from the Internet until 2003 (which he got out of in 2002). Lamprecht did write a program called ToneLoc. The movie War Games used this program as a basis to the movie.

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