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June 12, 1997: 3COM, US Robotics Complete Merger

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3Com
3Com

1997 – Back in February, it was announced that US Robotics be acquired by 3Com Corporation in a $6.6 billion stock swap. This would add to 3Com’s computer networking company against Cisco as they would become the second largest networking company.

The merger did go through a series of corporate evaluations before the shareholders agreed to the merger.

Eventually, Hewlett-Packard acquired 3Com in 2010 and the companies products were merged into the HP name.

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Intelsat I, a.k.a. Early Bird

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1965 – The First Transatlantic Television Signal from “Early Bird” Intelsat I

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Intelsat I, a.k.a. Early Bird
Intelsat I, a.k.a. Early Bird

1965 – Intelsat I, a.k.a. Early Bird, went into service. This geosynchronous satellite sent the first signal between nine different countries. A “One Hour TV Spectacular” was broadcast to Europe from the US, Canada, and Mexico.

Intelsat I went up in space on April 6, 1965 and had only 240 voice circuits, so it could only transmit one TV channel at a time. Early Bird was one of three satellites that broadcast the first landing on the moon in 1969.

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March 25, 1994: Microsoft Excel 4.0

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Microsoft

1994 – Microsoft released Excel 4.0. It included an Easter egg animation of the Excel logo crushing the numbers 1-2-3.

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3Com

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June 12, 1997: 3COM, US Robotics Complete Merger

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3Com
3Com

1997 – Back in February, it was announced that US Robotics be acquired by 3Com Corporation in a $6.6 billion stock swap. This would add to 3Com’s computer networking company against Cisco as they would become the second largest networking company.

The merger did go through a series of corporate evaluations before the shareholders agreed to the merger.

Eventually, Hewlett-Packard acquired 3Com in 2010 and the companies products were merged into the HP name.

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Intelsat I, a.k.a. Early Bird

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May 2, 1965: First Transatlantic Television Signal from “Early Bird” Intelsat I

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Intelsat I, a.k.a. Early Bird
Intelsat I, a.k.a. Early Bird

1965 – Intelsat I, a.k.a. Early Bird, went into service. This geosynchronous satellite sent the first signal between nine different countries. A “One Hour TV Spectacular” was broadcast to Europe from the US, Canada, and Mexico.

Intelsat I went up in space on April 6, 1965 and had only 240 voice circuits, so it could only transmit one TV channel at a time. Early Bird was one of three satellites that broadcast the first landing on the moon in 1969.

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  • Excel launches for Macintosh
  • Intel releases 3600MHz Pentium D processor
  • First Microsoft mouse
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Day in Tech History/ Microsoft

March 25, 1994: Microsoft Excel 4.0

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Microsoft

1994 – Microsoft released Excel 4.0. It included an easter egg animation of the Excel logo crushing the numbers 1-2-3.

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DTV

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June 12, 2009: US Digital Television (DTV) Transition

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DTV

2009 – After much planning and a couple set backs, the Digital TV transition is completed in the US. Stations will Non-profit status or emergency bands could broadcast using analog signal. 2.8 million users were still not ready for the conversion. 

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TechTV

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March 25, 2004: Comcast G4 Acquired TechTV

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March 25, 2004: TechTV was acquired by Comcast, merges with G4

2004 – I remember watching TechTV from the ZDNet Days. Even watched a live show back in the days when Spring Comdex was in Chicago. When it changed to TechTV, we got some great social tech pioneers like Leo Laporte, Kevin Norton, Chris Pirillo and Kevin Rose, among others. When Comcast purchased the channel, they merged it with their own channel – G4. By May, G4 Tech TV was running in full force. Ultimately the name got changed to G4 and the pioneer shows like Call for Help and Screen Savers were ended.

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