Day in Tech History

Day in Tech History


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November 14: Computer Dealer Exhibition – COMDEX
November 14, 2024

During the 80s and 90s, there was a little show called COMDEX. It stood for Computer Dealer Exhibition. For a while, there were 2 versions: The Spring COMDEX (Alternating for a while between Altanta

November 13, 2006: Google Completes YouTube Acquisition
November 13, 2024

2006 In February 14,2005, 3 former Paypal employees started a website that let you upload and share your video. YouTube brought a new idea of putting your creations on the internet. However, their

November 12, 2002: Gary McKinnon Indicted
November 12, 2024

2002 Gary McKinnon has been in the news ever since his arrest. Back in 2002, he hacked into networks run by NASA, the Pentagon, along with other military bases around the US. He claims he was on a h

November 11, 2005: Sony suspended CD copy protection
November 11, 2024

2005 In an effort to curb piracy, record companies began putting copy protection on the CDs themselves. The electronic marking would cause CDs to error out if they tried to copy. Unfortunately th

November 10, 1983: Microsoft Windows 1.0
November 10, 2024

1983 Windows 1.o was announced at the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York City. It was one of the most elaborate product introductions to date. Gates says Windows 1.0 will officially release in 1984,

November 9, 2004: Mozilla Firefox 1.0 Released
November 09, 2024

2004 Mozilla launches the web browser that would finally give Internet Explorer a run for its money. Firefox 1.0 web browser was created by Mozilla, who broke free from the Netscape Navigator brows

November 8, 1993: Windows for Workgroups 3.11
November 08, 2024

1993 Microsoft releases the OS Windows for Workgroups 3.11 which is the last big release before Windows 95. It was built to connect better with Windows NT for businesses. It also had updates to im

November 7, 2000: Pets.com Closes
November 07, 2024

2000 It was a time that would be known as when the Bubble burst. The event technically happened on March 10, 2000. Since that time, dot com-ers began losing their sites and livelihood. Although Pet

November 6, 1995: Voodoo 3D Accelerator
November 06, 2024

1995 3DFX releases the much anticipated Voodoo 3D acceleerator. QuakeGL becomes the first game using the Voodoo 3D. Hi-resolution rendering was its advantage. 3Dfx would continue to make the VooDoo

November 5,1999: Microsoft Found a Monopoly
November 05, 2024

1999 It was over 12 years that we saw Microsoft go through the Department of Justice over Monopoly issues. US district Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson issued a 207 page Findings of fact on this day. I