August 25, 1991 Linus Torvalds mentions in a message on comp.os.minix with the simple question: What would you like to see most in Minix This is the official announcement of the Linux project. Of co

August 24, 2011 Steve Jobs, unable to continue due to failing health, officially puts his resignation in to Apple. He asks for his successor to be Tim Cook, then COO of Apple. The Board of Directors

August 23, 1999: Pyra Labs launched a program called Blogspot in 1999 that would let people run their own blogs. The program was bought by Google in 2003, and changed to Blogger in 2006.What is most

August 22, 565: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.

August 21, 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 in

August 20, 2008:When the 3G iPhone released, some people started complaining about the connection. Apple wasnt saying anything. An independant company stated that the Infineon chip that helped con

August 19, 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 d

August 18, 1992: Wang Computers had been growing, but their financial outlook didnt seem good. In 1992, they filed for Bankruptcy protection. They eventually got out of bankruptcy, but not before the

August 17, 2006: 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 p...

August 16, 1999 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>Razo