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First Test of an Integrated Circuit
September 12, 1958 Researcher Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit to other researchers and executives at Texas Instruments. The post First Test of an Integrated Circuit appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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First Test of an Integrated Circuit
September 12, 1958 Researcher Jack Kilby demonstrates the first integrated circuit to other researchers and executives at Texas Instruments. The post First Test of an Integrated Circuit appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Google Files for Incorporation
September 4, 1998 Larry Page and Sergey Brin file incorporation papers for Google in California. Filing on a Friday, the date of official incorporation would be marked as Monday, September 7th. Starting out as a privately held company, Google would hold their IPO about 6 years later on August 19, 2004. The post Google Files for Incorporation appeared first on…
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Google Files for Incorporation
September 4, 1998 Larry Page and Sergey Brin file incorporation papers for Google in California. Filing on a Friday, the date of official incorporation would be marked as Monday, September 7th. Starting out as a privately held company, Google would hold their IPO about 6 years later on August 19, 2004. The post Google Files for Incorporation appeared first on…
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“Google Satellite” GeoEye-1 Launched
September 6, 2008 After 5 months of delays, the high resolution earth observation satellite, GeoEye-1, is launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base. Owned by the corporation GeoEye, Inc., GeoEye-1 is capable of taking high resolution images with detail of down to 16 inches. However, the US Government has restricted that resolution for its own use.…
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“Google Satellite” GeoEye-1 Launched
September 6, 2008 After 5 months of delays, the high resolution earth observation satellite, GeoEye-1, is launched from Vandenburg Air Force Base. Owned by the corporation GeoEye, Inc., GeoEye-1 is capable of taking high resolution images with detail of down to 16 inches. However, the US Government has restricted that resolution for its own use.…
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Google Files for Incorporation
September 4, 1998 Larry Page and Sergey Brin file incorporation papers for Google in California. Filing on a Friday, the date of official incorporation would be marked as Monday, September 7th. Starting out as a privately held company, Google would hold their IPO about 6 years later on August 19, 2004. The post Google Files for Incorporation appeared first on…
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Google Files for Incorporation
September 4, 1998 Larry Page and Sergey Brin file incorporation papers for Google in California. Filing on a Friday, the date of official incorporation would be marked as Monday, September 7th. Starting out as a privately held company, Google would hold their IPO about 6 years later on August 19, 2004. The post Google Files for Incorporation appeared first on…
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eBay Founded
September 3, 1995 The online auction site, eBay, is launched as “AuctionWeb” by Pierre Omidyar. The first item sold, a broken laser pointer, wasn’t actually intended to sell, but rather to test the new site, itself started as a hobby. Surprised that the item sold for $ 14.83, Omidyar contacted the buyer to make sure he…
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First Search Engine
September 2, 1993 The world’s first primitive web search engine is started. Known as W3Catalog or the CUI WWW Catalog, it was started by Oscar Nierstrasz at the Centre Universitaire d’Informatique (CUI) of the University of Geneva. This search site lasted for about 3 years before more modernized search engines began appearing. I could not find an actual picture…