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Chernobyl Virus Melts Down PCs
April 26, 1999 The first known virus to target the flash BIOS of a PC, the CIH/Chernobyl Virus trigers on this day, erasing hard drives and disabling PCs primarily in Asia and Europe. One of the most destructive viruses in history, Turkey and South Korea alone report 300,000 infected systems. Chernobyl Virus Melts Down PCs…
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Michael Dell Steps Down as CEO
March 3, 2004 Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Computers, announces that he will step down from his his CEO role while retaining his position as Chairman of the Board. Dell president and COO, Kevin Rollins will assume his role. On January 31, 2007, (about 1 year after Dell fell behind Apple in market…
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Last IBM “Stretch” Computer Shut Down
September 5, 1980 The last IBM 7030 “Stretch” mainframe in active use is decommissioned at Brigham Young University. The first Stretch was was delivered to Los Alamos National Laboratory in 1961, giving the model almost 20 years of operational service. The Stretch was famous for many things, but perhaps most notably it was the first…
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Chernobyl Virus Melts Down PCs
April 26, 1999 The first known virus to target the flash BIOS of a PC, the CIH/Chernobyl Virus trigers on this day, erasing hard drives and disabling PCs primarily in Asia and Europe. One of the most destructive viruses in history, Turkey and South Korea alone report 300,000 infected systems. The post Chernobyl Virus Melts…
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Chernobyl Virus Melts Down PCs
April 26, 1999 The first known virus to target the flash BIOS of a PC, the CIH/Chernobyl Virus trigers on this day, erasing hard drives and disabling PCs primarily in Asia and Europe. One of the most destructive viruses in history, Turkey and South Korea alone report 300,000 infected systems. The post Chernobyl Virus Melts…
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Michael Dell Steps Down as CEO
March 3, 2004 Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Computers, announces that he will step down from his his CEO role while retaining his position as Chairman of the Board. Dell president and COO, Kevin Rollins will assume his role. On January 31, 2007, (about 1 year after Dell fell behind Apple in market…
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Enough is enough: shut it down, a march for Donald Ivy
By Nick MuscavageStaff Writertheaspnews@gmail.comApril 7, 2014 Crowds of people gathered to peacefully protest at the corner of Arch and Broad Street outside the South Station of Albany Police Department on April 3, 2015. This corner is less than a ten-minute drive from Lark and Second Street where Donald Ivy, 39, was tasered by three Albany police…
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Enough is enough: shut it down, a march for Donald Ivy
By Nick MuscavageStaff Writertheaspnews@gmail.comApril 7, 2014 Crowds of people gathered to peacefully protest at the corner of Arch and Broad Street outside the South Station of Albany Police Department on April 3, 2015. This corner is less than a ten-minute drive from Lark and Second Street where Donald Ivy, 39, was tasered by three Albany police…
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Enough is enough: shut it down, a march for Donald Ivy
By Nick MuscavageStaff Writertheaspnews@gmail.comApril 7, 2014 Crowds of people gathered to peacefully protest at the corner of Arch and Broad Street outside the South Station of Albany Police Department on April 3, 2015. This corner is less than a ten-minute drive from Lark and Second Street where Donald Ivy, 39, was tasered by three Albany police…
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Enough is enough: shut it down, a march for Donald Ivy
By Nick MuscavageStaff Writertheaspnews@gmail.comApril 7, 2014 Crowds of people gathered to peacefully protest at the corner of Arch and Broad Street outside the South Station of Albany Police Department on April 3, 2015. This corner is less than a ten-minute drive from Lark and Second Street where Donald Ivy, 39, was tasered by three Albany police…