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Men’s Basketball Draws Mount St. Mary’s In NCAA Tournament First Round
Men’s Basketball Draws Mount St. Mary’s In NCAA Tournament First Round TOURNAMENT CENTRAL I NCAA.COM ALBANY, N.Y. – Earning No. 16 seeds, the University at Albany men’s basketball team will take on Mount St. Mary’s University in the NCAA Tournament First Round on Tuesday, March 18th at 6:40 p.m. in Dayton, Ohio. The game will…
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Men’s Basketball Draws Mount St. Mary’s In NCAA Tournament First Round
Men’s Basketball Draws Mount St. Mary’s In NCAA Tournament First Round TOURNAMENT CENTRAL I NCAA.COM ALBANY, N.Y. – Earning No. 16 seeds, the University at Albany men’s basketball team will take on Mount St. Mary’s University in the NCAA Tournament First Round on Tuesday, March 18th at 6:40 p.m. in Dayton, Ohio. The game will…
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The First Wiki
March 16, 1995 The worlds first Wiki, WikiWikiWeb was created as Ward Cunningham invites people to add and edit content. A Wiki is a database that can be a community collaboration. Cunningham has said the inspiration for the name Wiki came from the Wiki Wiki Shuttle bus he learned of during a trip to Hawaii. Six years…
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First Internet Domain Registered
March 15, 1985 The first Internet domain symbolics.com is registered by Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company. Previous post: Bell Labs Announces TRADIC This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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NFL Adopts Instant Replay … For The First Time
March 11, 1986 The NFL adopts a limited instant replay system. This system was dropped, however, in 1992 before the current instant replay system was instated in 1999. In effect, you could say the current system is an instant replay itself! Previous post: Mr. Bell Calls Mr. Watson This Day in Tech History Tech History…
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Women’s Lacrosse Takes 2011 NCAA First Round Rematch at Dartmouth, 13-7
Women’s Lacrosse Takes 2011 NCAA First Round Rematch at Dartmouth, 13-7 SEASON STATS ALBANY, N.Y. – The University at Albany women’s lacrosse team (4-0) earned its fourth-straight win on Saturday at Dartmouth (3-2). Two-time America East Co-Offensive Player of the Week Rachel Bowles had four goals and one assist in the victory. Senior Allie…
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First Cray Supercomputer Shipped
March 4, 1977 The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. This supercomputer, which costs nineteen million dollars, will be used to design sophisticated weapons systems. The system is a cylindrical tower seven feet tall, nine feet in diameter, and weighs about 5.5 tons. The machine produced so…
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First Cray Supercomputer Shipped
March 4, 1977 The first Cray-1 supercomputer is shipped to the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. This supercomputer, which costs nineteen million dollars, will be used to design sophisticated weapons systems. The system is a cylindrical tower seven feet tall, nine feet in diameter, and weighs about 5.5 tons. The machine produced so…
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First Saturn 1B Rocket Launch
February 26, 1966 The first Saturn 1B rocket is launched from Cape Canaveral. The Saturn 1B was primarily used for testing the Apollo spacecraft while the larger Saturn V rocket that was necessary for travel to the Moon was being developed. Later, after completion of the Moon landing program, The Saturn 1B was used for…
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First Mobile Phone Virus
February 23, 2005 The discovery of the first mobile phone virus, Cabir, is accounced. Specifically, Cabir is a worm which infects phones running the Symbian OS. Whenever an infected phone is activated, the message “Caribe” is displayed. Infected phones also attempts to spread the virus through Bluetooth signals. Previous post: Radio Gets Controlled This Day…