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Fight for First: UAlbany Hosts UMBC, Stony Brook This Weekend
Fight for First: UAlbany Hosts UMBC, Stony Brook This Weekend Game Notes | Watch Live | Live Stats ALBANY, N.Y. – Five teams sit tied for first place in the America East, and UAlbany looks to break ahead of them. The Great Danes take on UMBC on Friday, October 11th at 7 p.m. and Stony…
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Fight for First: UAlbany Hosts UMBC, Stony Brook This Weekend
Fight for First: UAlbany Hosts UMBC, Stony Brook This Weekend Game Notes | Watch Live | Live Stats ALBANY, N.Y. – Five teams sit tied for first place in the America East, and UAlbany looks to break ahead of them. The Great Danes take on UMBC on Friday, October 11th at 7 p.m. and Stony…
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First Phone Call Over Outdoor Wires
October 9, 1876 Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson demonstrate the first two-way phone call over outdoor wires. Bell and Watson made their call between the cities of Boston and Cambridge. Previous post: Finish Him! This Day in Tech History
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The First Transistor Calculator
October 7, 1954 IBM researchers modify an existing model 604 vacuum tube calculator to use transistors. This experiment didn’t shrink the desk-sized machine nor make it any faster, but it did use only 5% of the power the vacuum tube-based design did. Encouraged by this successful experiment, IBM introduced the first commercial transistor calculator 4…
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No. 12 Field Hockey Downs Maine in Orono for First League Win
No. 12 Field Hockey Downs Maine in Orono for First League Win BOX SCORE SEASON STATS ORONO, MAINE – The University at Albany field hockey team (10-1, 1-0 AE) has recorded 10 wins at record pace this season after beating Maine 2-1 on the road on Saturday afternoon. “It was a very well-played game…
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No.11 Field Hockey Drops 2-1 Decision to No. 6 Stanford For First Loss
No.11 Field Hockey Drops 2-1 Decision to No. 6 Stanford For First Loss BOX SCORE SEASON STATS ALBANY, N.Y.- University at Albany field hockey fell 2-1 in a physical game against No. 6 Stanford (7-2) on Sunday afternoon. The loss ends a nine-game undefeated streak to open the season for the Great Danes. “It was…
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The First Personal Computer You Never Heard Of
September 25, 1973 Micro Computer Machines of Canada introduces their MCM/70 microcomputer at a programmer’s user conference in Toronto. Possibly the earliest commercially manufactured device that can now be considered a personal computer, the MCM/70 gained customers at companies such as Chevron, Mutual Life Insurance, NASA, and the US Army. The company worked closely with…
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The First Android Introduced
September 23, 2008 Google and T-Mobile introduce the T-Mobile G1 (also known as the HTC Dream), the world’s first Android-based smartphone. By raw sales numbers, today Android is the world’s most popular smartphone platform. This Day in Tech History
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First FORTRAN Program Runs
September 20, 1954 The first FORTRAN program is executed. FORTRAN was developed by IBM scientists who were looking for a better way to program the IBM 704 mainframe computer. It quickly became the dominant programming language for scientific and engineering applications and still is used today, especially in the area of high-performance computing. Previous post:…
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First Man-Made Object on Moon
September 14, 1959 The Soviet space probe Luna 2 crashes onto the surface of the Moon, becoming the first man-made object to reach the Moon, as well as the first man-made object to reach any celestial body. Previous post: Osborne Declares Bankruptcy This Day in Tech History