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Friday the 13th Virus Gets Brits
January 13, 1989 The “Friday the 13th” virus strikes hundreds of IBM computers in Britain. This is one of the most famous early examples of a computer virus making headlines. Over twenty years later, while other companies have systems that are practically immune to virues, Microsoft still hasn’t been able to develop a solution to prevent…
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The Old World Gets Connected
May 23, 1903 Paris, France and Rome, Italy are connected by telephone for first time. Feel free to congratulate me for finding this picture at any time. The Old World Gets Connected is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Linux Gets Happy Feet
May 9, 1996 Linus Torvalds decides to adopt Tux the penguin as a mascot for the Linux operating system. Perhaps had he known the movie Happy Feet would be released a little over 10 years later, he would have chosen a Warbler instead. Linux Gets Happy Feet is original content of This Day in Tech…
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GPS Gets Less Selective
May 1, 2000 The U.S. government removes Selective Availability from its Global Positioning System, improving the accuracy of civilian GPS devices from 100 meters to 20 meters. GPS Gets Less Selective is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Windows Gets Blasted
August 11, 2003 The Blaster worm, also known as MSBlast or Lovesan, begins to spread on the Internet, infecting Windows XP and Windows 2000 computers. The primary symptom of the worm was the crashing of the RPC service, which would trigger the computer to shut itself down and reboot as shown in the graphic. Microsoft…
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Project Chess Gets Approval
August 8, 1980 The Project Chess team at IBM shows a prototype microcomputer to their corporate management. Management gives approval for the team to build an operational computer within a one year deadline to compete in the rapidly emerging personal computer market. One year and 4 days later, the IBM PC is introduced to the…
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The Old World Gets Connected
May 23, 1903 Paris, France and Rome, Italy are connected by telephone for first time. Feel free to congratulate me for finding this picture at any time. The Old World Gets Connected is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Linux Gets Happy Feet
May 9, 1996 Linus Torvalds decides to adopt Tux the penguin as a mascot for the Linux operating system. Perhaps had he known the movie Happy Feet would be released a little over 10 years later, he would have chosen a Warbler instead. Linux Gets Happy Feet is original content of This Day in Tech…
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GPS Gets Less Selective
May 1, 2000 The U.S. government removes Selective Availability from its Global Positioning System, improving the accuracy of civilian GPS devices from 100 meters to 20 meters. GPS Gets Less Selective is original content of This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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The Old World Gets Connected
May 23, 1903 Paris, France and Rome, Italy are connected by telephone for first time. Feel free to congratulate me for finding this picture at any time. The post The Old World Gets Connected appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com