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And the Oscar goes to…
By Tom Willis Contributing Writer theaspnews@gmail.com The Oscar’s ceremony in a little less than two hours will spotlight and celebrate the past year’s cinema. An incredibly strong year all around has now led to a tightly fought battle between new and seasoned actors, actresses, directors and writers – between snipers and drummers, ex-superheroes and information technology-pioneering…
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And the Oscar goes to…
By Tom Willis Contributing Writer theaspnews@gmail.com The Oscar’s ceremony in a little less than two hours will spotlight and celebrate the past year’s cinema. An incredibly strong year all around has now led to a tightly fought battle between new and seasoned actors, actresses, directors and writers – between snipers and drummers, ex-superheroes and information technology-pioneering…
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And the Oscar goes to…
By Tom Willis Contributing Writer theaspnews@gmail.com The Oscar’s ceremony in a little less than two hours will spotlight and celebrate the past year’s cinema. An incredibly strong year all around has now led to a tightly fought battle between new and seasoned actors, actresses, directors and writers – between snipers and drummers, ex-superheroes and information technology-pioneering…
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And the Oscar goes to…
By Tom Willis Contributing Writer theaspnews@gmail.com The Oscar’s ceremony in a little less than two hours will spotlight and celebrate the past year’s cinema. An incredibly strong year all around has now led to a tightly fought battle between new and seasoned actors, actresses, directors and writers – between snipers and drummers, ex-superheroes and information technology-pioneering…
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And the Oscar goes to…
By Tom Willis Contributing Writer theaspnews@gmail.com The Oscar’s ceremony in a little less than two hours will spotlight and celebrate the past year’s cinema. An incredibly strong year all around has now led to a tightly fought battle between new and seasoned actors, actresses, directors and writers – between snipers and drummers, ex-superheroes and information technology-pioneering…
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Steve Jobs Goes on Hiatus
January 14, 2009 An internal Apple memo from Steve Jobs announced that he would be taking a six-month leave of absence, until the end of June 2009, to allow him to better focus on his health and to allow the company to better focus on its products without having the rampant media speculating about his…
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Y2K Comes and Goes
January 1, 2000 After years of hysteria regarding the Y2K bug, the world’s computers begin using the date 2000 with no major catastrophes. There is still debate whether the “Year 2000 Problem” was overblown by the technology industry or if the frantic updating done by armies of software developers leading up to Y2K averted disaster.…
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Altair 8800 Goes on Sale; Inspires PC Era
December 19, 1974 Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems, otherwise known as MITS, begins selling the Altair 8800 microcomputer kit. As the base computer used toggle switches for input and LEDs for output, it was far from a personal computer as we know it today. However, it is one of the most important computers in history,…
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The Internet Goes Hollywood
December 18, 1998 The Warner Brothers motion picture You’ve Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, is released to theaters. While mostly known as a romantic comedy, the film was chock-full of technology symbolism. Primarily I find interesting that the movie’s themes of business and technology was foreshadowing larger charges to come. Starting with the…
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First Transistor Radio Goes on Sale
November 1, 1954 The Industrial Development Engineering Associates company begins selling the Regency TR-1, the world’s first commercial transistor radio. Texas Instruments designed and developed the transistor technology who then partnered with IDEA to design and manufacturer the completed radio. The TR-1 sold over 100,000 units, ushering in the commercial transistor industry. This Day in Tech…