Browsing Category
Tech History
88 posts
October 6: Patents Issued for Photocopying
On October 6, 1942, Chester Carlson receives a patent for what is now known as photocopying, a method…
October 5: Steve Jobs Passes Away
On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs, the technology innovator and creator of Apple Computer, has died after a…
October 4: Sputnik Launches the Space Age
On October 4, 1957, The first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth, Sputnik 1, is launched from Baikonur,…
October 3: The Transistor Has Been Patented
On the 3rd of October, 1950, AT&T Bell Laboratories researchers John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley received…
October 2: Retired ENIAC
On October 2, 1955, The ENIAC was retired after eleven years of calculation and processing. John Mauchly and…
October 1 : 1st CD Player
On October 1, 1982, The first commercial compact disc player, the Sony CDP-101, goes on sale in Japan.
September 30: Drafted Ethernet
On September 30, 1980, Digital, Intel, and Xerox release version 1.0 of the Ethernet specification, the Blue Book.…
September 29: Microsoft Word 1.0 released
On September 29, 1983, Microsoft launches Microsoft Word 1.0. Word for MS-DOS was the first word processor to…
September 28: Think Different
On September 28, 1997, Apple's "Think Different" commercial campaign debuts just two weeks after Steve Jobs was named temporary CEO. The campaign, which was designed to reintroduce the Apple brand, was widely lauded by the press, the general public, and the advertising industry. It won several prizes along the way. In retrospect, Think Different marked the beginning of Apple's transformation from near-collapse in the 1990s to the world's most valuable firm.
September 27: Happy Birthday Google
Google has occasionally picked September 27 as their birthday, even though their official birthday is September 4th or…