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September 25: IBM Announces “Micro Channel Architecture”
On September 25, 1987, IBM announced plans to build Micro Channel Architecture, a new system for transporting information…
September 24: CompuServe Launches MicroNET
On September 24, 1979, CompuServe launches the first consumer-oriented online information service, which they called MicroNET. This marked…
September 23: The First Android Introduced
On September 23, 2008, Google and T-Mobile together introduced the T-Mobile G1 (also known as the HTC Dream),…
September 22: Computer Code Protected by Copyright
On September 22, 1986, The US District Court for the Northern District of California rules that computer code…
September 21: Galileo Completes Jupiter Mission
On September 21, 2003, NASA spacecraft Galileo is sent into the atmosphere of the giant planet. NASA decided…
September 20: First FORTRAN Program Runs
On September 20, 1954, The first FORTRAN program is executed. FORTRAN was developed by IBM scientists who were looking for…
September 19: Happy Birthday Smiley
On September 19, 1982, In a posting made to a Carnegie Mellon bulletin board, Professor Scott Fahlman proposes the…
September 18: NeXTSTEP OS Released
On September 18, 1989, NeXT Computer releases version 1.0 of NeXTSTEP, an object-oriented, multitasking operating system. Originally designed to run…
September 17: NASA Unveils Enterprise
On September 17, 1976, NASA Unveils Enterprise. The Enterprise was a prototype shuttle, designed for the early testing phase of…
September 16: Steve Jobs Resigns from Apple
On September 16, 1985, Five months after losing control of the company in a boardroom battle with John Sculley,…