February 5: Victoria Secret was First Major Webcast |
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1999 - Victoria Secret holds their annual fashion show after dealing with the networks for the last 10 years. The event attracts attention - 1.5 million visitors to be exact. The company uses the same idea the next year to rousing success. This was considered the first Major Successful webcast... |
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The Day in Tech History
Jeffrey Powers
Madison, WI
Description: Daily rundown of Historical facts in Technology. This Podcast is produced 7 days a week.
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February 6: Alan Shepard Golfs on Moon, Steve Wozniak Leaves Apple |
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Alan Shepard 1971 - Moving to the Space side of Geek, Apollo 14 astronaut Alan Shepard hits the first golf ball on the Moon. He used a six-iron attached to a sample collection tool. He hit 2 balls, in which the second would have made Happy Gillmore look bad. Of course, the moon has 1/6 the gravity as the Earth does. Wikazine – Full show notes for February 6 Geek Smack Sponsor board!Sponsor: Mozy for Business Call 877.669.9776 or MozyPro.com Code Podcast15 saves you 15% Subscribe to Day in Tech History Show Notes!
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February 4: Apple Acquired NeXT |
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1997 - Apple Computer makes the acquisition of NeXT for $427 million. The OpenStep OS will be the base of Mac OS X. Steve Wozniak returns to Apple as an executive committee member. Gil Amelio - with Steve Jobs as his advisor - makes plans to restructure Apple. Finally, Bill Gates publicly states t... |
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February 3: RAMBUS Patent infringement Postponed Indefinitely |
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2009 - Judge Ronald M. Whyte of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California issued an order indefinitely postponing the coordinated patent-infringement cases filed by RAMBUS against rival memory chip makers. Hynix Semiconductor, Micron Technology, Nanya Technology and Samsung El... |
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February 2: AOL Takes Over Compuserve |
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1998 - In the 90's, AOL and Compuserve were battling out for top dog in the ISP market. However, AOL showed a lot more game back then as Compuserve ultimately faltered when it's main investor - H&R Block - decided to divest. The big quandary: Who was to buy Compuserve. Well, the end result was a bu... |
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February 1: Microsoft Bids for Yahoo |
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2008 - Microsoft officially made a move to put a bid in for Yahoo! They announced a plan of $31 a share, which was 62 percent of premium common stock from Yahoo! This was not the first time Microsoft had made a play for the company, but this was the most covered by press... |
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