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Y2K Looms
December 31, 1999 The world waits in anticipation of the year 2000 and the potential disasters that might be brought about by the Y2K bug. Personally, having worked years in a corporate environment getting ready for Y2K, I was pretty confident that nothing major would happen. So just for fun, I set up my home…
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Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year
December 27, 1999 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is named Person of the Year by Time Magazine. The post Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year
December 27, 1999 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is named Person of the Year by Time Magazine. The post Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year
December 27, 1999 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is named Person of the Year by Time Magazine. The post Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year
December 27, 1999 Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is named Person of the Year by Time Magazine. The post Jeff Bezos Named Person of the Year appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in Tech History Tech History provided by This Day in Tech History.com
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A Virus on Christmas?
December 25, 1987 The Christmas virus begins to effect IBM mainframe computers around the world. Technically defined as a worm, the Christmas virus drew a Christmas tree text graphic on the victim’s monitor and searched out other network users. Named CHRISTMA EXEC because IBM systems only supported eight-character filenames, it was the world’s first widely disruptive computer worm. The…
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A Virus on Christmas?
December 25, 1987 The Christmas virus begins to effect IBM mainframe computers around the world. Technically defined as a worm, the Christmas virus drew a Christmas tree text graphic on the victim’s monitor and searched out other network users. Named CHRISTMA EXEC because IBM systems only supported eight-character filenames, it was the world’s first widely disruptive computer worm. The…
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GIF Madness!
December 24, 1994 Seven years after introducing the GIF format, during which it became a defacto standard because of its efficient compression algorithm, Compuserve reaches a licensing agreement with Unisys over the use of the patented LZW method in the GIF specification. CompuServe was not aware of the patent when it used the LZW technique…
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First Men to Orbit the Moon
The view of Earth rising over the lunar surface from Apollo 8 December 23, 1968 Astronauts Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, and William Anders become the first men to orbit the Moon. Flying in Apollo 8, the men perform 10 total lunar orbits and test many of the procedures that will be used in future lunar…
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The First Electric Christmas Tree Lights
December 22, 1882 Edward Johnson, an associate of Thomas Edison, has walnut-sized bulbs made specifically for him to wire his Christmas Tree with electric light. The 80 red, white, and blue bulbs formed the first set of electric Christmas Tree lights in history. Prior to this, people would traditionally decorate their trees with wax candles.…