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DMCA Signed into Law
October 28, 1998 US President Bill Clinton signs into law the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The law is intended to criminalize production and dissemination of technology designed to circumvent digital copyright protection (known as Digital Rights Management or DRM). However, the law has been very controversial, with accusations of abuse of the law to stifle…
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Last Flight of the Concorde
October 24, 2003 The Concorde supersonic jet makes its last commercial flight. While being able to cross the Atlantic in about 3.5 hours, low passenger numbers and rising maintenance costs made operating the Concorde unprofitable for British Airways and Air France. The post Last Flight of the Concorde appeared first on This Day in Tech…
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Last Flight of the Concorde
October 24, 2003 The Concorde supersonic jet makes its last commercial flight. While being able to cross the Atlantic in about 3.5 hours, low passenger numbers and rising maintenance costs made operating the Concorde unprofitable for British Airways and Air France. The post Last Flight of the Concorde appeared first on This Day in Tech…
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Last Flight of the Concorde
October 24, 2003 The Concorde supersonic jet makes its last commercial flight. While being able to cross the Atlantic in about 3.5 hours, low passenger numbers and rising maintenance costs made operating the Concorde unprofitable for British Airways and Air France. The post Last Flight of the Concorde appeared first on This Day in Tech…
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Apple Introduces PowerBook
October 21, 1991 At the COMDEX computer expo in Las Vegas, Apple introduces the first line of PowerBook notebook computers, the PowerBook 100, PowerBook 140, and PowerBook 170. The first truly portable Macintosh, the PowerBook line redefined portable computing and set the bar for future laptop designs. For example, the PowerBooks were the first laptop…
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VisiCalc Officially Released
October 19, 1979 According to Dan Bricklin, the first “real” release of VisiCalc was completed and packaged for shipment. VisiCalc was the first commercially available spreadsheet software and quickly became the first “killer app” of the personal computer market. The post VisiCalc Officially Released appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in…
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VisiCalc Officially Released
October 19, 1979 According to Dan Bricklin, the first “real” release of VisiCalc was completed and packaged for shipment. VisiCalc was the first commercially available spreadsheet software and quickly became the first “killer app” of the personal computer market. The post VisiCalc Officially Released appeared first on This Day in Tech History. This Day in…