In 1977, the Apple II went on sale. The Apple II had a MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor running at 1 MHz, 4 kB of RAM, an audio cassette interface for loading programs and storing data, and the Integer BASIC programming language built into the ROMs. […]
Apple’s iPad still remains, by far, the tablet market leader. As reported by ABI Research, Apple shipped 11.8 million of iPads in the first quarter of this year. The colossal iPad sales were due to the release of the 3rd generation iPad as well as
In 2010, Falcon 9 Flight 1, the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40. The first flight launched a stripped-down version of the Dragon capsule. It was not designed to survive re-entry,
In 1984, Commodore made two additions to their line of computers. The Plus/4 – originally called the 264 – was released for $300. The “Plus/4” name refers to the four-application ROM resident office suite (word processor, spreadsheet, database, and graphing). Learn more about the Plus/4
In 1966, Surveyor 1 was the first US space probe to have a soft landing on the Moon. The Soviet Union was the first when the Russian probe Luna 9 had a successful soft landing on the moon on February 3rd of that year. The
In 1956, Tim Paterson, the author of MS-DOS, was born. MS-DOS was the most widely used operating system in the 1980s. Read more about Tim Paterson at http://www.patersontech.com/dos/micronews/paterson04_10_98.htm
In 2001 , Microsoft released the Microsoft Office XP office suite. The XP version included enhanced features that enabled users to link to the Internet and collaborate with co-workers on projects. Learn more at http://money.cnn.com/2001/05/31/technology/microsoft/index.htm In 2005, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released the Athlon 64
In 1979, Percom Data Company released MICRODOS for Radio Shack’s TRS-80. MICRODOS was the only TRS-80 disk operating system that made no attempt at TRSDOS compatibility. It was later known at OS-80. Learn more at http://www.trs-80.org/microdos/
Ahead of his keynote address at next month’s WWDC, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook kicked off All Things Digital’s D10 executive conference, sitting down with Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher to talk Apple. Below are some of the more interesting excerpts of the discussion. For total
In 1919, Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity is tested and confirmed. Arthur Eddington conducted an expedition to observe the solar eclipse of May 29th, 1919 that provided one of the earliest confirmations of relativity. Learn more at http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=did-researchers-cook-data-from-first-general-relativity-test
In 1987 CompuServe released the Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) standard as a new format to save and retrieve computer-based images. The GIF format supports up to 8 bits per pixel, allowing a single image to reference a palette of up to 256 distinct colors. The
In 1988, Microsoft released two versions of Windows 2.1. Two versions were released to specifically takes advantage of advanced features of the Intel 80286 and Intel 80386 processors. Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_2.1x
[important]Do to an error in the B.I.T.E. Back Against Malware email you may have landed here. The correct link is – B.I.T.E. Back Against Malware. Sorry for any inconvenience ~ Dave[/important] In 1969, the Apollo 10 astronauts returned to Earth. The Apollo 10 mission encompassed
In 2008, NASA’s Phoenix spacecraft landed in the polar region on Mars. Data from NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander suggest liquid water has interacted with the Martian surface throughout the planet’s history and into modern times. Learn more at http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/phoenix/mission/objectives.html
