Geek Fact for June 15th

By Judy Novotny / 06/15/2012 / Geek Facts

In 2000, Microsoft released the Windows CE 3.0 operating system.

Windows CE 3.0 was the base OS for the Pocket PC 2000, Handheld PC 2000, Pocket PC 2002 and Smartphone 2002 platforms. Some of the Windows CE 3.0 enhancements included better real-time and multimedia capabilities and support for more languages.

Learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_CE_3.0

In 2004, Version 0.9 of the Mozilla Firefox web browser was released.

A ‘technology preview’, it included a new default theme (Winstripe), the ability to import metadata such as Favorites, History, Settings, Cookies and Passwords as well as a smaller download size (4.7 MB).

Learn more at http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/releases/0.9.html

About The Author

Judy Novotny

Judy is a computer veteran with 30 years of experience. She has owned everything from a TRS-80, Apple IIe and various Windows-based PCs. She is currently living in her Apple ecosystem at home consisting of an iPhone, iPad, iMac, MacBook, Apple TV, iPod nano and two Time Capsules. She is a fan of all things mobile since she got her first Palm Pilot in 1999. Check out her iPad app, Number Wizard, in the App Store. Follow her on Twitter @junovotech or at Junovo.com.

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