May 20: Craigslist vs. South Carolina |
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2009 - Craigslist was under fire for their erotic services. Reports of prostitution and other illegal activities were being conducted in the category. Craigslist revamped their site to remove the erotic services and add an "Adult" section - with more moderation. However, South Carolina Attorney... |
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Day in Tech History
Jeffrey Powers
Madison, WI
Description: Daily rundown of Technology History . 7 days a week, 365 days a year
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May 21: Caldera International Becomes SCO Group |
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 May 21, 2003: Caldera International becomes the SCO Group 2003- Caldera International finished the acquisition of the Server Software and Services divisions of Santa Cruz Operation. They turned around and officially renamed to the SCO group. The focus was more to the UNIX platform. The SCO group was in a major lawsuit with Novell until Masrch 2010 when the courts ruled that Novell had the proper rights to the SCO properties in the Linux OS. Full Day in Tech History podcast show notes for May 21
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May 19: Apple III (aka “Apple Failure III”) |
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1980 - The machine was code named "Sara". It was the Apple III and was planned to be the successor to the Apple II. However, the machine had enough failures that Apple had to re-launch this computer in August. Therefore, it was refered to as "Apple Failure III". Then IBM came out with the PC and App... |
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May 18: Facebook Goes Public, Shrek is Released |
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2012 - After much speculation, Facebook shares go public under "FB". The stock started at $38 a share but instantly dropped. Stock dropped to $26 / share by years end. It currently hovers around that price... |
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May 17: HTML, HTTP Set Up on NeXTcube |
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1991- Tim Berners-Lee sets up HyperText Markup language (HTML) and Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) at CERN. He put the protocol on a NeXTStep machine. The server was then launched onto the word wide web, effectively making this the first day you could get a website that could support more than te... |
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May 16: Phantom Console Called Pump and Dump Scheme |
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2006 - Phantom Entertainment former CEO Timothy Roberts was accused of running a Pump and dump scheme on the Phantom console - a Game system that never came to market. In 2004, he hired a promoter to send faxes stating the Phantom system would ship January 2005. Of course that drove up stock prices... |
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