HighTechHistory @HighTechHistory

Following high-tech history where ever it is made. hightechhistory.com Boston Joined October 2009

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4 years ago

Stephen Wilhite worked on GIF, or Graphics Interchange Format, which is now used for reactions, messages, and jokes, while employed at CompuServe in the 1980s. #RIP theverge.com/2022/3/23/2299…

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4 years ago

The original files of the source Code for the World Wide Web are sold at auction as an NFT for $5.4 million wsj.com/articles/inter… via @WSJ

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4 years ago

Internet trailblazers Yahoo and AOL sold, again, for $5b bostonglobe.com/2021/05/03/bus… via @BostonGlobe #hightechhistory #AOL #Yahoo

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5 years ago

On February 6, 2011, Ken Olsen, Co-Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, Dies web.archive.org/web/2011071417…

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5 years ago

Robert Altman, once a big-name Washington lawyer, relaunched himself as a videogame titan wsj.com/articles/rober… via @WSJ

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5 years ago

The word “robot” was born 100 years ago this month. Ever since, robots have been one of our favorite ways of thinking about our humanity. wsj.com/articles/robot… via @WSJ

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5 years ago

Happy 20th birthday #Wikipedia washingtonpost.com/technology/202… #Wikipedia20

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5 years ago

Russell Kirsch, computer scientist who scanned first digital image, dies at 91 bostonglobe.com/2020/08/14/met… via @BostonGlobe

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6 years ago

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6 years ago

The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. #hightechhistory

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6 years ago

Larry Tesler, inventor of copy-and-paste computer functions, dies at 74. #hightechhistory #WYSIWYG washingtonpost.com/local/obituari…

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7 years ago

On April 18 2003, Edgar Codd, computer scientist at IBM, inventor of the relational model for database management, died.

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7 years ago

On April 3, 1986, IBM introduces the first “laptop” computer. hightechhistory.com/2009/04/02/thi…

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7 years ago

On April 3, 1973, the first mobile phone call was made. qz.com/70309/the-firs…

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7 years ago

On April 3, 2000, A judgment was handed down in the case of United States v. Microsoft, calling the company an "abusive monopoly" and forcing the company to split into two separate units. #hightechhistory

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7 years ago

On April 3, 2006, AOL announced that it was retiring the full name "America Online" and that the official name of the service is now "AOL"

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7 years ago

On March 26, 1999, The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.

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7 years ago

On March 24, 1956, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, was born in Detroit, Michigan. Ballmer is the 24th employee hired by Microsoft. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bal…