Day in Tech History

Day in Tech History

Daily rundown of Technology History

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July 6, 2025 6 mins

Jack Tramiel

In a very bold move, Jack Tramiel laid off the majority of his staff outside of engineering. This comes in 1984, 3 days after Tramiel buys Atari for $240 million in 10 and 12 year notes. The employees note that it wasn’t a Hard layof...
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Spam

Not the email ve...
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Hotmail

“Happy Independence Day. ...
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IBM Apple

1991 – IBM’s Jim Cannav...
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July 2, 2025 6 mins

Napster Read more

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Trillian

2011 – HP announced t...
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Dr. Alan Chow

2000 – Dr. Alan chow a...
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June 29, 2025 8 mins

ASCI White Read more

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June 28, 2025 6 mins

Aereo Read more

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June 27, 2025 7 mins

Bill Gates Read more

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Motorola Cell Phone Read more

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Symbian

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DNS Read more

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Kodachrome Film Read more

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Manchester Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM) Read more

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June 19, 2025 7 mins

X Window System

1984 – Jim Gettys and Bob Scheifler announced collaboration of a new operating system in the X Window System. This gives the basic framework for a GUI. Currently, it is refered to as X11, R7.7. I’ve spent the last couple wee...
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Terry Semel Read more

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Head of the Statue of Liberty: Paris World's Fair, 1878 Read more

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