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May 5, 1999: Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)
Windows 98 SE 1999 – In an effort to fix some minor issues, improve USB support and upgrade Internet Explorer, Microsoft launched Windows 98 SE (Second Edition). The upgrade version also improved WDM...
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May 22, 1973: Ethernet is Proposed
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September 3, 1995: AuctionWeb (eBay) Founded
eBay 1995 – The online auction site eBay officially was founded on this day by Pierre Omidyar, but it was known back then as “AuctionWeb“. The first auction was for a broken laser pointer. It was sold...
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December 4, 1985: Cray X-MP/48 Supercomputer
Cray X-MP/48 Supercomputer 1985 – The Cray X-mp/48 Supercomputer begins operation in San Diego Supercomputer Center in California. The $15 million dollar supercomputer could process 400 megaflops (200...
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February 18, 1979: Sahara Desert Gets Snow
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March 22, 1981: RCA Selectavision Videodisc
RCA Selectavision CED 1981 – The first vinyl video record, a.k.a. the videodisc, hit stores in the U.S. The “Capacitance Electronic Disc” looked just like any other vinyl record protected in a plastic...
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Cinco De Mayo, 1999: Release of Windows 98 SE (Second Edition)
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May 22, 1973: Ethernet is Proposed
Robert Metcalfe’s Sketch of Ethernet 1973 – Robert Metcalfe writes a thirteen-page memo describing a new type of data transmission method. His memo was entitled “Ether Acquisition”, which would connect...
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September 3, 1995: AuctionWeb (eBay) Founded
eBay 1995 – The online auction site eBay officially was founded on this day by Pierre Omidyar, but it was known back then as “AuctionWeb“. The first auction was for a broken laser pointer. It was sold...
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December 4, 1985: Cray X-MP/48 Supercomputer
Cray X-MP/48 Supercomputer 1985 – The Cray X-mp/48 Supercomputer begins operation in San Diego Supercomputer Center in California. The $15 million dollar supercomputer could process 400 megaflops (200...
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