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IT over 15 years from April (2011)

Pedro — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:01:41 +0000

Much has happened since we started using the data and the Internet regularly.

Here are some history………..

March 5 years ago.

Apple celebrates 30 years.
Apple releases the software “Boat Camp” that makes it possible to install Windows on Intel-based Macs.

March 10 years ago

The company Gatekeeper announces a competition where they promised up to $ 10,000 to anyone who can get past their firewall.
Intel comes out with a new and faster processor, the Pentium 4 at 1.7 gigahertz.

March 15 years ago

Microsoft has delivered 30 million copies of Windows 95.
Apple comes with a quarterly report showing a loss of $ 740,000,000.
Yahoo shares are introduced to a value of $ 13, when the day is over, they have rise to $ 43
Palm begins to deliver Palm Pilot

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IT over 15 years from March (2011)

Pedro — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 14:25:22 +0000

Much has happened since we started using the data and the Internet regularly.

Here are some history………..

March 5 years ago.

Wikipedia passed one million article.
Toshiba released the first HD DVD.

March 10 years ago

U.S. Navy acknowledges that a hacker have break the security and have come over the codes to control ships, missiles and satellites.
Bill Gates presents Tablet PCs.
Napster launches the last attempt to survive, with a promise to stop more than a million copyright-protected MP3 files.

March 15 years ago

Netscape released version 2 of its browser.
Microsoft signs an agreement with Sun Microsystems on Java.

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The history of Internet Explorer

Pedro — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:40:32 +0000

www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5QqYVurImY

How big are the changes from IE1 to IE9?.

Andrew Tait have done it again, and this have even more “Geek-Warning” that the video with windows-updat that you can see here.
In this video he show us 15 years off Internet Explorers history, Andrew have install all IE with the start on Internet Explorer 1 to the one that we can download today, Internet Explerer 9

IT over 15 years from February (2011)

Pedro — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:06:49 +0000

Much has happened since we started using the data and the Internet regularly.

Here are some history………..

February 5 years ago.

Google intruducerar Gmail service for your own domain.
Apple put down the Mac Mini Series.
Oompa Loompa, the first malicious code for Mac OS X is discovered.

February 10 years ago

A U.S. Court of Appeal ordering Napster to cease service that enables users to share copyrighted matrial.
Eight days later Napster offer to pay one billion U.S. dollars over the next five years against the company can continue with their file sharing activities, the proposal is not accepted..
One early version of Windows XP shows up at the Experience Music Project in Seattle.
Police in the Netherlands across the author of the Kournikova virus

February 15 years ago

Microsoft quietly release Windows 95 OSR2. The system mainly consists bugfixes but also includes news, such as the file-system Fat32.
Texas Instruments, and Victor Company, present a co-production, that allows realistic sourround sound with just two speakers.

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IT over 15 years from January (2011)

Pedro — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:29:40 +0000

Much has happened since we started using the data and the Internet regularly.
Here are some history………..

January 5 years ago.

Intel changing its 37 years old logo, and announcing that they put down the 15 year old campaign Intel Inside.
At the CES in Los Angeles presented the Blu-Ray for the first time.
AMD releases the processor, Athlon 64 FX-60.

January 10 years ago

Linux kernel 2.4 is released.
Intel unveils its fastest processor, the Pentium 4 at 1.3 gigahertz.
AltaVista, in the time one of the world’s largest search engine, laying off 200 people, about 25% of their staff

January 15 years ago

Microsoft and Sun settlement of the dispute over Java. Microsoft pays 20 million dollars and can use a Java version in Microsoft-products for 7 years.
Palm Pilot from U.S. Robotics is released.
Apple Computer makes a quarterly loss of 69 million dollars and laying off 1,300 people. It is reputed that they have tried to find a buyer for the company but failed.

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IT over 15 years from December (2010)

Pedro — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 07:04:56 +0000

Much has happened since we started using the data and the Internet regularly.
Here are some history………..

December 5 years ago.

Adobe completes the buy of Macromedia for 3.4 billion dollars.
Microsoft announce that all support for Internet Explorer for Macintosh expires at the end of the year.
IBM end all production of OS / 2 products.
Seagate Technology, buy Maxtor at a price of 1.9 billion dollars in shares.

December 10 years ago

Antivirus company Sophos says that this year’s worst viruses are “Kakworm” this virus has topped the list since January when it was discovered.
Apple present the first iMac with the Intel-processor.
Fantaisie Software releases version 2 of the programming language PureBasic.

December 15 years ago

Netscape and Sun publish the name of a new cross-platform scripting language for the Internet – Javascript
IBM, Microsoft, Adobe and Symantec agree with Sun on the license the use of Javascript.
Apple release version 2,0 of the operativ system Newton.

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IT over 15 years from November (2010)

Pedro — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 21:47:14 +0000

Much has happened since we started using the data and the Internet regularly.
Here are some history………..

November 5 years ago.

Japanese Accsess buy PalmSource, the company behind Palm OS, for $ 325,000,000.
Microsoft Windows turns 20 years since the first version 1.0 launched.
Mozilla launches Firefox version 1.5.
Microsoft releases Xbox 360.

November 10 years ago

Compaq presents “The iPaq Home Internet”, a simple monitor with built-in computer and wireless keyboard.
Microsoft releases DirectX in version 8.0.

November 15 years ago

U.S. Robatic releasing a modem that has a transmission speed of 33.6 kilobytes.
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 2.0.

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IT over 15 years from October (2010)

Pedro — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 07:02:37 +0000

Much has happened since we started using the data and the Internet regularly.
Here are some history………..

October 5 years ago.

It discovered that Sony BMG, has installed a “Rotkit” together with their copy-protection program for CD:s in Windows. Sony BMG said in an interview “Most people do not know what a rotkit is, so why bother”
Apple launches version 10.4.3 of Apple OS X

October 10 years ago

Microsoft acknowledges that some of its most important programs has been hacked, but no source has changed. Violation was made with a worm called QAZ that was discovered a few months before
Sun launches OpenOffice
Maxtor buys Quantum disk manufacture of a billion dollars in shares

October 15 years ago

IBM celebrates the anniversary of the launch of the operating system OS/2 Warp with nearly 4 million copies sold
Novell said in a statement that it will stop with business applications software and concentrate fully on network software

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IT over 15 years from September (2010)

Pedro — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 21:08:03 +0000

Much has happened since we started using the data and the Internet regularly.
Here are some history………..

September 5 years ago.

Apple introduces the new iPod Nano, an MP3 player with the same performance as the iPod, but less than half the size
Ebay pay 2.6 billion dollar when they buy Skype

September 10 years ago

Microsoft launches Windows Me (Millennium)
McAffe and F-Secure discovered the first virus for handhelds. It’s called Phage and focuses on the Palm.

September 15 years ago

Microsoft report they have sold 7 million of their operating systems Windows 95 the first month
IBM introduces the PC model Aptiva

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IT over 15 years from August (2010)

Pedro — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:04:49 +0000

Much has happened since we started using the data and the Internet regularly.
Here are some history………..

August 5 years ago.

The worm “Zotob” shows up, CNN puts much of its broadcasting time to talk about how much damage this worm can do, it turns out that it is not so bad ….. But CNN was hit
For the first time in U.S. The shops selling more laptops than desktops
Appell introduce “Mighty Mouse” this is the first mouse from Appel that have more than one button

August 10 years ago

Intel announces Pentium III 1.13 gh processor is to be withdrawn, due to a problem that makes the programs to stuck.
Intel reveals, that the name (Netburst) on their new technology in Pentium IV

August 15 years ago

Microsoft launches Windows 95
Microsoft and the Justice Department in the U.S. come to an agreement concerning the licensing of Windows for the next six years, after a 4 years long investigation into Microsoft’s monopolistic practices

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July (2010)