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Subject: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/11/24 at 12:19 pm
December 11th 2009 – Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment releases the hit mobile game Angry Birds internationally on iOS.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 12/14/24 at 4:54 pm
December 14th 1948 – Thomas T. Goldsmith Jr. and Estle Ray Mann are granted a patent for their cathode-ray tube amusement device, the earliest known interactive electronic game.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/19/25 at 8:56 am
January 19th 2012 – The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/22/25 at 10:45 am
January 22nd 1984 – The Apple Macintosh, the first consumer computer to popularize the computer mouse and the graphical user interface, is introduced during a Super Bowl XVIII television commercial.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/23/25 at 6:43 am
January 23rd 1998 – Netscape announces Mozilla, with the intention to release Communicator code as open source.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/24/25 at 11:45 am
January 24th 1984 – Apple Computer places the Macintosh personal computer on sale in the United States.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/27/25 at 9:03 am
January 27th 2010 – Apple announces the iPad.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/30/25 at 6:19 am
January 30th 2007 – Microsoft Corporation releases Windows Vista, a major release of the operating system Microsoft Windows and the NT based kernel.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 01/30/25 at 8:31 am
January 30th 1982 – Richard Skrenta writes the first PC virus code, which is 400 lines long and disguised as an Apple boot program called "Elk Cloner".
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/10/25 at 1:56 pm
February 10th 1996 – IBM supercomputer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov in chess for the first time.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/11/25 at 8:56 am
February 11th 2001 – A Dutch programmer launched the Anna Kournikova virus infecting millions of emails via a trick photo of the tennis star.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/14/25 at 8:57 am
February 14th 2005 – YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Howard on 02/14/25 at 1:34 pm
February 14th 2005 – YouTube is launched by a group of college students, eventually becoming the largest video sharing website in the world and a main source for viral videos.
Happy 20th Anniversary. O0
Subject: Re: Today in Computing and Video Games
Written By: Philip Eno on 02/16/25 at 4:33 am
February 16th 1978 – The first computer bulletin board system is created (CBBS in Chicago).