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Quote of the Day.

The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.

-Mark Twain

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Free … Your … Mind

March 31, 1999

The hugely successful motion picture, The Matrix, is released on this day. Many call it a classic (ok, that’s me), many call it influential (ok, me again), but no one can deny that the impact it had on many aspects of o...

Quote of the Day.

It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog.

-Mark Twain

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20-Year Old Bill Gates Gives Address

March 27, 1976

Bill Gates gives the opening address at the First Annual World Altair Computer Convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Gates was still a student at Harvard but along with Paul Allen helped develop the version of the BASIC l...

Quote of The Day.

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.

-Isaac Bashevis Singer

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Frickin’ Laser Beams Patented

March 22, 1960

The first patent on a laser is issued to Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes, who assign it to Bell Telephone Laboratories. Still, no one has figured out how to attach these “lasers” to the heads of sharks. Thro...

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Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin.

-Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Yahoo Acquires Flickr

March 20, 2005

Yahoo acquires the company Ludicorp along with its popular photo-sharing site Flickr. It is reported that Flickr currently hosts more than 5 billion photos (https...

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“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.”

 — Dalai Lama

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Apple Sues Microsoft for Copyright Infringement

March 17, 1988

Apple Computer famously sues Microsoft Corporation for copyright infringement in its Windows operating system. Apple eventually lost the lawsuit in 1995 (2022-03-18 00:31:15 +0000 UTC View Post

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A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

-John Burroughs

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First Internet Domain Registered

March 15, 1985

The first Internet domain symbolics.com is registered by Symbolics, a Massachusetts computer company (https://thisdayintechhistory.com/).

Quote of the Day.

If you're always trying to be normal you will never know how amazing you can be.

-MAYA ANGELOU

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Hulu is Unleashed

March 12, 2008

The video streaming service Hulu is launched to the public. Hulu has since become a focal point for the ongoing development of “streaming TV” along with the agonizing by TV networks and movie studios. It also revealed Alec Baldwin to be ...

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“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
― Abraham Lincoln

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I Invented the Internet

March 9, 1999

United States Vice President Al Gore gives an interview on CNN’s Late Edition in which he states, “During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet. I took the initiative in moving forw...

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No one can figure out your worth but you. 

-Pearl Bailey

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Michelangelo Strikes

March 6, 1992

The Michelangelo virus, so-named because it activates on March 6, the birthday of Michelangelo, begins infecting computers. The virus will also make news in 1993. It was one of the earliest viruses to receive widespread media attention a...

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"Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts."

 — Winston S. Churchill

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Michael Dell Steps Down as CEO

March 3, 2004

Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell Computers, announces that he will step down from his his CEO role while retaining his position as Chairman of the Board. Dell president and COO, Kevin Rollins will assume his role. On January...

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"Even if we don't have the power to choose where we come from, we can still choose where we go from there." 

—Stephen Chbosky

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Gates Admits Netscape Lockout

March 2, 1997

During a hearing on Microsoft’s alleged antitrust activities, Bill Gates admits Microsoft’s contracts bar Internet content providers from promoting Netscape’s browser. Eventually, Internet Explorer dominates the web browser ...

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A Person Who Never Made a Mistake Never Tried Anything New.

-Albert Einstein

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CompUSA Restructures

February 27, 2007

CompUSA announces that it will close 126 retail stores by June and restructure its remaining 103 stores. Eventually those 103 stores also close. Once a major player in the computer retails sales market, CompUSA was eventually purchase...

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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. 

-Albert Einstein

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First Fly-By of Uranus

February 24, 1986

Voyager 2 performs the first fly-by of the planet Uranus. Voyager 2 still is transmitting data to this day, and a Twitter feed reports on its progress (https...

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"Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right."

-Henry Ford

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First Mobile Phone Virus

February 23, 2005

The discovery of the first mobile phone virus, Cabir, is accounced. Specifically, Cabir is a worm which infects phones running the Symbian OS. Whenever an infected phone is activated, the message “Caribe” is displayed. Infected...

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"The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time."

-Abraham Lincoln

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First Telephone Book Published

February 21, 1878

The first telephone book is issued in New Haven, Connecticut by the New Haven Telephone Company. It lists twenty-one names. You probably have at least twice as many names in your cell phone today (2022-02-21 15:16:37 +0000 UTC View Post