HighTechHistory

Following high-tech history where ever it is made.

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Stephen Wilhite worked on GIF, or Graphics Interchange Format, which is now used for reactions, messages, and jokes, while employed at CompuServe in the 1980s. #RIP https://t.co/NCwA41aTyJ

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The original files of the source Code for the World Wide Web are sold at auction as an NFT for $5.4 million https://t.co/XCVZzOVUQB via @WSJ

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Internet trailblazers Yahoo and AOL sold, again, for $5b https://t.co/wQ4P5jV4O3 via @BostonGlobe #hightechhistory #AOL #Yahoo

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On February 6, 2011, Ken Olsen, Co-Founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, Dies https://t.co/sT6M8mmqhQ

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Robert Altman, once a big-name Washington lawyer, relaunched himself as a videogame titan https://t.co/L4JB9guo25 via @WSJ

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The word “robot” was born 100 years ago this month. Ever since, robots have been one of our favorite ways of thinking about our humanity. https://t.co/diBw2uxJ49 via @WSJ

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Happy 20th birthday #Wikipedia
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Russell Kirsch, computer scientist who scanned first digital image, dies at 91 https://t.co/YlAiwBOoPE via @BostonGlobe

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Kazuhisa Hashimoto, creator of the famous ‘Konami Code,’ has died - The Washington Post https://t.co/9xWUwqj7Y0

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The very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer for $14.83. #hightechhistory

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Larry Tesler, inventor of copy-and-paste computer functions, dies at 74. #hightechhistory #WYSIWYG https://t.co/8d2ptnKBZW

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On April 18 2003, Edgar Codd, computer scientist at IBM, inventor of the relational model for database management, died.

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On April 3, 1986, IBM introduces the first “laptop” computer. https://t.co/kDjfqao7pi

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On April 3, 1973, the first mobile phone call was made. https://t.co/EX8xuRxYym

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On April 3, 2000, A judgment was handed down in the case of United States v. Microsoft, calling the company an "abusive monopoly" and forcing the company to split into two separate units. #hightechhistory

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On April 3, 2006, AOL announced that it was retiring the full name "America Online" and that the official name of the service is now "AOL"

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On March 26, 1999, The "Melissa worm" infects Microsoft word processing and e-mail systems around the world.

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On March 24, 1956, Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, was born in Detroit, Michigan. Ballmer is the 24th employee hired by Microsoft. https://t.co/ttkR8aaGa9

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Happy 30th birthday World Wide Web: The Invention That Connected The World! https://t.co/AhpQpdBUIz via @googlearts

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On March 11 1915, J.C.R. Licklider was born. Called "computing's Johnny Appleseed," he invented the ARPANET, which led to the Internet.