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A big step for Windows | The Microsoft NT launch | Techday, July 27th On this TECHDAY in history, on July 27th 1993, came one of the most important versions of Microsoft Windows, Microsoft NT. It was also known as Windows NT 3.1, and it marked two major steps in the evolution of Microsoft's Windows operating ...
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Microsoft and AT&T alliance for the Internet Explorer | Techday, July 26th On this TECHDAY in history, on July 26th 1996, Microsoft and AT&T announced an alliance with one another to promote Microsoft's web browser, Internet Explorer, into the emerging internet business space. This would allow both ...
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Sinclair Radionics founding | Techday, July 25th On this TECHDAY in history, on July 25th 1961, Sinclair Radionics was founded. Sir Clive Sinclair's company was a technology pioneer in the European market, particularly in the minimalism of its devices, from televisions and radios to calculators and computers. From ...
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First rocket launch | Techday, July 24th On this TECHDAY in history, on July 24th 1950, the first successful rocket launch happened at Cape Canaveral. The rocket’s name was Bumper 8 and it was a modified German V-2 rocket. Cape Canaveral is located in the southeast of the U.S.A. and due to its geography was an ...
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Typewriter patent by William Austin Burt | Techday, July 23rd On this TECHDAY in history, on July 23rd 1829, William Austin Burt, an american inventor, received a patent for the typographer, a machine that employed mechanical keys in order to put words onto paper and the predecessor to the typewriter. A fire at the ...
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Windows 7 release | Techday, July 22nd On this TECHDAY in history, on July 22nd 2009, Windows 7 completed development and began its limited release in RTM (Release to Manufacturing) format. The full commercial launch would take place three months later, on October 22. This made Windows Vista, its predecessor, a ...
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Philips VG8235 | TechMuseum Year of manufacture: 1985 Technical Specifications: Processor: Zilog Z80A , 3.58 MHz RAM: 128 KB FDD: one disk 3.5" HDD: - Audio: Eight octaves , three channels Connectors/Ports: Cassette tape, floppy disk ,two cartridge , parallel , joystick , RGB Case: ...
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On this TECHDAY in history, on July 21st 1955, Ian Donald made his first investigation of the use of ultrasound in medicine. He used an industrial ultrasonic metal flaw detector to image tumour from human organs at the research department of a boiler making company, named Babock and Wilcox in Renfrew, ...
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Apollo 11 landing on the Moon | Giant leap for mankind | Techday, July 20th On this TECHDAY in history, on July 20th 1969, Eagle, as was named the Apollo 11 Lunar Module became the first vehicle on the moon. It successfully landed in the Moon, in the area known as the Sea of Tranquility. Its Commander was Neil ...
