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Birthday of Malcolm Purcell McLean | An important paragon of Transport Tech | Techday, November 14th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 14th 1913, Malcolm Purcell McLean was born. He was an American businessman and transport entrepreneur who changed the face of modern merchandise transportation. He developed ...
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Subaquatic message | Techday, November 13th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 13th 1851, the world’s first operational subaquatic telegraph cable carried a public message. It was a project developed chiefly by British John Watkins Brett (a telegraph engineer). The cable connected the city of Dover on the ...
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Launch of USB 3.0 | A new generation for the USB standard | Techday, November 12th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 12th 2008, the third major version of the USB (Universal Serial Bus) standard was released. USB 3.0 offered many improvements, the most important of which was probably its speed. The new ...
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PlayStation 3 launch | Techday, November 11th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 11th 2006, was the original release of the game console Playstation 3, in the Japanese market. It was a console that introduced many innovations to the brand. It was the first one to adopt Blue-Ray Disk technology as its main ...
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Birthday of Richard Reeves Brodie | The founder of Microsoft Word | Techday, November 10th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 10th 1959, Richard Reeves Brodie was born. He is an American computer programmer and author, and the man responsible for the creation of Microsoft Word. What is really interesting is ...
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Firefox launch | Mozilla introduces Version 1.0 to the world | Techday, November 9th Version 1.0 of the Firefox web browser was released on this TECHDAY in history, on November 9th 2004, by Mozilla. Initially, it was called Phoenix, and then Firebird, but since both these names caused some legal issues, it was ...
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Birthday of Jack Kilby | Father of Integrated Circuit | Techday, November 8th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 8th 1923, Jack Kilby, Nobel Prize-winning electrical engineer and inventor of the first integrated circuit in 1958, was born in Missouri, USA. He attended the University of Illinois, where he ...
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Acorn BBC Micro Model A | TechMuseum Year of manufacture: 1981-1985 Technical Specifications: Processor: MOS 6502, 2 MHz RAM: 16 - 64KB FDD: 160 to 1280 KB floppy disk HDD: 20 MB Audio: Three channels, one noise channel, seven octaves Connectors/Ports: parallel, internet, cassette, RGB, TV ...
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Mars Global Surveyor launch | Techday, November 7th On this TECHDAY in history, on November 7th 1996, the U.S. spacecraft Mars Global Surveyor was launched from Cape Canaveral. The NASA-developed space probe had a mission of mapping and examining the entirety of planet Mars, from its atmosphere to its surface. It ...
