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28 years ago, Windows 95 entered general availability (August 24th 1995) (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Trojan Room coffee pot was switched off at 09:54 UTC on 22 August 2001 (lemmy.capebreton.social)
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AOL Pretends to be the Internet - The History of the Web (lemmy.capebreton.social)
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Microsoft released the first version of QuickBASIC on August 18, 1985 on a single 5.25-inch 360 KB floppy disk (en.wikipedia.org)
Microsoft Windows 95 Video Guide with Jennifer Aniston & Matthew Perry | (VHS) 1995 (www.youtube.com)
Apple Computer Check Signed by Steve Jobs Sells for $46,000 (www.macrumors.com)
A check signed by former Apple CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs sold for $46,063 at auction this week. Issued by “Apple Computer Company” in 1976, the $4.01 check was made out to electronics retailer RadioShack.
Cyber professionals say industry urgently needs to confront mental health crisis (cyberscoop.com)
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Stephen "Steve" Gary Wozniak was born on this day (Aug 11 1950) (lemmy.capebreton.social)
Stephen Gary Wozniak (/ˈwɒzniæk/; born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname “Woz”, is an American technology entrepreneur, electronics engineer, computer scientist, computer programmer, philanthropist, and inventor. In 1976, he co-founded Apple Computer with his late business partner Steve Jobs, which later became...
Verizon Gave Phone Data to Armed Stalker Who Posed as Cop Over Email (www.404media.co)
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John David McAfee, author of the first commercial anti-virus software, was born on Sept 18th 1945 (en.wikipedia.org)
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The Rise of Excel Part 1 (www.youtube.com)
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The End of AppleTalk - August 28th, 2009 (en.wikipedia.org)
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Dwarf Fortress - Lemmy.CapeBreton (lemmy.capebreton.social)
A community to discuss the game Dwarf Fortress and other related topics … Not in anyway affiliated with the subreddit (/r/dwarffortress)...
US spy agency ‘hacked Huawei HQ’: China confirms Snowden leak (www.scmp.com)
Chinese State Security Ministry report acknowledges cyberattacks detailed in internal papers revealed by former contractor...
First Instance of Actual Computer Bug Being Found was on September 9th, 1947 (Or was it?) (education.nationalgeographic.org)
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April 9, 1999 - the world's first production active directory domain (www.youtube.com)
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[DISCUSSION] What was the oldest piece of tech actively used in an environment you supported?
I’ll start …...
They Cracked the Code to a Locked USB Drive Worth $235 Million in Bitcoin. Then It Got Weird (www.wired.com)
Wi-Fi sniffers strapped to drones—Mike Lindell’s odd plan to stop election fraud | Lindell wants to fly drones near polling places to monitor voting machines. (arstechnica.com)
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How Signal Walks the Line Between Anarchism and Pragmatism (www.wired.com)
The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. As it tries to go mainstream, can it escape its roots?
Hackers exploited Windows 0-day for 6 months after Microsoft knew of it (arstechnica.com)
Record mega breach in France impacts up to 43 million people (www.theregister.com)
Launched on 25 March 1995, The WikiWikiWeb is the first wiki, or user-editable website. (en.wikipedia.org)