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1999 – AMD releases the AMD K6-III Processor in speeds of 400 and 450 MHz. It would feature a 64KB Level 1 cache and a 256KB Level 2 cache. The 3DNow! graphics instructions would be supported, along with Direct X 6.0. There were 21.3 million transistors on the 0.25 micron process wafer.

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• Palm introduces the Palm IIIc and Palm IIIxe
• Popcorn is introduced to the Pilgrims by Quadequina
• Gawker puts Defamer up for sale

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1998 – Radio Shack said in an interesting move that they partnered with Compaq over IBM in PC sales throughout their 7,000 stores. By May, the Presario 2246 would hit shelves. It is a 233 MHz AMD-K-6 that sold for $999. The Presario 4555 would cost consumers $1399 and the high end Pentium II – 300 would cost $2299.

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• Tim McVey Day
• Yahoo acquires GeoCities
• Ann Marie Linscott uses Craigslist to hire a hitman

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• Popular Mechanics publishes first issue
• The Bionic Woman debuts
• AMD and Intel settle legal issues
• The Gizmodo CES prank bans one reporter

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2001 – One problem with technology is that you hit limitations, mostly due to materials used or how small machines can make parts like transistors. For instance, today’s multi-core x-86 processors will eventually be replaced because we won’t be able to put anymore transistors on the die – It’s called “Moores Law”. Intel and AMD work hard to get around this law – which is why x86 technology has been around since the 90’s.

One thing scientists do to circumvent is to change the structure of the transistor. Well, in 2001, Intel launched the TeraHertz – a new transistor that did just that. It used several new materials, including Zirconium Dioxide – which is used to reduce leakage issues. The new transistors brought processing to a new level; High process tasks like facial recognition could be achieved. The TeraHertz also worked on a 0.6 Volts, so it vastly reduced power.

Intel expected this technology to be implemented in 2005. However, as to this date, the TeraHertz transistor has not been implemented in processors.

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• Happy Thanksgiving. (US) Nov 26, 1789 was the first observation of the holiday. It was recommended by President George Washington.
• William Shakespear publishes King Lear
• Trade name Microsoft is registered in New Mexico
• Apple settles $10 million suit with Burst.com

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1977 – Most of the time, we skip over movie releases, unless it has had a definite impact on the Tech and geek community. That is the case with this movie. Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, and Teri Garr was released to 272 US theaters. It was produced on a budget of US$20 million, amd would gross US $5,379,460 in the opening weekend.

It also changed the way I ate mashed potatoes.

• 3Dfx Interactive unveils the Voodoo
• ICANN selects 7 top level domains (TLD)
• Intel launches the i7

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Still having some issues, but this week we had an additional issue – the home connection decided to become problematic. I could download, but couldn’t upload files. Therefore, I went to a bar to finish the upload. Yes, I did.

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• Intel and AMD reconcile
  • $1.25 billion
  • 5 yr cross – licensing pact
  • Get business done!
• Fox P2
  • Human genes are 2 off than chimps
  • Talking chimps?
  • Leipzig, Germany – Mice – Squeak different
  • U of California – similar – chimps – brainwaves
• Google Free Wifi
  • Jan 15
  • 47 airports –Boingo Wireless
  • Virgin Flights
• Mona Lisa – Wired
  • Slight Dahli
  • Motherboard parts
  • Asus employees
• The Clowns attack Best Buy
  • Kotaku
  • Ringling Bros. Game
  • Wii Nintendo DS
  • Bon Jovi CD

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1988 – Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, California. Steve Jobs shows off the NeXT Computer featuring the Motorola 68030 microprocessor at 25 MHz. The computer introduces several new features including optical storage disk, voice recognition, and object-oriented languages. The system came with the NeXTSTep operating system and cost $6,500.

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• AMD signs agreement with Intel
• 5th Gen iPod
• Clockwise or Counterclockwise Silhouette.

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1997 – Gil Amelio just was removed as CEO. People were calling for Steve Jobs to return, but others thought that would be a bad investment. Michael Dell was asked what he would do, he came back in saying Apple should close the doors and give the money back. Had Apple done that, we might see a completely different market out there. Then again, we might just see the OS X as the NeXT OS on a regular PC.

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• Lotus Development goes Public
• Windows 2.0 and Excel 2.0 are released
• AMD splits the company

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1999 – The Microprocessor Forum is held in San Jose, California. During the event, Advanced Micro Devices outlines its own x86 64-bit architecture, as well as Lightning Data Transport – Its future system bus. This will become AMD’s eighth-generation microprocessor code-name: Sledgehammer

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• Monty Python’s Flying Circus
• First Linux Kernel 0.02
• Judge halts the sale of RealDVD

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• HP introduces the programmable desktop calculator
• Free Software foundation is formed
• AMD Athlon 700 released
• George Takai gets an astroid

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1991 – Linus Torvalds mentions in a message on comp.os.minix with the simple question:

What would you like to see most in Minix

This is the official announcement of the Linux project. Of course Ari Lemmke named it Linux after a while, in which would be adopted as the official name. Linus first wanted to name it “Freix”, which meant Freek Unix.

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• Apple Powerbook 5300
• Yahoo and ET partner
• Broadcom purchases AMD’s Digital TV services

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