Posts Tagged ‘motorola’

1993 – The PowerOpen Association is formed to conform to the PowerOpen environment, which is an open standard for running forms of Unix on PowerPC platforms. Apple, IBM, Motorola are all in on this group.

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Other Historical Events in Technology

• IBM 2260
• Four-millionth domain name
• Newscorp says no to counter offer on Yahoo

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What are DECT phones? In a nutshell, it’s a  cordless phone. DECT phones are perfect for a wide wireless range around the home - The range of the handset will depend on the phone itself, but we are talking 400 ft at least. You can also use DECT phones like walkie-talkies.

The folks at Motorola show us the HS1001 – a cordless that is also a web browser. That way you don’t have to pull out your laptop and find out who is starring in your new favorite movie.  Andy McCaskey talks with Motorola to find out more about DECT and the HS1001.

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2000 – Kevin Mitnick, who was imprisoned for 5 Years in hacking IBM, Motorola and DEC; then a big chase with the FBI, was released from prision. He was still ordered to not log onto a computer.

2003 – Kevin Mitnick finally logs back onto the Internet after the 3 year probation. He fought the prohibition from the Internet and got it reduced to 3 years. No word as to where he went on his first login.

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Other Historical Events in Technology

• AOL acquires Personal Library Software
• Intel stamping serial numbers on processors
• Microsoft’s Injunction to package Java from Sun Microsystems.

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This week we talk about Blogworld and the switch of networks.

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• Windows 7
  • Ubuntu 9.10 – Karmic Koala
• Droid
  • Motorola – Google
  • Focus on beating Razr sales first
  • Verizon needs to keep mouth shut
• Netflix on PS3 and soon Wii
  • Blockbuster needs to be concerned
• Roku
  • Leo Laporte
  • Completely different content
• Net Neutrality
  • Everybody equal
  • Devils advocate

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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Other Day in Tech Hisotry items:

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

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2002 – Palm announces the first Zire handheld computer, featuring a 16MHz Motorola Dragonball EZ processor, 2MB RAM / 2MB ROM and the Palm OS 4.1 for $99

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• Edgar Allen Poe passes
• The Computer Bowl
• Verisign sells Jamba

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1989 – 4 years after resigning from Apple, Steve Jobs and his newest company NeXT finally release the NeXTstepOS. It is a Unix based system, with some aspects of BSD and using the Mach kernal. This is the OS that will eventually merge into Apple when Jobs comes back.

1990 – The NeXTstation is finally released. It used the 68040 Motorola processor running 33MHz and the 68882 math co-processor running at 25 MHz. 2.88 MB floppy, 8 MB RAM, monochrome monitor, all for $4.995.If you wanted 4096 colors, that would cost you – $7,995.

Other items in the Day in Tech History:

• ICANN is formed
• Transformer takes down the Hadron Collider
• Microsoft stock splits for the first time

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2008 -Sarah Palin succumbed to a hacker in a different way – through her Yahoo email. The infiltrator gained access by using common information to reset the password. David Kernell then posted her email and new password on 4chan.org under the alias “Rubico”.

It showed that by using common information to set up an account, it could also turn into a “back door” for someone who would know that information.

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Other items in the Day in Tech History:

• Yahoo purchases Zimbra
• Motorola enters into Mac Clone market
• AT&T phones shut down NYC

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• Big Apple Rockin day
  • Steve Jobs on organ donation
  • New iPods
  • RHAPSODY!
  • iPhone & iPod ramping up games?
    • Madden10
  • Motorola just announced – Android on Cliq
    • Android gets Facebook, Pandora
  • Palm Pixi
• Googleopoly?
  • Books under fire
  • Google helping newspapers
  • EU and FTC toying at antitrust issues
• Wordpress 2.8.4
  • Major hack attack over the weekend.
  • Wordpress.com OK, but hosted should be at 2.8.4
  • Plugins that can help
    • AskApache
    • Hash Checker
    • Akismet
    • Disable Core Updates
• Windows 7 Attack
  • Conficker like worm
  • No fix
  • Vista and Windows 7
• Is 3D a new wave or a Fad?
  • CES – 3D
  • New HD3D sets
  • 3D takes more brain process
  • 3D Live production truck – Supershooter 3D.

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You might remember the products. You might remember the hype. Then, you are tooling down highway 41 years later and all of a sudden you think to yourself – “Hey, whatever happened to…”

Failed ideas. Maybe it was a great idea, but wasn’t made right, or design errors brought it down. Maybe it was just a bad product. Well, let’s take a stroll down memory lane and see if we cannot repeat these errors again.

Oh yeah, why 16? Well because we could.

The Computer Watch: Whether it was the Ruputer, the MSN Direct ‘Smart’ Watches, the Timex Data Link Watch or another gadget watch – BTW – I remember having a “Transformers watch”. It was awesome!

Still, the Dick Tracey style communication watches, the “Computer on a wrist”, never really hit it off. I even remember a watch that gave you directions. You would put in the paper tape and turn a little dial to indicate where you are and where you are going.

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The Amiga has been sort of an enigma in the computer industry. It started in 1982 as the Amiga corporation, then Commodore purchased the line to put in their family of computers. The computer was held high for video production – with a video toaster, the system could do as much as a mac or PC, but for less price.

Commodore of course folded up, but the Amiga line still tried to thrive. On March 27th 1997, Gateway 2000 decided to take over the reigns and be the home to this great machine. We have since seen Gateway come and go.

Other historical notes for this week – the EU lands a fine on Microsoft, Microsoft splits into 5 while Motorola splits into 2. Seagate gets bought by Veritas and Kevin Mitnik pleads guilty to wire fraud. Finally we see Excel 4.0 introduced, as well as Mac OS X.

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