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Happy National Pi Day – The celebration of 3.14

1988 – It’s the song that found it’s rebirth and the term “Rick Rolled” became a urban saying. Of course, we are talking about Rick Astley and the song: Never Gonna Give You Up. It hit #1 on the charts. Of course, it’s internet fame has turned this into a whole new beast.

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Other Historical Events in Technology

• Microsoft releases XBox in Europe
• NEC announces they will be getting into the computer market
• Apple releases the Power Macintosh computer

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Todd Reviewing the NEC CRVD

Monitors are getting cooler and cooler. We were passing by the NEC booth and saw this – the NEC CRVD Display. Four panels wide, 2880 x 900 resolution.

Todd Cochrane shows us how cool it would be to have this on our desktops. Of course, it does come with a hefty price tag. Nonetheless, there were 3 Geeked out people wanting it.

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A little later than usual, but we got your week in tech history right here. It includes:

Active Inc LCD Display

iPhone 1.0 released

IEEE Standard

Windows 98 released

AOL buys Mapquest

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This weeks’ show had some issues as I had some issues with the recording unit. Had to switch to a SM57 mic for the recording, then used a lot of VST effects to clean it up.

Nonetheless, here is your week in tech history. We highlight:

Apple goes Intel

Microsoft Antitrust

Maxis – shocking

CIH Computer Virus

First Spacewalk

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Apple Leopard News:

2 Million Copies Sold – MacDailyNews
Adobe Apps on Leopard: What You Need to Know – John Nack on Adobe Blog
Mac BSOD? – CNet
Holes in Max OS – builder.au
Hack to run Leopard on a PC – Information Week

On the Geek:

Seagate Offers 5% refunds on Storage Products – Geek.com
NEC SX-9 Fastest Computer Ever? – Geek.com
Hitachi Bringing Ultri-Thin LCD HDTVs – Geek.com
Samsung 30nm 128 GB Memory Cards – Geek.com

Cool Geek Stuff:

Computer Repair Utility Kit – Technibble

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