Posts Tagged ‘Top level Domains’

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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1996 – The Internet International Ad Hoc Committee is formed. It consists of the Internet Architecture Board, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, International Trademark Association, Internet Society, International Telecommunication Union, and World Intellectual Property Organization. The group was formed to govern top level domains. It would ultimately be disbanded on May 1, 1997

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Other Historical Technology of this day:

• Sega releases the Net Modem
• Amazon.com sues Barnes and Noble.com
• UseBB project is founded

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Great Show – Talked about a lot of stuff. Ubuntu, Top level Domains, iPhone, Digg, Sim cards, energy efficiency, IT certification, Microphones and Green Tea. Also, Hour 1 was the 100th recording on uStream. Pretty cool stuff!

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