Today in Tech History – October 31

1945 – The First Conference on Digital Computer Technique Was Held at MIT

          The conference was sponsored by the National Research Council, Subcommittee Z on Calculating Machine and Computation. Attended by the Whirlwind team, it influenced the direction of this computer.

                                                  

2000 - The Soyuz TM-31 launched, carrying Expedition 1 the first resident crew to the International Space Station, including Yuri Gidzenko, Sergei Krikalev and William Shepherd. The tm-31 was used as the crew's lifeboat while on the station.

                                                    

2000 - Bertelsmann Music Group (BMG) and Napster agreed to develop a service for swapping and sharing music. The service never materialized.

                                                     

2007 - Nintendo of Japan finally ended support for the repair of FamiCom game consoles, the Japanese name for NES, citing a shortage of parts. End of an 8-bit era.

                                                

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