Today in Tech History – August 25

 

1609 – Galileo Galilei craftily beat a Dutch telescope maker to an appointment with the Doge of Venice. Galileo impressed the Doge and received lifetime appointment and doubled salary. Later that autumn, Galileo pointed his telescope to the Moon, and trouble began.

1981 – Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Saturn. Eight years later  on the same day in 1989, voyager 2 would make its closest approach to Neptune.

1991 – Linus Torvalds “What Would You Like to See Most in Minix”

            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 naked 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. 

2014 – Amazon announced it had acquired Twitch TV the popular video game streaming site. Rumors had indicated Google was going to buy the company, but deal fell through.

2016 – NuTonomy began the first public trial of an autonomous taxi service. Customers could hail a self-driving taxi in Singapore One North business district. A human engineer sat in the driver’s seat ready to assume control if needed.

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