1791 – Michael Faraday was born in south
London. He grew up to discover electromagnetic induction and coined the terms
‘electrode’, ’cathode’ and ‘ion’. He also lent his name to the Faraday cage.
1986 – Computer Code Protected
by Copyright
The US
District Court for the Northern District of California rules that computer code
is protected under copyright law. The ruling stems from the case NEC Corp. v.
Intel Corp, which was basically a battle over who had the right to produce x86
processors. The ruling while finding that Intel had copyright protection for
the code in their processors, also found that reverse-engineering code was also
legal and therefore NEC did not violate Intel’s copyright in producing their
own x86 processors. This ruling that code could be copyrighted changed the
landscape, for better or worse, of software and computer development.
1999 – eBay Auction of $10
Million in Marijuana
An ebay
user (literally) puts 500 pounds of Marijuana on the auction block. The auction
itself hits up to 10 million dollars. eBay finds out and pulls down the auction,
but it does say something forthe power of illegal drugs
over the internet.
2011 – Facebook announced its new Timeline
feature which would collect all your posts and materials in chronological
order, replacing the old profile.
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