1973 – Larry Page was born
in East Lansing, Michigan. He would go on to help invent and co-found Google.
1976 – Queen Elizabeth II
sent the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment in
Malvern as a part of a demonstration of networking technology.
1976 – Altair
Computer Convention
The First Annual World Altair
Computer Convention is held at the Airport Marina Hotel near Albuquerque with
his position on software piracy.
Of
course, it was all about the Altair 8800. MITS (Micro Instrumentation and
Telemetry Systems) was a computer that came in kit from where you could build
and improve upon it.
1996 – Hewlett-Packard
Co-Founder David Packard Dies
Hewlett-Packard Company
co-founder David Packard dies after several weeks of illness. With fellow
Stanford graduate Bill Hewlett, Packard founded Hewlett-Packard in a Palo Alto
garage in 1983, spurring the development of what has come to be known as
Silicon Valley. The company’s first product was an oscillator, eight of which
Disney used in its groundbreaking film “Fantasia.” Since then, HP has made a
name in personal computers, laser printers, calculators, accessories, and test
equipment.
1999 – Melissa
Unleashes
The first e-mail virus to cause
widespread damage and one of the fastest spreading viruses in history, Melissa
was released into the wild on an early Friday morning and within three days
would infect between 100,000 and 250,000 computers around the world. While the
virus did not directly cause any damage, the sheer volume of e-mail that it
generated crashed many corporate *cough* Microsoft *cough* e-mail servers.
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