I probably have the same ritual as everyone else. As I get ready to start my day, I check the news feed on my phone. Today was like most others; what did the President do or not do today, blah blah blah. But, a story that cheered me up was the fact that Voyager II …
There is a lot we take for granted in the modern world we live. To think that most people have access to a computer or digital communication device, is astounding when you think about where we started. The internet as we know it, is only 22 years old. We don’t have to go that far …
Quicktime Saves Apple’s Bacon Today in tech history, Apple sews the seeds to sue the crap out of Microsoft, Intel, and a “little guy” caught in the middle. Why dyou ask? Well, back in 1994, you couldn’t just stream video in your browser. You needed a player, much like a virtual DVD player that lived …
The 1991 movie Terminator 2 Judgment has a quote: “ The Terminator: The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. The system goes on-line August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time, August 29th. In a panic, they try …
December 4, 2001 Disguised as a screen saver and spread through an infected user’s Microsoft Outlook e-mail software, the Goner worm spreads through the Internet at a pace second only to the Love Bug virus the previous year. Goner was estimated to cause about $80 million dollars in damage Similar to the UPS virus we see today, the Goner …