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Daily Tech History: September 3, 1995 — eBay Is Born as “AuctionWeb”
On September 3, 1995, Pierre Omidyar launched AuctionWeb from his San Jose apartment — the scrappy auction site that grew into eBay.
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Daily Tech History: September 2, 1936 — Andrew Grove, the Man Who Built Intel, Is Born
On September 2, 1936, future Intel CEO Andrew Grove was born — the man who turned Intel into a chip giant and coined “Only…
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Daily Tech History: September 2, 1993 — W3Catalog, the Web’s First Search Engine, Goes Live
On September 2, 1993, Oscar Nierstrasz launched W3Catalog at the University of Geneva, widely regarded as the web’s first search engine.
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Daily Tech History: September 1, 1979 — Pioneer 11 Becomes First Spacecraft to Fly By Saturn
On September 1, 1979, NASA’s Pioneer 11 became the first spacecraft to fly past Saturn, paving the way for the Voyager missions.
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Daily Tech History: August 31, 1994 — Adobe Finalizes Its Merger With Aldus
On August 31, 1994, Adobe closed its acquisition of Aldus Corporation, uniting PageMaker — the software that sparked desktop publishing — with the company…
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Daily Tech History: August 30, 1969 — The First IMP Arrives at UCLA, Launching the ARPANET
On August 30, 1969, the first Interface Message Processor arrived at UCLA, becoming the first node of the ARPANET and a founding piece of…
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Daily Tech History: August 29, 1990 — The UK’s Computer Misuse Act Takes Effect
On August 29, 1990, the UK’s Computer Misuse Act took effect, becoming one of the world’s first laws to criminalize hacking.
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Daily Tech History: August 28, 2009 — Mac OS X Snow Leopard Ships
On August 28, 2009, Apple released Mac OS X Snow Leopard — a rare “refinement over features” update that dropped PowerPC support and introduced…
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Daily Tech History: August 27, 1926 — The Birth of Object-Oriented Programming’s Co-Creator, Kristen Nygaard
On August 27, 1926, Kristen Nygaard was born — the co-creator of Simula and, with it, object-oriented programming as we know it.
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Daily Tech History: August 26, 1873 — The Birth of Lee de Forest, Father of the Vacuum Tube
On August 26, 1873, Lee de Forest was born — the inventor of the Audion triode vacuum tube that powered radio, telephony, and early…