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Dec 7, 1989 Lotus Notes v1 announced at the Academy of Arts & Sciences in Cambridge. Why there? http://www.technologyreview.com/article... (Thanks @reckel)
Tech employment in MA peaked in 2000 & has yet to recover says new UMass report. #MATechHub http://yfrog.com/1dklogj (via @ScottKirsner)
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This day, Dec. 7, 1963: 1st "authorized" use of instant replay on CBS TV during Army-Navy football game. http://hightechhistory.com/2009...
December 7, 1963 – First “authorized” use of instant replay in a sporting event - http://hightechhistory.com/2009...
Eric Schmidt of Google Opens Twitter Account & Starts Tweeting http://www.businessinsider.com/eric-sc...
Interesting timeline back to 1960 on the history of cellphones starting with the first call http://www.nytimes.com/interac...
Interesting timeline back to 1960 on selling cellphones to drivers while knowing the dangers of driving while chatting http://www.nytimes.com/interac...
@hightechhistory. 1975: "Adventure:" video game created by Bolt, Beranek & Newman's Wm Crowther on DEC PDP-10 computer. http://hightechhistory.com/2009...
William Crowther’s “Adventure” – the first computer adventure game - http://hightechhistory.com/2009...
RT @ESLundquist: Dick McGlinchey, N.E. high tech stalwart dies of sudden heart attack. Great guy will be missed. http://www.facebook.com/notes...
RT @ScottKirsner: What now-discontinued piece of software do you miss most? For me, today it is SoundEdit: http://www.adobe.com/product...
Seymour Cray, the Father of “Supercomputing” - http://hightechhistory.com/2009...
NORAD has starting tracking Santa at noradsanta.org, a tradition for >50 years ever since a child called them by mistake in 1958.
RT @DARPA_News COSMIC LOG: How far we have come...the DARPA Network Challenge 40 years ago vs. today http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive...
RT @alphadoggs Documentary on Digital Equipment Corp./DEC could make it to PBS #dec http://www.masshightech.com/stories...
RT @MassHighTech: DEC in spotlight: New books/docu—http://www.masshightech.com/stories... & Harlan Anderson talks of 1st VC 'homerun'—http://www.masshightech.com/stories...
(Low Tech History actually) No Country for Old Typewriters: A Well-Used One Heads to Auction http://www.nytimes.com/2009...
The term "Cyber Monday" was invented by Shop.org. It was first used within the ecommerce community during the 2005 holiday season.
Just found a fascinating DEC promotional video on how they entered the PC market (or not!) http://hightechhistory.com/2009...
1982 DEC Documentary on Entering the PC Market (Or Not) - http://hightechhistory.com/2009...
When Walt Mossberg of the WSJ said "The initial radios are poorly designed. Navigation is a nightmare." in 2002, XM stock dropped nearly 9%
On November 24, 1998, AOL buys Netscape in a stock-for-stock transaction worth $4.2 billion.
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