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June 13, 1983: Pioneer 10 Reaches an End ... and a Beginning 1983: Pioneer 10 becomes the first human-made object to pass outside Pluto's orbit and leave the central solar system. Pioneer 10 must be considered one of the most successful spacecraft of all time. Designed for deep-space exploration, which at the time of its launch in 1972 meant pre Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 13, 1983: Pioneer 10 Reaches an End ... and a Beginning 1983: Pioneer 10 becomes the first human-made object to pass outside Pluto's orbit and leave the central solar system. Pioneer 10 must be considered one of the most successful spacecraft of all time. Designed for deep-space exploration, which at the time of its launch in 1972 meant pre Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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June 23, 1983: DNS Test Sets Stage for Internet Growth 1983: Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel run the first successful test of the automated, distributed Domain Name System. DNS will lay the foundation for the massive expansion, popularization and commercialization of the internet. The fledgling internet of the time (Arpanet and CSnet) reli Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 23, 1983: DNS Test Sets Stage for Internet Growth 1983: Paul Mockapetris and Jon Postel run the first successful test of the automated, distributed Domain Name System. DNS will lay the foundation for the massive expansion, popularization and commercialization of the internet. The fledgling internet of the time (Arpanet and CSnet) reli Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Collective intelligence pioneer hailed In a tribute to computer industry pioneer Doug Engelbart, dignitaries from IT and academic realms espoused the concept of "collective intelligence" at a technology event Monday, emphasizing developments such as search engines that promote the idea. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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Nov. 10, 1983: Gates Opens Windows a Bit Early 1983: Microsoft chief Bill Gates unveils the Windows operating system for PCs. Don't hold your breath waiting until you can buy a copy ... unless you can hold your breath for two years. Gates, Microsoft's president and board chairman, held an elaborate event at New York City's pos Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 10, 1983: Gates Opens Windows a Bit Early 1983: Microsoft chief Bill Gates unveils the Windows operating system for PCs. Don't hold your breath waiting until you can buy a copy ... unless you can hold your breath for two years. Gates, Microsoft's president and board chairman, held an elaborate event at New York City's pos Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Feds: We will meet June IPv6 deadline U.S. federal government officials are confident they will meet a June 30 deadline to support IPv6 on their backbone networks, but they see challenges ahead in transitioning their production networks to this long-anticipated upgrade to the Internet's main communication Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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3G iPhone to be announced on June 9, analysts say The 3G iPhone will be announced June 9, the likely date of Apple CEO Steve Jobs' keynote at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference, analysts said in research notes on Thursday.The 3G iPhone will be the "f Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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UPDATE: SEC Reaches Preliminary ARS Settlement With Merrill - CNNMoney.com Turkish PressUPDATE: SEC Reaches Preliminary ARS Settlement With MerrillCNNMoney.com - 1 hour ago(Adds comment from SEC, background on state settlements and details on buybacks beginning in the third paragraph.) By Judith Burns WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Securities an Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Calif.: Same-sex marriages OK beginning June 17
(AP) AP - Barring a stay of a historic California Supreme Court ruling, same-sex couples will be able to wed in the state beginning June 17, according to a state directive issued Wednesday. Home > Rss Directory > General > Yahoo News |
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June 2, 1883: The 'L' Comes to Chicago ... Indoors 1883: The world's first elevated electric railway in the world makes a trial run. It's in Chicago, of course. It's indoors, and it won't last, but the idea will. New York City began elevated railway service in the early 1870s, running in Manhattan on Ninth Avenue and Greenwich Street. I Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 2, 1883: The 'L' Comes to Chicago ... Indoors 1883: The world's first elevated electric railway in the world makes a trial run. It's in Chicago, of course. It's indoors, and it won't last, but the idea will. New York City began elevated railway service in the early 1870s, running in Manhattan on Ninth Avenue and Greenwich Street. I Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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TeleNav mobile workforce software reaches out Mobile navigation and software vendor TeleNav took a page from Research In Motion's book with a server that can mediate between TeleNav's software and existing enterprise applications.The company's TeleNav Track Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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MySQL upgrade now slated for June, Sun says Sun pushed out a "near final" version of MySQL 5.1 on Tuesday, but is holding back the production release of the open-source database until it irons out some remaining bugs, officials said Tuesday.Sun wants to a Home > Rss Directory > Technology > InfoWorld |
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McCain has best fundraising in June, netting $22M - The Associated Press The Associated PressMcCain has best fundraising in June, netting $22MThe Associated Press - 31 minutes agoWASHINGTON (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain raised more than $22 million in June, his best fundraising performance of the year, and ended the mo Home > Rss Directory > General > Google News |
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Nov. 13, 1983: Teen Sets 'Asteroids' Record in 3-Day Marathon 1983: Fifteen-year-old Scott Safran of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, sets the world record score in the arcade game Asteroids — the longest-standing videogame high score in history. Safran, who had been practicing nonstop at the game for the previous two years, agreed to play a marathon sess Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 13, 1983: Teen Sets 'Asteroids' Record in 3-Day Marathon 1983: Fifteen-year-old Scott Safran of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, sets the world record score in the arcade game Asteroids — the longest-standing videogame high score in history. Safran, who had been practicing nonstop at the game for the previous two years, agreed to play a marathon sess Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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June 17, 1867: Lister Cuts Clean, Saves Lives 1867: British surgeon Joseph Lister performs the first surgery under antiseptic conditions. Death rates would plummet, but you should still be thankful you were born in the 20th century and not the 19th. Lister was raised in a Quaker family and attended University College, London, becau Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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June 17, 1867: Lister Cuts Clean, Saves Lives 1867: British surgeon Joseph Lister performs the first surgery under antiseptic conditions. Death rates would plummet, but you should still be thankful you were born in the 20th century and not the 19th. Lister was raised in a Quaker family and attended University College, London, becau Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |