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Il codice segreto dietro ogni smartphone Il sistema operativo del tuo telefono non nasce da un piano aziendale miliardario. #Formbit24 #Unix #RetroComputing #Linux #StoriaDellInformatica #TechHistory #Programmazione #OpenSource
November 8, 2026 at 1:44 PM
allianceradio.bsky.social
ON THIS DAY, 2007, OHA/Google unveiled Android. Open-sourced and Linux based, its today's dominant mobile ecosystem. It revolutionized field ops for Amateur Radio enabling portable digital modes, APRS tracking, and custom TX integration. #HamRadio #AmateurRadio #TechHistory #OpenSource #Android
November 5, 2026 at 2:00 PM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
The first famous webcam watched a coffee pot. Cambridge, 1991.

#Webcam #TechHistory
November 6, 2026 at 8:46 PM
hardwarebriefcom.bsky.social
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX Turns 20 Years Old

#NVIDIA #GeForce8800GTX #GPU #PCGaming #TechHistory
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX Turns 20 Years Old
NVIDIA celebrates the 20th anniversary of the G80 architecture with a new path-traced tech demo honoring the legendary GeForce 8800 GTX.
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November 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
The first Macintosh nearly missed its software deadline. The spacebar got formatting moving.

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The first Macintosh nearly missed its software deadline. The spacebar got formatting moving.
A launch engineer’s account preserves the uncertainty between a release candidate reaching the factory and Jobs accepting a known defect.
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November 7, 2026 at 12:40 PM
proceedingsieee.bsky.social
"On the Evolution of Internet Technologies" by Vint Cerf, recipient of the ACM Turing Award and IEEE Medal of Honor, traces the Internet's path from its origin through the emergence of commercial services and its rapid ensuing growth. bit.ly/4cVaQmr

#Internet #TechHistory
November 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
The barcode started on a beach. Joe Woodland was sketching in the sand. He drew Morse code.

#Barcode #TechHistory
November 7, 2026 at 1:21 AM
geekinfos.bsky.social
📢 Old news: Google Maps teste les alertes radars vitesse aux US. 🎧 Signal audio en navigation. #TechHistory #OldNews
Google Maps commence à annoncer les radars
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November 8, 2026 at 6:15 AM
spyfreespiderman.bsky.social
The world's first online encyclopedia launched in 1981 after a simple pivot from a CAD system. Securing digital history requires human Authentors. 🔑

#TechHistory #OnlineEncyclopedia #DigitalPioneers #Authentor #AccountabilityByDesign #ZeroTrust
November 9, 2026 at 8:46 PM
leamsigc.bsky.social
#KakaoTalk #Korea #TechHistory #MobileMessaging #DigitalCulture #Ryan #KakaoRyan #AsianTech #AppDesign
November 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
The barcode started on a beach. Joe Woodland was sketching in the sand. He drew Morse code. Dots and dashes. Then he stretched them down.

#barcode #techhistory #patents #inventions
November 7, 2026 at 1:15 AM
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#KakaoTalk #Korea #TechHistory #MobileMessaging #DigitalCulture #Ryan #KakaoRyan #AsianTech #AppDesign
November 2, 2026 at 8:31 AM
geekinfos.bsky.social
📢 Old news: Apple Intelligence en retard, acquisition de Perplexity envisagée pour 14 Mds $ (5% de ses liquidités). #TechHistory #OldNews
L'Intelligence artificielle Apple devient Perplexity ? Notre analyse.
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November 6, 2026 at 6:14 AM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
On this day in 1971, the first edition of the Unix Programmer's Manual was dated, written for Unix on the PDP-11. (Sources: Dennis Ritchie's manual page, Wikipedia) #Unix #TechHistory
Illustration of Chris Pirillo in context for November 3, 1971: the first edition of the Unix Programmer's Manual is dated
November 3, 2026 at 10:35 PM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
Bill Atkinson got two weeks to prove Apple needed Pascal. Lisa used the result.

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#TechHistory #tech
Chris carrying a small beige home computer through an airport arrivals gate, beaming
November 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Bill Atkinson got two weeks to prove Apple needed Pascal. Lisa used the result.

https://lockergnome.com/bill-atkinson-two-week-pascal-port-apple-lisa-bootstrap/

#techhistory #tech
Chris carrying a small beige home computer through an airport arrivals gate, beaming
November 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
The 1988 Internet worm tried last names backward. Email debug mode did the rest.

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#TechHistory #tech
Chris in a 1988 university computer room watching a row of terminals fill with copies of a small crawling worm
November 6, 2026 at 10:20 PM
jallbarret.bsky.social
The Chrome vs. Firefox duopoly harms us and it’s not then only tech duopoly harming us. It’s time to end the duopolies.

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#Firefox #Chrome #Technology #TechHistory #ShortVideo
Stop the Duopolies #browser #technology
YouTube video by Jall Barret
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November 6, 2026 at 9:54 PM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
The Macintosh chime got a software filter. Its speaker hole got a Steve Jobs veto.

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The Macintosh chime got a software filter. Its speaker hole got a Steve Jobs veto.
Andy Hertzfeld’s recollection and surviving assembly listing expose two very different ways to improve a startup sound.
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November 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
The first stolen computer passwords came out of a printer

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The first stolen computer passwords came out of a printer
Allan Scherr’s own recollection corrects a popular retelling: his computing allowance was about four hours per semester, and stealing credentials was his backup plan.
lockergnome.com
November 9, 2026 at 5:00 AM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
Tim Berners-Lee borrowed the URL’s double slash from an Apollo workstation

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#TechHistory #retro
Tim Berners-Lee borrowed the URL’s double slash from an Apollo workstation
An original BCS interview supplies his alternative address spelling, while a 1997 technical email explains the job those punctuation marks were meant to do.
lockergnome.com
November 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
The 1988 Internet worm tried last names backward. Email debug mode did the rest.

https://lockergnome.com/1988-internet-worm-sendmail-debug-passwords-backward/

#techhistory #tech
Chris in a 1988 university computer room watching a row of terminals fill with copies of a small crawling worm
November 6, 2026 at 10:20 PM
chrispirillo.bsky.social
Maurice Wilkes’s two-page cache paper already worried about copying the wrong memory

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Maurice Wilkes’s two-page cache paper already worried about copying the wrong memory
The Cambridge researcher’s 1965 proposal reads surprisingly well beside today’s performance claims, including the warning that speed depends on what a program actually reuses.
lockergnome.com
November 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
formbit24.bsky.social
BIOS e UEFI: cosa succede quando accendiamo il PC?
Dietro la semplice pressione del pulsante Power si nasconde un processo fondamentale! formbit24.lovable.app #BIOS #UEFI #Hardware #Informatica #Computer #TechHistory #ComputerScience #Geek #InnovazioneDigitale
November 5, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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Caleb. Adindu (@Adinducaleb@mastodon.social)
What is a piece of technology, habit, or media from your childhood/teens that you genuinely miss using today?"I honestly miss custom RSS readers and old-school blogrolls. What about you? 📼#Nostalgia #TechHistory #Discussion
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November 6, 2026 at 5:15 AM