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10 25th Anniversaries
Feb. 1st, 2011 02:39 pm1. First PC virus spreads: Brain was the first virus to target MS-DOS and the IBM PC.
2. Challenger disaster kills seven.
3. Chernobyl catastrophe began April 26.
4. IBM ships its first laptop: called the IBM PC Convertible, it weighed 13 pounds.
5. Microsoft goes public: shares go for $21 and Bill Gates becomes a billionaire.
6. E-filing begins: the IRS first allowed E-filling as a cost-cutting measure.
7. USSR launch MIR: first launched February 19.
8. Pixar Animation Studio opens: Steve Jobs buys and renames the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm.
9. "Hackers Manifesto" (or "The Conscience of a Hacker" by Loyd(The Mentor) Blankenship) published and first appeared January 8.
10. IMAP delivers: the Internet Message Access Protocol was developed by Mark Crispin at Stanford.
2. Challenger disaster kills seven.
3. Chernobyl catastrophe began April 26.
4. IBM ships its first laptop: called the IBM PC Convertible, it weighed 13 pounds.
5. Microsoft goes public: shares go for $21 and Bill Gates becomes a billionaire.
6. E-filing begins: the IRS first allowed E-filling as a cost-cutting measure.
7. USSR launch MIR: first launched February 19.
8. Pixar Animation Studio opens: Steve Jobs buys and renames the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm.
9. "Hackers Manifesto" (or "The Conscience of a Hacker" by Loyd(The Mentor) Blankenship) published and first appeared January 8.
10. IMAP delivers: the Internet Message Access Protocol was developed by Mark Crispin at Stanford.
