The science fiction television series The Time Tunnel premieres on the ABC network.The series will run for one season of thirty episodes.During its initial run, it has the highest budget of any science fiction series on television. TV.com entry
1981
Datapoint and Tandy announce an agreement to allow Tandy TRS-80 computers to use network technology from Datapoint, to connect up to 255 Tandy computers to central storage or printers, or to Datapoint computers.
Texas Governor George W. Bush posts a list that details sources and sizes of contributions to his presidential campaign on his website.The move marks the increasing roll of the Internet in US political campaigns.
A Trojan Horse masquerading as a JPEG file allows hackers to gain access to ICQ passwords circulating across the Internet is reported by Wired News.Only about two hundred incidents have been reported among ICQ's forty-two million subscribers.
Within hours of the initial launch of the Sega Dreamcast , the Internet is flooded with stories of problems such as audio failures with NFL2000 and the Ready 2 Rumble demo and graphics glitches with the PowerStone demo.Sega also acknowledges difficulties with the Internet browser bundled with systemUsers are encouraged to send email to support@sega.com for a free replacement.In response to emails, Sega sends out the following automated reply:
Dreamcast customer,
Thank you for sending us your request for a replacement Dreamcast Network web browser. We want to make sure that you, as one of the hundreds of thousands of gamers who have joined the Sega Dreamcast revolution, have everything you need to experience all thatSega Dreamcast has to offer. As promised,you should receive your new browser within 3 business days.
We greatly appreciate your patience in this matter and apologize for any inconvenience you’ve experienced. If you need additional assistance in the future, please do not hesitate to e-mail us back. Thanks for your support!
Sega of America
2003 Adrian Lamo, a grey hat hacker infamous performing unsolicited penetration testing on the networks of Fortune 500 companies, surrenders to federal authorities and is charged with hacking into a database containing the personal information (including phone numbers and social security numbers) of over three thousand The New York Times Op-Ed contributors. In the first week of January, he will plead guilty to a felony count of hacking, for which he will be sentenced to six months’ house arrest, two years probation, and US$65,000 in restitution.
2004
Version 0.6.1 ofDesktop Light Linux(DeLi Linux) is released. DeLi is particularly optimized to run on older personal computers. DeLi Linux requires only a 386processorwith 8MB RAM. However, it works best with a 486 and 16MB RAM. A full installation with the full package installed requires nearly 400MB of hard disk space.Visit the system’s official website.
Version 1.5 Beta 1 of Mozilla Thunderbird is released. It features a new update system.
2006 Elizabeth Rodriguez receives a MacBook, iPod Hi-Fi, iPod, and an Apple ProCare membership as prizes for being the one millionth visitor to the Apple Store Fifth Avenue. The store opened on May 19, 2006, and it quickly became Apple’s highest volume store, attracting an estimated 8,772 visitors each day, about seven times as many customers as other stores.
O3B Networks Ltd. announces plans to launch as many as sixteen satellites to provide Internet service to remote parts of Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East by 2010 at a cost of some US$650 million. The company’s name, “O3b,” stands for “[The] Other 3 Billion,” referringto the population of third world nations where the Internet isn’t available. Visit the official O3B website.
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