On This Day
- On February 27th 1874 Thomas J. Watson was born. He later founded I.B.M., and died in June of 1956.
- Firstly on October 17th 1933, Albert Einstein arrived in the United States. Secondly, on October 17th 1990 the Internet Movie Database was created. Thirdly, on October 17th 2005 the Colbert Report premiered.
- On October 16th 1793 Marie Antoinette was beheaded.
- On October 15th 2009 a 6 year old boy was trapped in a hot air balloon, creating a viral story. His parents were later found guilty of making up the story.
- On August 19th 2004 Google went public.
- On August 18th 2011 Comedian Andy Samberg turns 33 years old. Also, actor Edward Norton turns 42.
- On August 17th 1607/8 French lawyer and mathematician was born.
- On March 17th 461 Saint Patrick died.
- On March 15th 44 BC Julius Caesar was assassinated.
- On March 13th 1781 William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
- On March 7th 1876 Alexander Graham Bell received a patent for the telephone. Also on March 7th 1926 the first trans-Atlantic phone call took place between New York and London.
- On March 6nd 1997 Queen Elizabeth II created the first official royal website.
- On February 25th 1836 Samuel Colt patented his revolver. Now known as the Colt Revolver.
- On January 15th 2001 Wikipedia was debuted. Also on this day in 2004 the NASA Spirit rover landed on the surface of Mars.
- On January 8th 1642 Galileo Galilei died in Florence, Italy.
- On January 7th 1789 the first presidential election was held.
- On January 3rd 1892 J.R.R Tolkien was born.
- On January 2nd 1920 Isaac Asimov was born.
- On December 31st 1879 Thomas Edison demonstrated the incandescent light for the first time.
- On December 29th 1845 Texas was admitted to the union as the 28th state.
- On December 25th 1990 the World Wide Web was introduced. Two Computer scientists: Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau created the first hyper-linked web page.
Apple Archive
FaceTime on 3G (available on jailbroken phones only)
Posted on August 2, 2010 | No CommentsIt appears that you can now FaceTime over 3G on jailbroken devices. What other people conveniently left out is that it costs four dollars to download the jailbroken app called...iPhone 4 jailbreak now available
Posted on August 1, 2010 | No CommentsThe iPhone 4 has yet to be jailbroken. That is until now. The jailbreak is available now from the Dev Team. You can download it now. But be careful as...Hacker finds a vulnerability in GSM network
Posted on August 1, 2010 | 202 CommentsA few days ago at Defcon 2010 Chris Paget showed everyone how he hacked 20 of the audiences’ phones by making a homemade IMSI catcher. What this means is that...Apple has pulled all of the antenna issue videos
Posted on August 1, 2010 | 193 CommentsApple has just pulled all of their videos showing antenna issues with various phones including the Droid X. They also pulled the videos from YouTube which either means Google approves...Coolest app ever!
Posted on July 30, 2010 | 263 CommentsThere have been a number of great apps some more useful then others, however some are more fun the others. Today I may have found the coolest app ever. It’s...iOS 4.1 beta 2 released!
Posted on July 27, 2010 | 205 CommentsiOS 4.1 has nothing really new, except Game Center, and some minor bug fixes including proximity errors. It should be coming out later this month. I probably wouldn’t be installing...Mac Pros and iMacs updated.
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsApple has been working on their iMac line for at least 15 years. Today they introduced a brand new updated model. Which includes wither they core i3, i5, or i7...
Magic Trackpad!
Posted on July 27, 2010 | No CommentsApple has done it again! Today they released a brand new product called the Magic Trackpad. It sounds pretty magical doesn’t it. According to their website it should be shipping...