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Big day in computer history

By Jane Reynolds

Here is a 50 years look back from Wired's online blog:
Feb 6, 1958: Jack Kilby, an engineer with Texas Instruments, files the first patent for a solid integrated circuit, ancestor of the modern silicon chip.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/02/dayintech_0206

And you are most likely aware that Netscape is no longer being updated as of yesterday.

http://marketplace.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/02/05/netscape

Those were the days. Remember...
- when you were supposed to go to the closest physical location for info on the Internet?
- books published with website addresses?
- the CueCat that the DMN tried in 2000? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat

Full post as published by Lex Scripta on February 06, 2008 (boomark / email).