Apple tried again in 1995 to create a new operating system for the Macintosh, named 'Copland'. The new system aimed to bring new features and a modern core to the Mac platform, but the project was fraught with delays and bloat. Eventually, Apple executives began looking outside the company for the modern operating system it desperately needed.

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    • "On the Firing Line: My 500 Days at Apple" by Gil Amelio and William L Simon
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20060618111545/http://bebox.nu/articles.php?s=articles%2F199701xx-PlanBe
    • https://guidebookgallery.org/articles/beyondwindows95
    • http://preserve.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.11/11.12/Dec95CrabbsApple/index.html
    • https://www.cnet.com/news/macs-new-os-7-years-in-the-making/
    • http://preserve.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.12/12.09/WWDC96Report/index.html
    • https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-a-failure-to-communicate/
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBRKzJMS6Uw
    • https://books.google.com/books?id=rrz6PIR7f0oC&pg=PT116#v=onepage&q&f=false
    • https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Steve-Jobs-Confirms-Apple-Stock-Sale-2812791.php

The Road To OS X #2: Apple Copland and NeXT

Following its purchase of NeXT Inc in 1996, Apple started work on a modern operating system for the Macintosh based on NeXT's impressive software. However, software developers didn't want to rewrite their apps from scratch for the new system, and the finished product ended up only being a stepping stone to the final Mac OS X release.

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    • “On the Firing Line: My 500 Days at Apple” by Gil Amelio and William L Simon
    • https://web.archive.org/web/19990116231607/http://product.info.apple.com/pr/press.releases/1997/q2/970107.pr.rel.macos.html
    • https://books.google.com/books?id=9zsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA15&dq=%22apple%22+%22Rhapsody%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj51v-opozxAhURH80KHeenBL0Q6AEwAnoECAMQAg#v=onepage&q=%22apple%22%20%22Rhapsody%22&f=false
    • https://books.google.com/books?id=IKbZ7dEVokwC&pg=PT115&dq=%22apple%22+%22Rhapsody%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj51v-opozxAhURH80KHeenBL0Q6AEwBHoECAwQAg#v=onepage&q=%22apple%22%20%22Rhapsody%22&f=false
    • https://money.cnn.com/1997/03/27/technology/apple/
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByXov_jO_OM
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdYiqVzPjAc
    • https://wiki.preterhuman.net/Mac_OS_X_Server
    • http://toastytech.com/guis/osxsv.html

The Road To OS X #3: Apple Rhapsody

In 1999, Apple finally had everything it needed to revitalize the Macintosh. It had a nearly-completed modern operating system, it had Steve Jobs as interim CEO, and it had developers promising to build apps for the new platform. Now all Apple had to do was release the Mac OS update that had been in development since the late 80's and hope for the best.

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    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88aD5RGaBF8
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2000/01/05Apple-Unveils-Mac-OS-X/
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcGzCIlz8y0
    • https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-peels-open-mac-os-x-beta/
    • https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/12/18/mac-os-x-beta-not-worth-installing-for-most-users/
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/03/21Mac-OS-X-Hits-Stores-This-Weekend/
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2001/09/25First-Major-Upgrade-to-Mac-OS-X-Hits-Stores-This-Weekend/
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2002/01/07Apple-Makes-Mac-OS-X-the-Default-Operating-System-on-All-Macs/
    • https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2001/04/macos-x/17/
    • https://www.macworld.com/article/151932/macosxserver.html
    • https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2001/10/macosx-10-1/13/
    • https://www.macworld.com/article/199938/osx-10-1.html
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20090113042103/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2001/nov01/11-19retailpr.mspx

The Road To OS X #4: Public Beta, 10.0, and 10.1

Moonbase Alpha was a video game released in 2010, developed by a handful of game studios in partnership with NASA, which placed you in a damaged future moonbase in need of repair. The game is best known for its brief status as a meme, thanks to the text-to-speech functionality, but its story didn't end there.

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    • https://www.virtualheroes.com/portfolio/military/america-s-army/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20120303072706/http://www.virtualheroes.com/products.asp
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20070205135614/http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2006-10-30-serious-skills_x.htm
    • http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=27803
    • https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/star-rangers-hq/astronaut-moon-mars-and-beyond-the-nasa-mmo-online-0
    • https://store.steampowered.com/app/333340/Star_Rangers_XE/
    • https://sservi.nasa.gov/articles/moonbase-alpha/
    • https://www.virtualheroes.com/portfolio/education/mission-moonbase/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20181116000755/http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/pc/games/162879.Moonbase-Alpha/reviews/135241.Moonbase-Alpha/
    • https://www.commonsense.org/education/game/moonbase-alpha
    • https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/gaming/a6398/why-nasas-new-video-game-completely-misses-the-point/
    • https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/virtualheroes/moonbase-alpha-2-use-gaming-to-teach-science-and-t

Moonbase Alpha: NASA's video game

IBM and Microsoft worked together to create OS/2, a next-generation operating system, but the future of OS/2 was left in IBM's hands after Microsoft left the project. Faced with marketing troubles and increasing competition from Microsoft Windows, IBM pushed forward with OS/2 2.0 and OS/2 3.0 Warp.

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    • https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/26/business/company-news-microsoft-resolves-dispute-over-ibm-os-2-software.html
    • https://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/27/business/microsoft-widens-its-split-with-ibm-over-software.html
    • https://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-2-0/
    • https://www.nytimes.com/1992/08/13/business/company-news-ibm-has-sold-1-million-of-new-os-2-operating-system.html
    • https://www.nytimes.com/1992/04/26/business/the-executive-computer-side-by-side-how-the-new-os-2-and-windows-stack-up.html
    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1992/04/13/new-versions-of-os2-windows-add-muscle-to-operating-systems/48580f65-aee3-4a88-a7e5-fd9fe9ea7e1b/
    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1993/05/10/os2s-success-failure-tale/e60180ea-30da-4084-8ce6-d965edc9005d/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20130127185712/http://www.insearchofstupidity.com/ch6.htm
    • https://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-history/os2-warp/
    • https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78601/index.htm
    • https://www.nytimes.com/1995/07/24/business/for-ibm-faithful-questions-about-windows-95.html
    • https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/01/business/ibm-chief-concedes-os-2-has-lost-desktop-war.html

The OS/2 Story #2: Prepare to be Warped

IBM started work in 1991 on Workplace OS, an operating system that would run other operating systems. It was planned as a showcase for the PowerPC architecture, and the solution to IBM's multi-system woes. Workplace OS proved to be a massive technical challenge, and it was only ever released as OS/2 PowerPC Edition.

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    • https://archive.org/details/WorkplaceMicrokernelAndOSACaseStudy
    • https://archive.org/details/TheFailureOfPersonalitiesToGeneralize
    • https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/15/78601/index.htm
    • http://www.verycomputer.com/3_1a42d37319220ea0_1.htm
    • https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1995/06/20/new-pcs-will-mix-ibm-mac-software/
    • https://www.cnet.com/news/ibm-likely-to-quit-mac-os-licensing/
    • https://books.google.com/books?id=zj4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=OS/2+for+PowerPC#v=onepage&q=OS%2F2%20for%20PowerPC&f=false
    • http://www.os2museum.com/wp/os2-for-powerpc-tidbits/
    • https://www.os2museum.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/OS2-PPC-Overview.pdf
    • https://srl.cs.jhu.edu/courses/600.439/ExperienceMicrokernelBasedOS.pdf

The OS/2 Story #3: Workplace OS

IBM ended support for its OS/2 operating system in 2006, but not everyone was ready to say goodbye. Serenity Systems promised to resurrect the platform with modern software and drivers, and a decade later, Arca Noae tried it again.

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    • https://web.archive.org/web/20051210183335/http://www.os2world.com/petition/
    • https://www.infoworld.com/article/2644727/developers-petition-ibm-to-open-source-os-2.html
    • https://archive.today/20120728144512/http://www.atmmarketplace.com/article.php?id=9929
    • https://www.atmmarketplace.com/articles/ibm-bids-os2-farewell/
    • https://techland.time.com/2012/04/02/25-years-of-ibms-os2-the-birth-death-and-afterlife-of-a-legendary-operating-system/3/
    • https://tedium.co/2019/06/13/nyc-subway-os2-history/
    • https://www.americanbanker.com/news/os-2-sunset-with-big-atm-base-ibm-is-taking-it-slow
    • http://www.os2ezine.com/20010116/ecs.html
    • http://www.os2ezine.com/20011116/page_3.html
    • http://www.os2ezine.com/20030416/page_2.html
    • http://www.ecomstation.com/edp/mod/fileman/files/PReCS20.pdf
    • https://www.arcanoae.com/arcaos-5-0-now-available/

The OS/2 Story #5: eComStation and ArcaOS

In August 1995, software developer Rebecca Ann Heineman was tasked with bringing the super-popular DOOM first-person shooter to the fledgling 3DO game console. What followed was a disastrous combination of incompetent management, limited resources, and misleading marketing. But at least the music was good.

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    • https://doomwiki.org/wiki/3DO
    • https://tcrf.net/Doom_(3DO)
    • https://youtu.be/rBbIil2HPSU
    • https://github.com/Olde-Skuul/doom3do/blob/master/README.md
    • https://youtu.be/A__COBn2Ubo

DOOM for the 3DO

Apple introduced the Lisa computer in 1983, becoming the company's first computer with a graphical operating system, simple copy-and-paste, and other innovations. Even though the Lisa was plagued by reliability issues and high prices, it was an important step towards the much more successful Macintosh.

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    • https://lowendmac.com/2005/history-of-apples-lisa/
    • http://toastytech.com/guis/lisaos1LisaTour.html
    • https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Texaco_Towers.txt
    • https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Square_Dots.txt
    • https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=And_Another_Thing....txt
    • https://www.newspapers.com/clip/88786473/apple-computer-has-a-lot-riding-on/
    • https://lowendmac.com/1984/apple-lisa-2-macintosh-xl/
    • https://books.google.com/books?id=8C4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA21

The Apple Lisa

The Asus Eee PC was introduced in June 2007, and quickly led to a surge in popularity for netbooks: small cheap laptops mostly designed for connecting to the internet. The new trend also caught Microsoft at the worst possible time, causing ripples in the PC industry that would last for years.

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    • https://www.techshout.com/low-cost-eee-pc-mini-laptop-introduced-by-asus-and-intel-could-be-the-new-olpc/
    • https://www.laptopmag.com/reviews/laptops/asus-eee-pc-701
    • https://www.cnet.com/reviews/asus-eee-pc-701-review/
    • https://www.reuters.com/article/us-asustek-idUSTP27609520080313
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-limits-xp-subnotebook-specs/
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/asus-and-microsoft-unveil-eee-upgrade/
    • https://www.cnet.com/reviews/asus-eee-pc-900-review/
    • https://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-Eee-PC-901-Netbook.11994.0.html
    • https://techcrunch.com/2008/07/07/review-msi-wind/
    • https://www.osnews.com/story/20359/msi-wind-doing-well-linux-version-not-so-much/

The Asus Eee PC

The original Sony PlayStation was a smash hit when it was released in 1994, and two commercially-sold emulators aimed to bring the PlayStation's game to the PC and Macintosh: Bleem! and Connectix Virtual Game Station. However, both emulators faced fierce legal battles with Sony, and their ultimate fates were very different.

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    • https://web.archive.org/web/19990125104324/http://www.virtualgamestation.com/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20001206222500/http://www.virtualgamestation.com/mid_globnews_cvgs.html
    • https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-17-fi-38955-story.html
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20020401230230/http://www.connectix.com/products/cvgs_rgl.html
    • https://www.wired.com/1999/03/from-pentium-to-playstation/
    • https://www.wired.com/1999/04/court-clears-playstation-clone/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/19990429140703/http://www.bleem.com/
    • https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-22-tt-7044-story.html
    • https://pikointeractive.com/making-return-as-a-digital-games-mark/
    • https://cyber.harvard.edu/people/tfisher/IP/2000%20Sony%20Abridged.pdf
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20000829080513/http://www.bleem.com/press/pressrelease/bleempress.PDF
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20010703123358/http://www.bleem.com/nshtml/products/bleemcastfaq.html
    • https://www.myce.com/news/Sony-is-trying-to-stop-the-bleemcast-PSX-emulator-discs-for-the-1995/
    • https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-12-11-the-history-of-bleem

Bleem! and Connectix VGS

Faced with growing competition from Microsoft Windows, Apple and Novell teamed up in 1992 to port the Mac operating system to PCs. The project, named 'Star Trek,' had the potential to change the landscape of the computer industry... but it didn't quite work out.

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    • https://lowendmac.com/2014/star-trek-apples-first-mac-os-on-intel-project/
    • https://www.theregister.com/1999/11/05/how_ms_played_the_incompatibility/
    • https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-12-09-1992344024-story.html
    • https://tedium.co/2021/03/24/novell-apple-macos-history/
    • https://www.sattlers.org/mickey/tech/hardware/apple/macintosh/misc/project-star-trek.html
    • http://millsoft.ca/billm/Newsletters/PC_Week_1993-05-03.txt

Apple's Project Star Trek

Internet Explorer slowly gained market share throughout 1995 and 1996, with the release of two major updates and a slew of corporate partnerships. Behind closed doors, Microsoft fought against PC makers that wanted to support IE's main competitor, Netscape Navigator. 

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    • https://www.betaarchive.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29919
    • https://www.webdesignmuseum.org/old-software/web-browsers
    • https://winworldpc.com/product/internet-explorer
    • https://news.microsoft.com/1996/05/29/microsoft-internet-explorer-3-0-beta-now-available/
    • https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107368886/microsoft-wins-the-latest-bout-with/
    • https://books.google.com/books?id=zDsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false
    • https://www.wired.com/1996/11/will-activex-threaten-national-security/

The Internet Explorer Story: Part 2

Internet Explorer became the center of an antitrust lawsuit from the United States in 1998, the same year it started shipping with Windows and became the most-used web browser worldwide. While Microsoft battled in the courtroom, a new version was released for Windows, and the Mac browser had its swan song.

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    • https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/12/business/us-witness-says-browser-split-is-feasible.html
    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1999/02/03/microsoft-evidence-backfires/f3ee9f7a-1184-4411-8a8d-fc1e9b6ef9f6/
    • https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/microsoft-tries-to-explain-trial-glitch/
    • https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/11/biztech/articles/10demo.html
    • https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/library/tech/98/11/biztech/articles/10demo.html
    • https://news.microsoft.com/1999/03/18/microsoft-launches-internet-explorer-5-passport-to-the-global-online-community/
    • http://jimmy.grew.al/macie5-twentieth-anniversary/
    • https://twitter.com/jimmyg/status/1213810286077054977
    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1998/10/01/microsofts-web-browser-overtakes-netscapes/385a60e8-3e7e-43b6-9700-8710f178278c/

The Internet Explorer Story: Part 4

Internet Explorer had new competition by the mid-2000s, as Firefox rose from the ashes of Netscape, and Apple released the first version of its Safari browser for Mac. Security vulnerabilities and poor web standards support were also holding the browser back, and Internet Explorer 7 didn't do much to change that.

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    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2003/05/30/aol-drops-suit-joins-microsoft-in-alliance/7a6b9a25-c5a6-4b2c-be27-6c44808ca855/
    • https://blog.mozilla.org/press/2003/07/mozilla-org-announces-launch-of-the-mozilla-foundation-to-lead-open-source-browser-efforts/
    • http://www.mozillazine.org/talkback.html?article=3422
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/researchers-warn-of-infectious-web-sites/
    • https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115978544/microsoft-security-flaws-renew-calls/
    • https://davidwalsh.name/6-reasons-why-ie6-must-die
    • https://www.cnet.com/reviews/internet-explorer-7-review/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20110616125128/http://news.cnet.com/The-Acid2-challenge-to-Microsoft/2010-1032_3-5618723.html

The Internet Explorer Story: Part 6

Internet Explorer's decline was in full swing by the late 2000s, with Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Apple's Safari, and eventually Google Chrome all fighting for a slice of the browser market. Meanwhile, the mobile version of Internet Explorer was in even worse shape than the desktop browser, and the European Union kicked off another round of legal action.

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    • https://news.microsoft.com/2009/03/18/microsoft-announces-availability-of-internet-explorer-8/
    • https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2009/03/mix09-internet-explorer-8-released-progress-unmistakable/
    • https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_09_1941
    • https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/IP_13_196

The Internet Explorer Story: Part 7

Microsoft tried to turn Internet Explorer around in 2010 and 2011, overhauling the mobile browser and releasing IE 9 on the desktop. Internet Explorer was finally good again, but Google Chrome was still catching up.

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    • https://news.microsoft.com/2011/03/14/microsoft-announces-global-availability-of-internet-explorer-9-2/
    • https://news.microsoft.com/2010/03/16/microsoft-announces-hardware-accelerated-html5-pushes-boundaries-on-web-and-cloud-development/
    • https://news.microsoft.com/2010/09/15/windows-internet-explorer-9-new-features-at-a-glance/
    • https://news.microsoft.com/2011/03/17/2-3-million-internet-explorer-9-downloads-in-first-24-hours/
    • https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2011/03/the-most-modern-browser-there-is-internet-explorer-9-reviewed/
    • https://www.engadget.com/2010-10-20-windows-phone-7-review.html
    • https://www.engadget.com/2010-01-15-ie-security-flaw-exploited-in-recent-google-attacks.html
    • https://www.engadget.com/2010-01-16-germany-advises-its-citizens-to-say-nein-to-internet-explorer.html
    • https://www.theverge.com/2012/1/2/2676388/chrome-internet-explore-firefox-marketshare-2011-statcounter-net-applications

The Internet Explorer Story: Part 8

Apple partnered with Irish rock band U2 in 2014 to give the group's new album, Songs of Innocence, to everyone with an Apple account. Apple called it the largest album release of all time, but it immediately sparked controversy in the music industry, and many of Apple's own customers weren't thrilled.

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    • https://youtu.be/wAxmGAZBBtY

Sources:
    • https://time.com/3397067/u2s-mission-to-save-music/
    • https://qz.com/262852/u2s-apple-deal-shows-why-musicians-dont-sell-music-anymore
    • https://www.billboard.com/pro/itunes-numbers-u2-songs-innocence-album/
    • https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/after-innocence-u2-look-ahead-to-tour-new-lp-songs-of-experience-51361/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20141101181749/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/nick-mason-im-not-entirely-sure-pink-floyd-is-over-20141031?page=2
    • https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/20/u2-uk-album-charts-first-week-songs-of-innocence-sales-meghan-trainor
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20141101025133/http://blogs.seattletimes.com/soundposts/2014/10/15/black-keys-drummer-patrick-carney-u2-and-spotify-devalue-music/
    • https://loudwire.com/buckcherry-keith-nelson-calls-out-u2-free-album-decision/
    • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/sep/15/apple-u2-album-itunes-delete
    • https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/oct/22/bono-memoir-birth-of-u2-itunes-album-live-aid-mullet

Apple's Free U2 Album

Internet Explorer 10 arrived in 2012, alongside the release of Windows 8, sporting a new Metro look and a controversial privacy change. Microsoft followed it up with IE 11 in 2013, which would ultimately be the final release branded as Internet Explorer.

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    • https://www.reuters.com/article/microsoft-browser/update-1-germany-urges-public-to-stop-using-internet-explorer-idUSL1E8KILM020120918
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-to-begin-automatic-internet-explorer-upgrades-in-2012/
    • https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/council-foreign-relations-website-hacked-flna1C7755879
    • https://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/14/technology/do-not-track-movement-is-drawing-advertisers-fire.html
    • https://www.csoonline.com/article/2905861/microsoft-rolls-back-commitment-to-do-not-track.html
    • https://www.pcmag.com/reviews/microsoft-internet-explorer-10
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20130312025639/http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2013/03/11/flash-in-windows-8.aspx
    • https://pureinfotech.com/internet-explorer-10-for-windows-7-now-whats-next/
    • https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18440979
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/internet-explorer-11-arrives-with-windows-8-1-preview/
    • https://www.cnet.com/news/privacy/internet-explorer-exploit-release-could-trigger-a-surge-in-attacks/

The Internet Explorer Story: Part 9

Microsoft tried one last time to reinvent Internet Explorer in 2015, with the arrival of Microsoft Edge alongside Windows 10. It had a modernized engine and new features, but only a few years later, the last remnants of Internet Explorer were removed.

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    • https://blogs.windows.com/msedgedev/2015/01/22/project-spartan-and-the-windows-10-january-preview-build/
    • https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2015/03/30/introducing-project-spartan-the-new-browser-built-for-windows-10/
    • https://www.theverge.com/2015/7/29/9066255/microsoft-windows-edge-browser-review
    • https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2018/12/06/microsoft-edge-making-the-web-better-through-more-open-source-collaboration/
    • https://www.zeldman.com/2018/12/07/browser-diversity-starts-with-us/
    • https://andy-bell.design/wrote/browser-diversity/
    • https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/goodbye-edge/
    • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18697824
    • https://blogs.windows.com/windowsexperience/2022/06/15/internet-explorer-11-has-retired-and-is-officially-out-of-support-what-you-need-to-know/
    • https://www.theverge.com/2017/10/5/16428658/microsoft-edge-ios-android-preview
    • https://www.theverge.com/2018/12/19/18148736/google-youtube-microsoft-edge-intern-claims

The Internet Explorer Story: Part 10

The Apple II in 1977 was the computer that made Apple into a successful company, and in 1986, the upgraded 16-bit Apple IIGS hit store shelves. Even though it was an impressive computer, it was overshadowed by the new Macintosh line.

Correction: Ninjaforce contributed graphics and sounds for Wolfenstein 3D on the Apple IIGS, but not the coding.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Lucas Bastos. Outro song is "Apple II Forever" by Apple.

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    • https://archive.org/details/inCider_1986-09/page/n15/mode/2up
    • https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-10-28-fi-11827-story.html
    • https://lowendmac.com/2015/the-apple-iigs-apples-home-computer-for-1986/
    • https://www.apple2history.org/history/ah10/
    • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-sun-apples-giant-leap-was-a/127184118/
    • https://www.apple2history.org/history/ah15
    • https://books.google.com/books?id=zC4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q&f=false
    • http://www.apple-iigs.info/histoire.php
    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/business/1988/07/11/long-suffering-apple-ii-users-finally-get-new-software/c3db2be8-57f0-4132-bba8-e01e790b6bad/
    • https://www.apple2history.org/history/ah11/

The Apple IIGS

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CyanogenMod started as a custom build of Android for one smartphone, and quickly grew into an operating system spanning hundreds of devices. With the corporate backing of Microsoft and partnerships with OEMs, it seemed unstoppable... until it wasn't.

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    • https://web.archive.org/web/20090529101257/http://forum.xda-developers.com:80/showthread.php?t=518851
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20100207180125/http://www.cyanogenmod.com/about
    • https://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/17/custom-rom-review-cyanogenmod-for-the-nexus-one/
    • https://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/17/custom-rom-review-cyanogenmod-for-the-nexus-one/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20160711211620/http://www.cyanogenmod.org/blog/a_new_chapter
    • https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/18/cyanogen-mod-7m-benchmark/
    • https://www.theverge.com/2014/1/15/5241970/oppo-n1-with-cyanogenmod-review
    • https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/open-source-android-startup-raises-80m-with-help-from-twitter/
    • https://www.theinformation.com/articles/cyanogen-spurns-google-acquisition-interest-seeks-1-billion-valuation
    • https://www.theverge.com/2014/11/18/7241755/cyanogens-next-stop-is-india
    • https://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/16/oneplus-has-been-ordered-to-stop-selling-the-oneplus-one-in-india-after-legal-action-by-micromax/
    • https://www.androidpolice.com/2014/12/19/emails-from-indian-court-docs-show-cyanogen-oneplus-relationship-ended-poorly-cyanogen-ceo-is-kind-of-a-jerk/
    • https://www.forbes.com/sites/miguelhelft/2015/03/23/meet-cyanogen-the-startup-that-wants-to-steal-android-from-google-2/
    • https://www.businessinsider.com/cyanogen-ceo-kirt-mcmaster-interview-mods-virtual-reality-smartphones-2016-2
    • https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/12/01/steve-kondik-blames-kirt-mcmaster-for-cyanogen-incs-failure-cyanogenmod-to-reorganize-and-regroup/
    • https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/16/8427381/cyanogen-microsoft-partnership-apps-services-bundle
    • https://www.theverge.com/2015/9/14/9323131/microsoft-cortana-cyanogen-os
    • https://www.androidpolice.com/2016/10/10/kirt-mcmaster-out-as-cyanogen-inc-ceo-gets-eric-schmidted-to-executive-chairman/
    • https://www.androidpolice.com/2017/10/13/cyanogen-inc-rebrands-cyngn-autonomous-tech-company/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20181116144621/https://www.xda-developers.com/nintendo-approached-cyanogen-to-partner-for-the-switch-cyanogen-refused/

CyanogenMod

The Intellivision arrived in 1979 as an exciting new game console, and almost 40 years later, Tommy Tallarico picked up the rights and began work on a sequel. The Intellivision Amico aimed to bring family fun back to living room gaming, but it didn't go well.

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    • https://youtu.be/5bhMdhcdfMY
    • https://youtu.be/m-p7p3jasbY?t=841

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    • https://www.mobygames.com/company/1435/intellivision-productions-inc/
    • https://venturebeat.com/games/intellivsion-lives-tommy-tallarico-will-relaunch-1980s-console/
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-new-intellivision-amico-console-aims-to-revive-family-videogames/
    • https://www.gamezone.com/originals/why-was-earthworm-jim-for-the-psp-canceled/
    • https://venturebeat.com/games/intellivision-takes-more-than-10000-vip-edition-preorders-for-amico-console-in-a-few-days/
    • https://kotaku.com/the-new-gaming-console-thats-become-a-giant-car-crash-1847699027
    • https://www.gamesindustry.biz/intellivision-amico-delayed-to-april-2021
    • https://republic.com/intellivision-amico
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20210701025946/https://twitter.com/ConVito/status/1410340382270017545
    • https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/06/what-the-hecks-an-intellivision-amico-consoles-leaky-dev-portal-offers-hints/
    • https://screenrant.com/intellivision-amico-report-legal-threats-ceo/
    • https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/intellivision-amico-game-lands-tommy-tallarico-in-hot-water
    • https://www.eurogamer.net/intellivision-cuts-fundraising-campaign-for-amico-short-setting-alarm-bells-ringing
    • https://www.reddit.com/r/Intellivision_Amico/comments/13gka8f/11_months_of_philfoolery_and_kicking_the_can/
    • https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/02/debt-stricken-intellivision-asks-for-more-funds-to-last-past-july/
    • https://intellivision.com/press-releases/intellivision-update-may-2023

The Intellivision Amico

Watch Tron: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-1

Making of Tron documentary: https://youtu.be/sbgHMrLPQrE

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Movie Club: Tron (1982)

Google introduced AMP in 2015 as a solution for slow and unresponsive mobile websites. It didn't go well.

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    • https://www.uky.edu/~jclark/mas355/WAP.PDF
    • https://developers.secure.facebook.com/blog/post/2015/09/22/instant-articles-from-CMS/
    • https://buffer.com/library/facebook-instant-articles/
    • https://blog.google/products/search/introducing-accelerated-mobile-pages/
    • https://searchengineland.com/what-happened-when-we-turned-off-amp-378591
    • https://www.axios.com/2022/10/14/meta-facebook-ending-support-instant-articles
    • https://searchengineland.com/amp-top-stories-now-live-243314
    • https://searchengineland.com/google-opens-amp-firehose-259569
    • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ha00dSGKmjoEh2mRiG8FIA5sJ1KihTuZe-AXX1r8P-8/edit?usp=sharing
    • https://www.theregister.com/2017/05/19/open_source_insider_google_amp_bad_bad_bad/
    • https://searchengineland.com/what-happened-when-we-turned-off-amp-378591
    • https://www.theverge.com/23711172/google-amp-accelerated-mobile-pages-search-publishers-lawsuit

Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:37 The early mobile web
0:08:55 Facebook Instant Articles
0:12:09 Google AMP
0:24:13 Everyone hates AMP
0:38:07 The post-AMP web
0:47:26 Outro

Google AMP

Apple helped develop PowerPC processors as competition against Intel in the 1990s, but by the early 2000s, the architecture was falling behind. Apple's switch to Intel x86 processors revived its Mac computers, kicked off the Hackintosh era, and made AMD jealous.

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Sources:
    • https://lowendmac.com/1998/powerpc-vs-pentium-ii-escargot/
    • https://lowendmac.com/2014/cpus-powerpc-604-and-604e/
    • https://lowendmac.com/2015/cpus-powerpc-g5/
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2003/06/23Apple-Unleashes-the-Worlds-Fastest-Personal-Computer-the-Power-Mac-G5/
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2004/06/09Apple-Unveils-New-Power-Mac-G5-Line/
    • https://www.cnet.com/tech/computing/apple-on-g5-powerbook-not-so-fast/
    • https://www.macworld.com/article/174337/pbg5-2.html
    • https://www.cnet.com/science/amd-says-intel-only-deal-struck-at-apple-in-2005/
    • https://www.macstories.net/stories/this-is-not-a-product-the-apple-developer-transition-kit/
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-MacBook-Featuring-Intel-Core-Duo-Processors/
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Unveils-New-iMac-with-Intel-Core-Duo-Processor/
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/02/28Apple-Unveils-Mac-mini-with-Intel-Core-Duo/
    • https://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,261038,261270
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/01/10Apple-Introduces-MacBook-Pro/
    • https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2006/05/16Apple-Unveils-New-MacBook-Featuring-Intel-Core-Duo-Processors/
    • https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2007/12/santa-rosa-macbook-review/
    • https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2006/08/macpro/
    • https://www.macworld.com/article/666300/15-inch-macbook-pro-2006-review.html
    • https://www.wired.com/2005/08/mac-hacks-allow-os-x-on-pcs-2/
    • https://www.anandtech.com/show/7204/ibm-offers-power-technology-for-licensing-forms-openpower-consortium
    • https://www.theregister.com/2020/08/17/ibm_t7nm_power10/

Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:48 The PowerPC era
0:12:00 The Intel announcement
0:23:01 Apple Developer Transition Kit 
0:26:03 The Intel Macs
0:35:51 The reviews
0:40:34 Hackintosh PCs
0:44:49 AMD's complaints
0:47:36 Farewell to PowerPC
0:50:28 PowerPC after Apple
0:53:16 Outro

Apple's Intel Transition

Watch Tron Legacy: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/tron-2-0

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Zachary Wander and Joe Fedewa.

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    • https://web.archive.org/web/20010418103554/http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0%2C4586%2C2301037%2C00.html
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dHhktFLPs
    • https://variety.com/2024/film/news/jeff-bridges-returning-tron-3-1235985702/
    • https://screenrant.com/tron-legacy-behind-the-scenes/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20110524020458/http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/40548535/ns/today-entertainment/t/tron-legacy-reverse-ages-jeff-bridges

Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:41 Production
0:04:27 Flashback & CGI Jeff Bridges
0:14:16 ENCOM & The Grid
0:31:54 The music
0:34:31 Quorra
0:40:38 The dinner
0:48:01 End of Line Club
0:53:33 Solar Sailer
0:59:23 The Rectifier
1:10:16 The portal
1:15:31 Final thoughts
1:20:16 Outro

Movie Club: Tron Legacy (2010)

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, helping guide the country through the Civil War and advocated for an end to slavery. Nearly 100 years later, he was resurrected as a robot for the 1964 New York World's Fair.

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    • https://youtu.be/mvfjvBO2l2Y?t=138
    • https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Audio-Animatronic_(42346731335).jpg

Sources:
    • https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abraham-Lincoln
    • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-emporia-gazette-electric-robots/154380075/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20110717093240/http://d23.disney.go.com/articles/070709_NF_FEAT_StoryofHall.html
    • https://www.disneyhistoryinstitute.com/2014/04/disney-history-institute-celebrates.html
    • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-edwardsville-intelligencer-disney-de/154344993/
    • https://archive.org/details/IllinoisLandOfLincolnIllinoisPavilionInformationNewYorkWorldsFair19641965/mode/1up
    • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-register-live-lincoln-created-by-d/154516626/
    • https://www.newspapers.com/article/sun-tattler-disneys-lincoln-star-at-fai/154518175/
    • https://www.newspapers.com/article/wilmington-news-journal-lincoln-at-1964/154519665/
    • https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-herald-review-of-lincoln-figur/154520514/
    • https://www.newspapers.com/article/mt-vernon-register-news-electronic-abe/154523531/
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvfjvBO2l2Y
    • https://d23.com/reliving-one-mans-dream-in-this-walt-disney-world-attraction/
    • https://www.ocregister.com/2021/07/31/disneyland-blinkin-lincoln-animatronic-used-to-go-crazy-and-smash-his-chair-in-a-robotic-fit/
    • https://www.newspapers.com/article/freeport-journal-standard-animated-abe-l/154552579/

Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:26 Abraham Lincoln
0:06:08 Building Robot Lincoln
0:20:25 The 1964 World’s Fair
0:22:33 Great Moments With Mr. Lincoln
0:29:08 Reactions to Robot Lincoln
0:38:07 Lincoln at Disneyland
0:41:10 Outro

Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln

The WanaCry ransomware quickly spread to hundreds of thousands of Windows systems on May 12, 2017, impacting everything from car manufacturing to hospitals. A few hours later, it was stopped by a cybersecurity researcher.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Joe Fedewa.

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    • https://youtu.be/S70zd_ysZag

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    • https://www.wired.com/story/confessions-marcus-hutchins-hacker-who-saved-the-internet/
    • https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/ransomware/wannacry-ransomware/
    • https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/cambrian-college-ransomware-hack-1.4093634
    • https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/boeing-hit-by-wannacry-virus-fears-it-could-cripple-some-jet-production/
    • https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/05/13/cyber-attack-hits-german-train-stations-hackers-target-deutsche/
    • https://apnews.com/article/36406e3cebe34b148f1fd9bbe6205ace
    • https://www.reuters.com/article/us-honda-cyberattack-idUSKBN19C0EI/
    • https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/case-study-wannacry-attack/
    • https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/wdsi/threats/malware-encyclopedia-description?Name=Ransom:Win32/WannaCrypt
    • https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/05/14/need-urgent-collective-action-keep-people-safe-online-lessons-last-weeks-cyberattack/
    • https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2017/05/14/need-urgent-collective-action-keep-people-safe-online-lessons-last-weeks-cyberattack/
    • https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/03/researcher-who-stopped-wannacry-ransomware-detained-in-us
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-us-authorities-tracked-down-the-north-korean-hacker-behind-wannacry/

Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:54 EternalBlue & Marcus Hutchins
0:09:39 WannaCry Attack
0:25:10 The Aftermath
0:38:04 Outro

WannaCry

Swiss watch company Swatch came up with a new way to tell time in 1998, known as "Internet Time" or ".beats time." It led to an international controversy over advertising, radio frequencies, and Russia's Mir space station.

Hosted by Corbin Davenport, guest starring Cody Toombs.

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Watches:
    • https://www.swatch.com/en-en/webmaster-ii-sqb101c/SQB101C.html
    • https://www.swatch.com/en-en/great-australian-byte-sqz100/SQZ100.html
    • https://www.swatch.com/en-en/webstream-green-yqs1001ag/YQS1001AG.html
    • https://www.swatch.com/en-en/moon-or-beat-iv-yfs4010/YFS4010.html
    • https://www.swatch.com/en-en/sonic-the-hedgehog-sqk101/SQK101.html

Sources:
    • https://www.zdnet.com/article/swatch-wont-take-apple-to-court-over-iwatch-trademark/
    • https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-37350870
    • https://www.wnyc.org/story/tldr-15-internet-time/
    • https://www.wired.com/1998/12/time-for-a-change/
    • https://news.mit.edu/1998/summit-1118
    • https://segaretro.org/Press_release:_2000-02-24:_Sega_and_Swatch_Team_Up:_Two_Major_Players_Meet_in_Cyberspace
    • https://lpcwiki.miraheze.org/wiki/Ericsson_T20
    • https://novayagazeta.eu/articles/2024/05/14/lost-in-space-en
    • https://www.wired.com/1999/04/spam-thats-out-of-this-world/
    • https://web.archive.org/web/19991110070006/http://www.ccr.jussieu.fr/physio/amsat-france/Press-rel-05.htm
    • https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/sputnik-40.htm
    • https://www.pso-world.com/sections.php?op=viewarticle&artid=883
    • https://web.archive.org/web/20010215002746/http://hamradio-online.com/1999/apr/arrl-swatch.html
    • https://latimes.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-swatch-beatnik-can/170703674/ 
    • https://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=25685

Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:27 Swatch & Internet Time
0:07:50 The Watches
0:16:44 Adoption of Internet Time
0:20:05 Sputnik 99
0:36:18 Swatch vs. Apple
0:38:00 Outro

Internet Time and Sputnik 99

Tech Tales is a podcast exploring the technology world's epic failures, forgotten successes, and everything in between. Hosted by Corbin Davenport.

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