by Mike Hendren | Dec 12, 2024 | Tech History
December 11, 2008 Google releases the first public version of Chrome. Chrome quickly became the most popular and in-demand browser in the world. Many Mac users even seem to prefer Chrome over Safari.
by Mike Hendren | Oct 31, 2024 | Tech History
October 31, 2000 On this date, Russia launched the Soyuz TM-31. The mission carried the first crew to the International Space Station. The ISS has been manned on a continual basis since this mission. The first crew included Russian cosmonauts Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei...
by Mike Hendren | Oct 30, 2024 | Tech History
October 30, 1938 On this date in 1938, acclaimed writer, director, and actor Orson Wells’ Mercury Theatre on The Air broadcast a radio adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel The War of the Worlds, depicting a Martian invasion of New Jersey. The first half of the broadcast...
