Tech Time Warp is a weekly feature that looks back at interesting moments and milestones in tech history.
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Tech Time Warp: Say “Aloha” to the first wireless network
Tech Time Warp: Say “Aloha” to the first wireless network
As it turns out, you really are saying “Aloha” every time you send a text or make a call using your mobile phone. AlohaNet, the technology that paved the way for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and mobile phone networks, got its start...
Tech Time Warp: 20 years later, IoT devices add to cybersecurity risk
Tech Time Warp: 20 years later, IoT devices add to cybersecurity risk
As you check your FitBit for your daily step count and ask Alexa to order your groceries and control your “smart” home, it’s hard to imagine life without the ease of the “Internet of Things.” All of these devices —...
Tech Time Warp: Royalty and celebrities swept up in UK phone hacking scandal
Tech Time Warp: Royalty and celebrities swept up in UK phone hacking scandal
Your smartphone carries a huge amount of personal data — and National Cybersecurity Awareness Month is a good time to safeguard your mobile phone with best practices such as the use of strong passwords, keeping software up to date, being...
Tech Time Warp: Stration worm preys on users’ best intentions
Tech Time Warp: Stration worm preys on users’ best intentions
In September 2006, the tech world was focused on a reported Windows vulnerability related to the implementation of Vector Markup Language (VML). While programmers raced to fix the VML issue, spammers capitalized on the opportunity. Using the new bug in...
Tech Time Warp: NeXTSTEP paved the way for OS X and iOS
Tech Time Warp: NeXTSTEP paved the way for OS X and iOS
Steve Jobs’ story has many fascinating chapters, including the story of NeXTSTEP, the operating system that proved to be the first step toward OS X and iOS.
Tech Time Warp: Bank of America introduces ERMA and revolutionizes checking
Tech Time Warp: Bank of America introduces ERMA and revolutionizes checking
It’s easy to write checks off as passé, but according to Next Gen Personal Finance, the average American still writes 38 checks a year. Next time you pull out your checkbook, consider the extraordinary staying power of checking technology, which...
Tech Time Warp: Microsoft chases a storm
Tech Time Warp: Microsoft chases a storm
In early 2007, network administrators began dealing with a trojan that grew into a massive botnet and even stumped Microsoft for more than a year. The Storm worm initially spread via email, promising the recipient news about dangerous storms in...
Tech Time Warp: Compaq introduces the Presario and dominates the PC market
Tech Time Warp: Compaq introduces the Presario and dominates the PC market
If you owned a home computer in the 1990’s, chances are it was a Compaq Presario. Today, the name Compaq might incite nostalgia, but during the 1980’s and 1990’s, Compaq dominated the personal computer market. Compaq was one of the...
Tech Time Warp: SoBig.F worm creates some big problems
Tech Time Warp: SoBig.F worm creates some big problems
It’s amazing that the unwitting computer users of 2019 are still clicking on suspicious attachments considering the havoc such files have been wreaking for decades. Back in August 2003, the SoBig.F virus — the sixth variant of the SoBig worm...
Tech Time Warp: The superspy origins of Google Earth
Tech Time Warp: The superspy origins of Google Earth
If you’ve played around with Google Earth, you’ve probably been struck by the fact that it’s kind of creepy. It’s fascinating and technologically amazing, for sure, but it can feel a tad invasive. So it should really come as no...
