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January 30, 1982

On January 30, 1982, Richard Skrenta of Pittsburgh, PA wrote the first computer virus code. It was 400 lines long and infected Apple II machines. He named it “Elk Cloner”. That’s a shame. He could have named it Elk Boner and become a demigod to the… Continue reading

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September 16, 1997

On September 16, 1997, Apple Computer Inc., named co-founder Steve Jobs as the interim CEO. He immediately ran out and had a black and white head shot taken that showed him looking intently at the camera while wearing a black turtleneck shirt. This became the uniform of choice for techno-venture-capitalists of the late 1990s and … Continue reading

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