1966 – Luna 10 became the first spacecraft to enter lunar orbit. It completed its first orbit in two hours 58 minutes.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1966-027A/
1973 – Martin Cooper, general manager of Motorola’s Communications Systems Division made the first handheld portable phone call from a New York City street to Joel S. Engel at rival Bell Labs. Presumably he gloated at least a little.
http://inventors.about.com/cs/inventorsalphabet/a/martin_cooper.htm
1981 – Adam Osborne unveiled the Osborne 1 at the West Coast Computer Faire in San Francisco. It cost $1,795 at retail.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383022,00.asp/
2000 – US District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled Microsoft violated the nation’s antitrust laws by using its monopoly position in personal computer operating systems to stifle competition.
http://money.cnn.com/2000/04/03/technology/microsoft_report//
2010 – The first Apple iPad went on sale in the US, starting at $499.
https://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/03/05iPad-Available-in-US-on-April-3.html/
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Are the timelines for autonomous car rollouts too optimistic? What are the real-world impediments to their implementation and what would be a more realistic time-frame for their deployment?
Facebook defends itself, Cloudflare starts its own privacy-oriented DNS and ESPN+ launches April12.
1973 – Lexis launched Computerized Legal Searching. It was limited to searching the full text of cases in Ohio and New York. 
Tom, Sarah and Roger chat with their Analysts and Advisors about the state of DTNS.
We read your suggestions for what Scott should do with his Raspberry Pi. Great ideas for everyone in here.
It’s our end of month DTNS round table. This month we examine where space exploration and the tech industry intersect, why privatization of space is good or bad, and how the internet is empowering citizen astronomers.
Facebook’s controversial memo, MyFitnessPal gets hacked, and Malaysia’s Central Bank successfully defends itself against cyberattack.