Today in Tech History – August 22, 2016

Today in Tech History logo1932 – The BBC began public television broadcasts.

1955 – The first computer user group, SHARE was founded by users of IBM’s Model 704 computer. The first meeting was held in the basement conference room of the RAND Corporation.

2007 – The Storm botnet sent out a record 57 million virus-infected emails. It failed to take down the Internet.

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