1878
Thomas Edison receives a US patent (No. 200521) for the phonograph. His first recording was of “Mary Had a Little Lamb” spoken into a large horn, which transmitted vibrations to a needle that cut the recording on a hand-rotated cylinder.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonograph
1971
The first warrant is issued to search a computer’s storage. This event would lead to increasingly sophisticated methods of encryption to hide computer files from law enforcement agents.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant
1987
The Internet domain apple.com is created. It would soon become a battleground between the people who understood what quality meant and those who didn’t.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Inc.
2008
The “war” over the High Definition successor to the DVD ends when the supporters of the HD DVD format discontinue it. The Sony-backed Blu-ray format had garnered the support of many players in the industry, leading to the demise of HD DVD.
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