Miller, M: Leo Laporte's 2006 Technology Almanac

You Need Service Pack 2 On This Day: Integrated Circuit Conceived (1959) Fact of the Week Using the Control Panel On This Day: IBM Dedicates the SSEC (1948) Gadget of the Week: Global Pet Finder Enabling ClearType On This Day: Flouridated Drinking Water (1945) Hardware of the Week: APC Uninterruptible Power Source Using a Web Page as a Desktop Background On This Day: Internal Combustion Auto Patented Software of the Week: Theme Manager 2005 Adding Special Effects On This Day: Jim Clark Leaves Silicon Graphics (1994) Website of the Week: Microsoft Moving and Hiding the Taskbar On This Day: First Gaslit Street (1807) Blog of the Week: LonghornBlogs.com Show Album Art in My Music Folders On This Day: Douglas Englebart Born (1925) Fact of the Week Remove the Shortcut Arrow from Desktop Icons On This Day: First Primate in Space (1961) Gadget of the Week: SCOTTeVEST Clothing February 2006. Closing Stuck Programs in XP On This Day: Java Development Starts (1991) Hardware of the Week: USB Mini-Aquarium Add a Background Graphic to the IE Toolbar Use a Web Page as a Desktop Background On This Day: First Use of Lie Detector (1935) Software of the Week: Tweak UI Activating XP Special Effects On This Day: First U.S. Weather Satellite (1966) Website of the Week: TweakXP.com Change Owner Information Adding Programs to the XP Start Menu On This Day: First Removable Shirt Collar (1825) Blog of the Week: TechWhack What's a Blog? On This Day: Golf on the Moon (1971) Fact of the Week Why Blog? How Blogs Are Organized On This Day: First Untethered Spacewalks (1984) Gadget of the Week: Precision Shots Laser Slingshot Creating Your Own Blog Best Sites for Blogging On This Day: Harvard Mark I Patent (1945) Hardware of the Week: AeroCool AeroBase UFO Gaming Pad Exploring the Blogosphere On This Day: David Wheeler Born (1927) Software of the Week: Newsgator Political Blogs On This Day: Wilhelm Roentgen Dies (1923) Website of the Week: The Weblog Review Moblogs and Photo Blogs Leo's Favorite Blogs On This Day: Boston Computer Society Founded (1977) Blog of the Week: Photoblogs.org All About Podcasts On This Day: France Goes Atomic (1960) Fact of the Week Preparing to Podcast On This Day: ENIAC Revealed (1946) Gadget of the Week: Edirol R-1 Portable Music Recorder Recording a Podcast On This Day: Mustard Arrives (1758) Hardware of the Week: Griffin radio SHARK AM/FM Radio/Recorder Publishing Your Podcast Learn More About Podcasting On This Day: First Man-Made Diamonds (1953) Software of the Week: Audacity Where to Find Podcasts On This Day: First Car Starter (1911) Website of the Week: iPodder Podcasts and iTunes On This Day: Vacuum Cleaner Patented (1901) Blog of the Week: Adam Curry's Weblog POP vs. Web-Based Email On This Day: Elevator Patented (1872) Fact of the Week Email Acronyms and Protocols On This Day: First Flying Car (1937) Gadget of the Week: VoiSec Refrigerator Voice Recorder HTML Email On This Day: Amerigo Vespucci Dies (1512) Hardware of the Week: Seagate External Hard Drives Managing Mass Mailings in Outlook Express On This Day: First Cloned Sheep (1997) Software of the Week: Mozilla Thunderbird Troubleshooting Email Problems On This Day: Steve Jobs Born Website of the Week: Gmail Emailing Anonymously On This Day: SGI Buys Cray (1996) Blog of the Week: Gawker Before You Upgrade On This Day: David Sarnoff Born (1891) Fact of the Week Upgrading System Memory On This Day: Core Memory Patented (1956) Gadget of the Week: Ultra Antistatic Wrist Straps March 2006. Adding New Ports On This Day: Direct-Dial Transatlantic Phone Service (1970) Hardware of the Week: Sunbeam 20-in-1 Superior Panel Upgrading for Digital Video Editing On This Day: First Push-Button Phone (1959) Software of the Week: Aloha Bob PC Relocator Upgrading Your Hard Disk On This Day: First Meeting of the Homebrew Computer Club Website of the Week: Tom's Hardware Guide USB: The Easy Way to Upgrade On This Day: Stapler Patented (1868) Blog of the Week: Tech Blog How Big Is Big Enough? On This Day: Michelangelo Virus Strikes (1992) Fact of the Week CRT Projection On This Day: Cornflakes First Served (1897) Gadget of the Week: Couch Potato Tormentor DLP Rear Projection On This Day: von Zeppelin Dies (1917) Hardware of the Week: ATI HDTV Wonder LCD Rear Projection On This Day: PowerOpen Association Formed Software of the Week: Cinemar MainLobby Plasma Flat-Screen Displays On This Day: Uranus Has Rings (1977) Website of the Week: AVS Forum LCD Flat-Screen Displays On This Day: Luddite Riots (1811) Blog of the Week: Home Theater Blog Identity Theft On This Day: Henry Shrapnel Dies (1842) Fact of the Week Preventing Identity Theft On This Day: Giant Brain Completed (1955) Gadget of the Week: TrimTrac GPS Security Locator Dealing with Identity Theft On This Day: Adobe and Aldus Merge (1994) Hardware of the Week: Keyspan USB Mini Hub Privacy in the Workplace On This Day: First Liquid-Fuel Rocket Flight (1926) Software of the Week: NSClean Old Postings Can Come Back and Bite You On This Day: Rubber Band Patented (1845) Website of the Week: Electronic Frontier Foundation Phishing Schemes On This Day: First U.S. Railroad Tunnel (1834) Blog of the Week: Privacy.org Five Ways to Speed Up Your PC On This Day: Theory of Relativity Published (1916) Fact of the Week Maintaining Your System Unit On This Day: Teaching of Evolution Prohibited (1925) Gadget of the Week: TomTom Navigator 2004 Maintaining Your Keyboard On This Day: Pentium Chip Ships (1993) Hardware of the Week: IOGEAR MiniView Micro KVM Switch Maintaining Your Mouse On This Day: Cold Fusion Claimed (1989) Software of the Week: PC Certify Maintaining Your Printer On This Day: Tuberculosis Bacillus Announced (1882) Website of the Week: PC Pitstop More Basic Maintenance On This Day: Titan Discovered (1655) Blog of the Week: Doc Searl's IT Garage Why You Need a PC in Your Living Room On This Day: Alaska Earthquake (1965) Fact of the Week Buying a Media Center PC On This Day: Three Mile Island Accident (1979) Gadget of the Week: Philips RC9800i WiFi Remote Control Building Your Own Media Center PC On This Day: Coca Cola Created (1886) Hardware of the Week: Denali Edition Media Center Using Media Center as a DVR On This Day: Meter Defined (1791) Software of the Week: Tweak MCE Media Center My Music On This Day: Daylight Savings Time Begins (1918) Website of the Week: The Green Button April 2006. Media Center Add-Ins On This Day: First Photograph of the Sun Blog of the Week: Matt Goyer's Windows Media Center Blog Skeletal Systems On This Day: First Mobile Phone Call (1973) Fact of the Week The Death Clock On This Day: Netscape Founded (1994) Gadget of the Week: Motorola Ojo Personal Videophone Dumb Auctions On This Day: Oppenheimer Wins Fermi Award (1963) Hardware of the Week: ActionTec Internet Phone Wizard UglyDress.com On This Day: Windows 3.1 Released (1992) Software of the Week: Marine Aquarium Screen Saver Museum of Bad Album Covers On This Day: IBM Announces System/360 Mainframes (1964) Website of the Week: Today's Front Pages Daily Rotten On This Day: Presper Eckert Born (1919) Blog of the Week: Dave Barry's Blog DVD Easter Eggs On This Day: First Synthetic Rubber (1930) Fact of the Week CD Easter Eggs On This Day: Apollo 13 Launched (1970) Gadget of the Week: Eva Solo Magnetimer Kitchen Timer Game Easter Eggs On This Day: First Internet Spam (1994) Hardware of the Week: USB Cafe Pad Software Easter Eggs On This Day: First Elephant in America (1796) Software of the Week: Coffee Break Worm Literary Easter Eggs On This Day: China's Great Software Purge Begins (1995) Website of the Week: The Easter Egg Archive Sexually Explicit Easter Egg On This Day: LISP Language Unveiled Blog of the Week: Engadget eBay News and Announcements On This Day: Benjamin Franklin Dies (1790) Fact of the Week Using Feedback On This Day: Albert Einstein Dies (1955) Gadget of the Week: SportVue MC1 Heads-Up Display Birddogging for Bargains On This Day: First FORTRAN Program (1957) Hardware of the Week: Logitech diNovo Cordless Desktop eBay PowerSellers On This Day: Whirlwind Computer on TV (1951) Software of the Week: eBay Toolbar Finding Stuff to Sell On This Day: First Revolving Restaurant Opens (1962) Website of the Week: Indale eBay Trading Assistants On This Day: Wilhelm Schickard Born (1592) Blog of the Week: Outrageous eBay Auctions iPods Rule! On This Day: Apple IIc Introduced Fact of the Week Using Your iPod with a Windows PC On This Day: Integrated Circuit Patented Gadget of the Week: Griffin BlueTrip Audio Hub Creating Playlists for Your iPod On This Day: Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster (1986) Hardware of the Week: Apple AirPort Express iPod Speakers On This Day: Microsoft Purchase of Intuit Blocked (1995) Software of the Week: iArt Cool iPod Accessories On This Day: Kurt G'del Born (1906) Website of the Week: iLounge More Cool iPod Accessories On This Day: George Stibitz Born (1904) Blog of the Week: iPoditude May 2006. How Instant Messaging Works On This Day: First Computer Timesharing (1964) Fact of the Week Instant Messaging Clients On This Day: Microsoft's Two-Button Mouse (1983) Gadget of the Week: Tivoli Model One Group Chats in AOL Instant Messenger On This Day: First Comic Book (1934) Hardware of the Week: Logitech QuickCam Orbit Sending Files via Instant Messaging On This Day: Commodore Sold (1995) Software of the Week: mIRC Tips for Chat and IM On This Day: Scopes Arrested for Teaching Evolution (1925) Website of the Week: Cybermoon Studios Online Chat Communities On This Day: Hindenburg Disaster (1937) Blog of the Week: Jake Ludington's Media Blab Digital Television On This Day: Metric System Established (1790) Fact of the Week Comparing Digital Television Formats On This Day: Birth Control Pill Approved (1960) Gadget of the Week: Monster PowerCenter Why HDTV Is Better On This Day: Transcontinental Railroad Completed (1869) Hardware of the Week: TViX Digital Movie Jukebox How HDTV Works Learn More About HDTV On This Day: VisiCalc Demonstrated (1979) Software of the Week: Movie Label 2006 Progressive Scanning On This Day: Dvorak Keyboard Patented (1936) Website of the Week: HDTVoice.com Square Programs on a Rectangular Screen On This Day: Table Knife Invented (1637) Blog of the Week: High-Definition Blog I Hate Spam! Learn More About Spam On This Day: Listerine Trademarked (1923) Fact of the Week How Spammers Get Your Address On This Day: Root Beer Invented (1866) Gadget of the Week: Oregon Scientific AWS888 Weather Forecaster Protecting Your Email Address On This Day: John Deere Dies (1886) Hardware of the Week: Griffin PowerMate USB Controller Blocking Spam in Microsoft Outlook On This Day: Mount St. Helens Erupts (1980) Software of the Week: Email Sentinel Pro Anti-Spam Software On This Day: Lawrence of Arabia Dies (1935) Website of the Week: Spamhaus Trace and Report On This Day: Levis Patented (1873) Blog of the Week: Spam Kings Blog Advanced Google Searching On This Day: Toothpaste Tube Invented (1892) Fact of the Week Google Images On This Day: Bifocals Invented (1785) Gadget of the Week: Wallflower 2 Multimedia Picture Frame Google Maps On This Day: First Telegraph Message (1844) Hardware of the Week: Western Digital Media Center Personalize Your Google Home Page On This Day: First International WWW Conference (1994) Software of the Week: Google Desktop Search Gmail On This Day: First Middle East Oil Strike (1908) Website of the Week: Google Language Tools Other Cool Google Sites On This Day: Jell-O Introduced (1897) Blog of the Week: The Unofficial Google Weblog Choosing a Digital Camera On This Day: Hilary Conquers Mount Everest (1953) Fact of the Week Prosumer Cameras On This Day: Krypton Discovered (1898) Gadget of the Week: SanDisk Photo Album Digital SLRs On This Day: John Kemeny Born (1926) Hardware of the Week: Epson Perfection 4180 Photo Scanner June 2006. Better Lighting = Better Pictures On This Day: FM Stereo Broadcasting Begins (1961) Software of the Week: Paint Shop Pro How to Take Great Digital Pictures On This Day: Velveeta Cheese Invented (1928) Website of the Week: Digital Photography Review Digital Photo Vaults On This Day: Robert Noyce Dies (1990) Blog of the Week: PhotographyBLOG Digital Video Formats On This Day: Apple II Introduced (1977) Fact of the Week Choosing the Right Video Camera On This Day: First Household Detergent Introduced (1907) Gadget of the Week: Sunpak Readylight 20 High-Definition Camcorders On This Day: First Solar Power Plant (1980) Hardware of the Week: HP dc5000 Movie Writer Prosumer Camcorders On This Day: Alan Turing Found Dead (1954) Software of the Week: Adobe Premiere Elements Recording Better Sound with Your Movies On This Day: First Automat Opens (1902) Website of the Week: CamcorderInfo.com Stop Shaky Pictures! On This Day: Speak & Spell Introduced (1978) Blog of the Week: PVRblog Fun with GPS On This Day: 3Com and U.S. Robotics Merge (1997) Fact of the Week High-Tech Running On This Day: First V1 Bomb Attack (1944) Gadget of the Week: SoundSak SonicBoom High-Tech Fishing On This Day: Univac 1 Dedicated (1951) Hardware of the Week: Act Labs Light Gun High-Tech Boating On This Day: Ben Franklin Flies a Kite (1752) Software of the Week: Fish-N-Log Professional Suite High-Tech Scuba Diving On This Day: CTR Incorporated (1911) Website of the Week: GORP High-Tech Camping On This Day: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic (1928) Blog of the Week: Die Is Cast Apple History (Part I) On This Day: Blaise Pascal Born (1623) Fact of the Week Apple History (Part I-A) On This Day: Trans-Alaska Pipeline Opens (1977) Gadget of the Week: GarageBand Guitar Cable Apple History (Part II) On This Day: First Ferris Wheel Opens (1893) Hardware of the Week: Apple 30-inch HD Cinema Display Apple History (Part III) On This Day: Konrad Zuse Born Software of the Week: SuperDuper Apple Portables On This Day: Saxophone Patented (1848) Website of the Week: Think Secret Troubleshooting Mac OS X On This Day: Barbed Wire Patented (1867) Blog of the Week: The Unofficial Apple Weblog I SpyOSpyware! On This Day: Bar Code Debuts (1974) Fact of the Week What Damage Can Spyware Do? On This Day: Chlorophyll Synthesized (1960) Gadget of the Week: JB1 James Bond 007 Spy Camera How to Defeat Spyware On This Day: Mackinac Bridge Dedicated (1958) Hardware of the Week: Panasonic BL-C30A Network Camera Anti-Spyware Utilities On This Day: Pygmy Mammoth Discovered (1994) Software of the Week: Active@ Eraser Legitimate Spyware Programs On This Day: Leap Second Added (1972) Website of the Week July 2006. Official U.S. Government Spyware On This Day: IBM 650 Announced (1953) Blog of the Week: Spyware Warrior Creating Numbered Lists On This Day: Foam Rubber Developed (1929) Fact of the Week Using Styles On This Day: First Direct Keyboard Input (1956) Gadget of the Week: VIOlight Toothbrush Sanitizer Adding Background Colors and Graphics On This Day: Intel Price Cuts (1994) Hardware of the Week: Logitech Laser Cordless Mouse Using Section Breaks On This Day: AOL Settles Lawsuits Software of the Week: Wordware Using Headers and Footers On This Day: Phillips-Head Screw Patented (1936) Website of the Week: Woody's Office Portal Creating a Multiple-Column Layout On This Day: Tron Released (1982) Blog of the Week: The Office Weblog Why It's So Hard to Find What You Want Online On This Day: Telstar Launched (1962) Fact of the Week Search Engines and Directories On This Day: Surgical Zippers Announced (1985) Gadget of the Week: Oakley THUMP Top Search Sites On This Day: Smoking (Officially) Causes Cancer (1957) Hardware of the Week: Deck Keyboard Metasearch Engines On This Day: Erno Rubick Born (1944) Software of the Week: WebFerret The Correct Way to Search On This Day: Dynamite Demonstrated (1867) Website of the Week: Search Engine Watch Boolean Searching On This Day: ENIGMA Encodes First Message (1928) Blog of the Week: Search Engine Blog Using a Home Page Community On This Day: Major Email Disruption (1997) Fact of the Week Finding a Web Host On This Day: Intel Founded (1968) Gadget of the Week: ProAim Golfing Goggles Understanding HTML On This Day: Samuel Colt Born (1814) Hardware of the Week: Griffin AirClick USB Remote Common HTML Tags On This Day: Man Walks on Moon (1969) Software of the Week: HotDog PageWiz Inserting Hyperlinks On This Day: Xerox Withdraws from Computer Market (1975) Website of the Week: Web Pages That Suck Changing Font Type and Size On This Day: Typewriter Patented (1829) Blog of the Week: Thomas Hawk's Digital Connection Choosing a Video Game System On This Day: Instant Coffee Introduced (1938) Fact of the Week Video Games: The Next Generation On This Day: Microsoft Revenues Exceed $1 Billion (1990) Gadget of the Week: Spherex RX2 Game Chair Building the Perfect Gaming PC On This Day: Carl Jung Born (1875) Hardware of the Week: Atari Flashback Choosing a Game Controller On This Day: Grasshopper Plague (1931) Software of the Week: RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 Popular Game Controllers (Part I) On This Day: Tricycle Crosses English Channel (1883) Website of the Week: IGN.com Popular Game Controllers (Part II) On This Day: First Asphalt Pavement (1870) Blog of the Week: GameBlogs Hard Drive Players On This Day: First Close-Up Moon Pictures (1964) Fact of the Week August 2006. MicroDrive Players On This Day: Atomic Energy Commission Established (1946) Gadget of the Week: AudioTronic iCool Scented MP3 Players Flash Memory Players On This Day: Greenwich Mean Time Adopted (1880) Hardware of the Week: Razer Diamondback Mouse Portable Video Players On This Day: Radio Shack Announces TRS-80 (1977) Software of the Week: Blaze Media Pro Better Earphones = Better Sound On This Day: Champagne Invented (1693) Website of the Week: MP3.com Celebrity Playlists On This Day: First Electric Traffic Lights (1914) Blog of the Week: MP3 Player Blog Citywide WiFi On This Day: Harvard Gets a Giant Brain (1944) Fact of the Week Finding a WiFi Hotspot On This Day: Netscape Goes Public (1995) Gadget of the Week: Canary Wireless Digital Hotspotter Troubleshooting a Bad Connection On This Day: Marvin Minksy Born (1927) Hardware of the Week: Linksys Wireless Adapter Setting Up a Wireless Home Network On This Day: Leo Fender Born (1909) Software of the Week: LucidLink Wireless Client WiFi Security On This Day: Steve Wozniak Born (1950) Website of the Week: Wi-Fi Alliance What's With All Those Letters? On This Day: IBM PC Introduced (1981) Blog of the Week: WiFi Networking News Matrix Surround Sound On This Day: Social Security Act Signed (1935) Fact of the Week Discrete Surround Sound On This Day: Panama Canal Opened (1914) Gadget of the Week: Sony Surround Sound Headphones Comparing Surround Sound Formats On This Day: Queen Telegraphs President (1858) Hardware of the Week: USB Alarm Clock Fantasia! The First Surround-Sound Movie On This Day: Pierre de Fermat Born (1601) Software of the Week: Cubase SX The History of Surround Sound (Part I) On This Day: Hewlett-Packard Incorporated (1947) Website of the Week: The Surround Sound Discography The History of Surround Sound (Part II) On This Day: Condensed Milk Patented (1856) Blog of the Week: wilwheaton.net Troubleshooting Tips On This Day: Adding Machine Patented (1888) Fact of the Week Dealing with a Dead Computer On This Day: First Computer User Group Founded (1955) Gadget of the Week: Venexx Perfume Watch Troubleshooting in Safe Mode On This Day: Galileo Demonstrates Telescope (1609) Hardware of the Week: Marathon Computer RePorter Page Fault Errors On This Day: Windows 95 Ships (1995) Software of the Week: PC Certify Lite Creating an Emergency Startup Disk On This Day: Paris Liberated (1944) Website of the Week: Microsoft Knowledge Base PC Survival Checklist On This Day: Compaq Introduces Presario (1993) Blog of the Week: RescueComp Blog First Generation (1972-1977) On This Day: Worcester Sauce Introduced (1837) Fact of the Week Second Generation (1977-1982) On This Day: First Russian Atomic Bomb (1949) Gadget of the Week: Jakks TV Games Third Generation (1982-1984) On This Day: First African-American Astronaut (1983) Hardware of the Week: Classicade Upright Game System Fourth Generation (1985-1989) On This Day: First Car on the Moon (1971) Software of the Week: Atari 80 Classic Games September 2006. Fifth Generation (1989-1995) On This Day: Virtual Library Project Starts (1994) Website of the Week: Video Game Museum Sixth Generation (1995-1998) to Today On This Day: Ferdinand Porsche Born Blog of the Week: Video Game Blog Different Types of Notebooks On This Day: Geronimo Surrenders (1886) Fact of the Week Shopping for a New Notebook On This Day: On the Road Published (1957) Gadget of the Week: Targus DEFCON MDP Motion Sensor Notebooks for College On This Day: Margaret Sanger Dies (1966) Hardware of the Week: LapCool 2 Notebook Cooler Upgrading Notebook Memory On This Day: First Baby Incubator (1888) Software of the Week: RMClock Printing on the Road On This Day: Ford Pardons Nixon (1974) Website of the Week: NotebookReview.com Stretching Notebook Battery Life On This Day: Lincoln Highway Opens (1913) Blog of the Week: Laptop Review Encourage Safe Computing On This Day: First Remote Computation (1940) Fact of the Week Safe Searching for Kids On This Day: Test of First Integrated Circuit (1958) Gadget of the Week: Hasbro VideoNow Color Online Libraries On This Day: First Auto Accident Death (1899) Hardware of the Week: Logitech Football Mouse Help with Homework On This Day: First Lobotomy (1936) Software of the Week: Microsoft Student 2006 Kids' Sports On This Day: ACM Founded (1947) Website of the Week: Kids' Space Computers Make Kids Dumber? On This Day: RCA Exits Computer Market (1971) Blog of the Week: "Hey That Smells Great" Audio/Video Receivers On This Day: Jimi Hendrix Dies (1970) Fact of the Week Digital Video Recorders On This Day: First Underground Nuclear Test (1957) Gadget of the Week: Logitech Harmony 880 Shopping for a DVD Player On This Day: First FORTRAN Program (1954) Hardware of the Week: Sonos Digital Music System Choosing a Speaker System On This Day: Galileo Ends Mission (2003) Software of the Week: Meedio Essentials Setting Up Your System On This Day: Peace Corps Authorized (1961) Website of the Week: AudioREVIEW.com Universal Remote Controls On This Day: Dirigible Demonstrated (1852) Blog of the Week: eHomeUpgrade HDTV Programming On This Day: IBM Announces MCA Fact of the Week Showcase DVDs (Part I) On This Day: Jean Hoerni Born (1924) Gadget of the Week: Laserpod Light Showcase DVDs (Part II) On This Day: Kevin Mitnick Indicted (1996) Hardware of the Week: Logitech Z-5500 Speakers Showcase DVDs (Part III) On This Day: Seymour Cray Born (1925) Software of the Week: ReaderWare Showcase CDs (Part I) On This Day: Enrico Fermi Born (1901) Website of the Week: Metacritic Showcase CDs (Part II) On This Day: First Nuclear Sub Commissioned (1954) Blog of the Week: Jazz & Blues Music Reviews October 2006. CD Ripping and Burning Software On This Day: Concorde Breaks the Sound Barrier (1969) Blog of the Week: Online Music Blog Configuring Windows Media Player for Ripping On This Day: ENIAC Retired (1955) Fact of the Week Ripping CDs with WMP On This Day: Transistor Patented (1950) Gadget of the Week: Darth Tater Burning Your Own Music CDs On This Day: John Atanasoff Born (1903) Hardware of the Week: Pocket CDRW Burning CDs with Windows Media Player On This Day: First Non-Stop Pacific Flight (1931) Software of the Week: Easy Media Creator Copying Entire CDs On This Day: Thor Heyerdahl Born (1914) Website of the Week: freedb.org Writing to a Data CD On This Day: Carbon Paper Patented (1806) Blog of the Week: PostSecret Cellular Network Technologies On This Day: Calliope Patented (1855) Fact of the Week Dual Band and Dual Mode Phones On This Day: Billiard Ball Patented (1865) Gadget of the Week: FreePlay FreeCharge Choosing a Mobile Phone On This Day: H.J. Heinz Born (1844) Hardware of the Week: Verbatim Store 'n' Go Pro Smartphones On This Day: NeXT Computer Introduced (1988) Software of the Week: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Game Choosing a Headset On This Day: First Aerial Photograph (1860) Website of the Week: The Mobile Phone Directory Favorite Cell Phones On This Day: Edison Electric Light Company Founded (1878) Blog of the Week: Mobile Burn Are You Infected? On This Day: First U.S. Birth Control Clinic (1916) Fact of the Week Practicing Safe Computing On This Day: Mae Jemison Born (1956) Gadget of the Week: ScanGauge Automotive Computer Antivirus Utilities Learn More About Protecting Your Computer On This Day: Babbage, Binet, and Edison Die Hardware of the Week: WD Passport Pocket Hard Drive Repairing an Infected Computer On This Day: Sir Thomas Browne Born and Died Software of the Week: NOD32 Antivirus Finding New Viruses On This Day: Monterey Bay Aquarium Opens (1984) Website of the Week: Virus Bulletin Signature Scanning On This Day: First Trimline Telephone (1963) Blog of the Week: Worm Blog Fixing Only Part of the Picture On This Day: Mr. Tornado Born (1920) Fact of the Week Soften Your Edges Learn More About Fixing Bad Digital Pictures On This Day: First Nylon Stockings (1939