In 1979 – The NORAD computers detected a massive Soviet Nuclear Strike. Thankfully raw data from satellites were reviewed along with early warning radar, proving it was a false alarm. A technician had loaded a test tape but failed to switch the system status to “test”. Oops!
In 2004 – The Mozilla Foundation released Firefox 1.0. It featured tabbed browsing and a popup blocker.
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