GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Slalom provides tech-related services in various industries to clients across the globe including Alaska Airlines, Allstate, eBay, Hyatt, Microsoft, REI, and others. It employed more than 13,000 people before the latest cuts.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Damage to the Cadillac Hotel in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood following the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. 28, 2001, the Seattle area experienced the 6.8 The National Science Foundation today announced $15 million in new funding over five years for the creation of the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT).

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TechSpot

JANUARY 23, 2023

On January 11, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that its Notice to Air Mission Systems (NOTAM) system was offline, leading it to order airlines to pause all domestic departures—the first nationwide grounding since September 11, 2001.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The monolith has drawn comparisons to the black monolith in Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey , and the helicopter crew… Read more. Officers from the Utah Department of Public Safety discovered a shiny metallic monolith in rural Utah’s Red Rock Country on November 18 while surveying big horn sheep by helicopter.

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Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

On this 15th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on the United States, instead of a lot of words, photos, videos, links and other items, standing tall and proud, never forget, always remember that fateful day (along with December 7, 1941) among others.

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Network World

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Log4j or Log4Shell has been around a long time—it was released in January, 2001—and is widely used in all manner of enterprise and consumer services, websites, and applications. Experts describe the system as an easy-to-use common utility to support client/server application development.

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Network World

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Log4j or Log4Shell has been around a long time—it was released in January, 2001—and is widely used in all manner of enterprise and consumer services, websites, and applications. Experts describe the system as an easy-to-use common utility to support client/server application development.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Microsoft launched the original Xbox on November 15, 2001. While we're still one month away from the 20th anniversary, Seamus Blackley is using the occasion to apologize for a situation that was out of his control.

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TechSpot

MAY 11, 2022

#TBT In 2001, Apple launched an MP3 player that would eventually shape the landscape of today's mobile computing market, and the product that put Apple on the path to become a dominant tech player.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 3, 2021

Yet 2001’s Brotherhood of the Wolf has the audacity to take these wildly incohesive elements, along with… Read more. Martial arts movies that double as historical epics are supposed to be set in Asia. They’re not supposed to take place in the opulent, luxurious, ostentatious mansions of the bewigged aristocracy of 1760s France.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 20, 2022

Since the original 2001 arcade release, Bandai Namco’s series of Taiko drum rhythm games have spawned dozens of entries on various PlayStation, Nintendo, and mobile platforms. Although, cutesy characters WadaDon and twin brother WadaKatsu have never had a debut on Xbox or PC—until now.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 24, 2022

Way back in 2001, Star Trek fans were delighted to receive a director’s cut of Star Trek: The Motion Picture , with enhanced visual effects, on DVD. For a film that director Robert Wise originally felt was rushed to theaters—and definitely had incomplete visual effects—the remasters version of the movie was a godsend.… Read more.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 18, 2021

In 2001, Hellboy’s second novel, The Bones of Giants , took us on an adventure of Nordic mythological mayhem, as everyone’s favorite paranormal investigator found himself on the trail of giant’s corpse and a certain mysterious hammer. But now, to celebrate its 20th anniversary, the novel is becoming a new comic series. Read more.

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GeekWire

JULY 26, 2021

Founded in 2001, AuthenticID provides “identity proofing” software to U.S. Seattle-based AuthenticID landed $100 million in a minority investment from Long Ridge Equity Partners. wireless carriers, banks, credit bureaus, and other large enterprise companies.

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Gizmodo

MAY 16, 2021

Before Charlize Theron took the mantle as the queen of action cinema, that title belonged to Angelina Jolie , starting with the role of Lara Croft in Simon West’s Tomb Raider (2001). Read more.

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TechSpot

JUNE 23, 2020

Known as the Segway Human Transporter, the two-wheeled self-balancing personal transporter felt as if it had been pulled straight of out of a sci-fi novel when it debuted in late 2001. The electric-powered scooter relied on a series of tilt and gyroscopic sensors to maintain its balance as riders zipped.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 3, 2021

Maybe it’s just us, but when we see people in period clothing singing catchy modern pop songs, we’re instantly transported back to 2001. That was when a young actor named Heath Ledger (along with Paul Bettany , Alan Tudyk , and others) gave us A Knight’s Tale , a fun medieval adventure film filled with modern music. What… Read more.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 30, 2022

Since the original Halo released in 2001, Microsoft has been trying for a long time to get Bungie and 343 Industries’ sci-fi shooter into live action beyond excellent commercials and webseries tie-ins. After several aborted attempts at making a movie, Halo is now finally a TV show for Paramount+ (with some speed bumps … Read more.

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Computerworld Vertical IT

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

This part of his decision was overturned in 2001, or we'd be living in a very different technology world. US District Court judge Thomas Penfield Jackson, who oversaw the Department of Justice vs. Microsoft, had ruled in 2000 that Microsoft was a monopoly that should be broken up into two companies.

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GeekWire

JULY 14, 2023

Hryb, a director of programming at Xbox Live, has worked at Microsoft since 2001 and on the Xbox project since 2003. (GeekWire File Photo) Larry Hryb, better known to the Xbox player community by his gamer tag “Major Nelson,” announced Friday that he’s “taking a step back” from his job at Microsoft.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If you need another reminder that it’s an especially risky time to back crowdfunded products on sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, Master Replicas Group, who introduced a smart speaker version of the HAL 9000 computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey , is shutting down, and unless a minor miracle occurs (space babies?)… Read more.

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Gizmodo

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Recall that in 2001 the biggest thing in cell phone technology was the Nokia 8250, the chief selling point of which was its colorful display. If you’d asked a panel of experts 10 years ago what smartphones would look like in a decade, you’d have gotten all kinds of wild responses. Instead of black-and-white, this… Read more.

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Gizmodo

OCTOBER 30, 2020

At the time of its release in 2001, however, that sound signified a new form of communication that had already begun to change the world. Pulse begins with an ancient sound: the screech of a dial-up internet connection. The movie takes a look at where that technology will take us , and forecasts nothing but doom. Read more.

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 16, 2017

Daneel Olivaw as the almost human robot or Stanley Kubrick’s HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey, artificial intelligence has been a hallmark of science fiction (right up there with faster than light travel). Artificial Intelligence has long been promised as a great promise of benefit to the human race. These days AI seems

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Gizmodo

MAY 7, 2021

The animated adaptation of Terry Pratchett ’s Carnegie Medal-winning 2001 children’s book The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents has already commandeered a huge celebrity voice cast, but apparently there’s always room for more. Now Doctor Who ’s David Tennant has joined the ranks, alongside Game of Thrones ’ Emilia… Read more.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 21, 2022

Not the semi-plausible or at least seriously considered depictions seen in movies like Moon , 2001: A Space Odyssey , or Ad Astra , but the full-on goofy treatments that put the “fiction” in “science fiction.” With master of disaster Roland Emmerich ’s Moonfall arriving Febuary 4, we’ve got the moon on the brain. In other… Read more.

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Venture Beast

JANUARY 5, 2022

Robots like The Iron Giant or 2001’s HAL 9000 get all the attention when you’re talking artificial life, but the truth is, there are robots everywhere. Sure, the smart ones and cute ones are often most memorable, but many play huge, yet understated roles in modern industry across scores of business sectors.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 31, 2013

A 2001 Discovery Channel documentary provided an unprecedented look inside the NSA''s facility in Fort Meade, Maryland - including the agency''s supercomputing facility. The NSA isn''t likely to allow the world a look inside the new Utah data center. But that hasn''t always been the case. Data Center Videos Government HPC'

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Dataconomy

DECEMBER 23, 2020

On February 11-13, 2001, a group of senior programmers, project managers, and technical analysts met at the Snowbird ski resort in Utah. Their mission, sparked by numerous conversations between the various members over chat and at conferences, was to define a single movement that would end up radically shaping how.

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Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The daughter of late, legendary film director Stanley Kubrick— The Shining , Space Odyssey: 2001 , Dr. Strangelove , etc—is on board with extremist groups like the Proud Boys, Boogaloo, and QAnon, according to a Wednesday report in the Daily Beast. Read more.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Founded in 2001, the Seattle-area medical device startup has developed a way to address cardiovascular conditions with its Carillon Mitral Contour System, a non-surgical device that treats a form of congestive heart failure called mitral valve regurgitation , which affects how the heart properly pumps out blood. Kirkland, Wash.-based

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GeekWire

MAY 31, 2023

They previously worked on two startups together, including analytics software maker Maximal Innovative Intelligence, which Microsoft acquired in 2001. The co-founders are both originally from Israel. Seattle-area venture capital firm Trilogy Equity Partners led the seed round.

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Gizmodo

JUNE 23, 2020

When first revealed to the world back in December of 2001 Dean Kamen’s Segway promised to revolutionize urban mobility. But sticker shock, and cities quickly banning the self-balancing standing scooter, meant the Segway never came to close to realizing that dream. Nineteen years later, on July 15, the original Segway… Read more.

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TechSpot

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The primary releases reached peak sales in 2001 with the. Despite its name, it’ll be the eighth game in the mainline franchise, which dates back to the groundbreaking Gran Turismo for the original PlayStation in 1997.

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Gizmodo

AUGUST 24, 2020

Ellen DeGeneres was supposed to host the 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards on September 16, 2001. But in the wake of September 11, the awards show was canceled twice, until finally, on November 4, DeGeneres hosted a more casual ceremony , to a seemingly reluctant crowd. It was an undoubtedly difficult task, to usher in… Read more.

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Gizmodo

MARCH 22, 2021

In the 20 years since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences introduced the Oscar for Best Animated Feature, a hand-drawn movie has claimed the award only once —Japanese director Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 masterpiece Spirited Away. From Shrek to Wall-e to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , every other winner save… Read more.

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TechSpot

MAY 11, 2020

Schmidt was recruited by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to lead the company way back in 2001, first as chair of the board of directors then as CEO later that summer. The executive remained in that role through 2011 when he transitioned to executive chairman, paving the way.

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