Vox

AUGUST 23, 2023

Netflix founder Reed Hastings holds up a few dozen DVDs headed to eager households in 2002, when the company had 500,000 subscribers. Netflix’s streaming service, by comparison, added 5.9 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Netflix is finally completing its pivot away from shipping DVDs — and it’s not asking for its discs back either.

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GeekWire

JULY 15, 2020

The city this week shared its first batch of reports from the groundbreaking program, which has drawn comparisons to “Minority Report,” the 2002 film in which Tom Cruise anticipates and preemptively stops crime. Bellevue is leading the way on this,” said Roger Millar, Washington Secretary of Transportation.

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Trends in the Living Networks

SEPTEMBER 3, 2006

and [link] comparison between Last.FM The growth of the “long tail” is vastly enabled by software that provides recommendations for things that we love, that we would never find otherwise. I’ve written about these numerous times in my books and blog, including my initial thoughts on discovering Last.FM in 2003 (still love it!)

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Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 9, 2007

Whether you’re a writer, musician, or software coder, having your work distributed by a major firm is an important seal of approval. A publisher can offer three main things: credibility, broad distribution, and risk transfer. It’s possible to do well working solo, but it’s far easier when you’re backed by a recognized name.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Playing The King of Fighters 2002 UM on a launch-edition Steam Deck. It’s got its share of rough edges, especially as you start to dive into the weirder fringes of Steam’s software library. Valve Software, headquartered in Bellevue, Wash., For comparison’s sake. GeekWire Photo / Thomas Wilde).

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 30, 2023

They originated with Defense of the Ancients , a player-created mod for the 2002 real-time strategy game Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. In 2009, several fans of DOTA at Valve Software teamed with one of the mod’s original developers, who’s still officially known only by the pseudonym Icefrog , to create a sequel.

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Vox

JANUARY 27, 2022

In 2002, the DOJ and Microsoft settled. The company had to make it easier for third-party software to work with Windows, couldn’t punish manufacturers for including third-party software on its machines, and had to submit to years of government oversight. That ruling was overturned on appeal.

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