Today in Tech History: June 28, 2008 Video
Today in Tech History: June 28, 2008 Video Transcript
Hi, I'm Molly Wood. It's June 28, 2008, and here's what happened today in technology history. It was today in 2001 that a federal appeals court unanimously reversed the court-ordered breakup of Microsoft. It did rule, however, that Microsoft HAD violated antitrust laws, and the court ordered another judge to determine a new punishment. But Microsoft settled the case with the Department of Justice in November of that year. Phew! Off the hook. Also on this date in 2005, an international consortium awarded France a contract to build a 13 billion-dollar experimental nuclear fusion reactor. Developers hope the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor will eventually generate infinite amounts of cheap energy -- and the scope of the project has been compared to "building a star on earth." It will be the most expensive multinational scientific project since the International Space Station. So, fingers crossed for that, and that's all the tech history ... and future ... I've got for today. See you back here tomorrow.
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