Jan 30

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This day in history

2002, 2017, 2021.

#20yrsago The guy who stole sex.com says he can’t afford a lawyer https://web.archive.org/web/20020201182327/https://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,50104,00.html

#20yrsago Wired Wellington, a citywide, publicly owned fiber network https://web.archive.org/web/20020207131813/http://techupdate.zdnet.com/techupdate/stories/main/0,14179,2841197,00.html

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