Year |
Event |
| 2000 |
Computers continue to work and the world doesn't come to an end on January 1, 2000 as some feared might happen because of the year 2000 bug. |
| 2000 |
Microsoft
Bill Gates relinquishes his title as CEO to MS President
Steve Ballmer on January 13, 2000. |
| 2000 |
CNR
is introduced by Intel February
07, 2000 |
| 2000 |
Microsoft Windows
2000 was released February 17, 2000. |
| 2000 |
U.S. Judge Thomas Penfield announced today
after over 2-years in the court that Microsoft be split into
two companies although will remain intact until the appeals
process is exhausted. |
| 2000 |
On March 10, 2000 NASDAQ hits its
record high and marks the turning point of the dot-com boom. |
| 2000 |
The Children's
Online Privacy Protection Act becomes effective April 21,
2000. |
| 2000 |
ATI
introduces their Radeon
product line on April 24, 2000. |
| 2000 |
On June 24, 2000 U.S. President Bill
Clinton makes the first ever Presidential webcast among the
announcements President Bill Clinton announces a new
web site that will be able to search all government
resources. |
| 2000 |
Jack
Kilby is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. |
| 2000 |
ATA-5
is approved by ANSI. |
| 2000 |
Microsoft
releases Windows ME June 19, 2000. |
| 2000 |
Microsoft
introduces C# to the public
in June 2000. |
| 2000 |
Microsoft
release DirectX 8, November 9,
2000. |
| 2001 |
January 1, 2001 - Microsoft announces
Windows 95 is now a legacy item and will no longer be sold or
shipped to any more customers. |
| 2001 |
January 02, 2001 - Intel
announced that it will recall its 1.13 GHz Pentium III
processors due to a glitch. Users with these processors
should contact their vendors for additional information about
the recall. |
| 2001 |
Bill Gates unveils the Xbox on January
7th 2001. |
| 2001 |
Napster reaches over 26
million users February 2001. |
| 2001 |
The
man who practically invented the Silicon Valley success story,
Hewlett-Packard Co. co-founder William Hewlett, dies at
his home, he was 87. |
| 2001 |
Chip-making giant
Intel Corp. has agreed to acquire
Xircom Inc., a maker of mobile computing gear, for about $748
million. |
| 2001 |
Claude Elwood Shannon, the mathematician who laid the
foundation of modern information theory while working at Bell
Labs in the 1940s, died on February 24, 2001. He was 85. |
| 2001 |
March 08, AOL
membership surpasses 28 Million. |
| 2001 |
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 6.0 in August 27, 2001. |
| 2001 |
The
CDDB is officially renamed to Gracenote. |
| 2001 |
Apple
introduces Mac OS X 10.0 code named Cheetah. |
| 2001 |
March 09, MacAfee
releases first handheld virus protection software. |
| 2001 |
March 31,
After 21 years of selling hard drives, Quantum on Friday
formally left the business to turn its full attention to
higher-level storage products and services. |
| 2001 |
April 20, Dell
computers becomes the largest PC maker. |
| 2001 |
June 5, 2001,
Nevada becomes the first U.S. state to vote to legalize online
gambling. |
| 2001 |
Airlines begin
to implement methods of gaining Internet access while flying. |
| 2001 |
Apple
introduces Mac OS X 10.1 code named Puma. |
| 2001 |
USB
2.0 is introduced. |
| 2001 |
Microsoft
announces April 11, 2001 that it will no longer include Clippy
with future releases of Microsoft Office. |
| 2001 |
July 20, 2001 -
PC shipments worst since 1986, as only Dell grows. |
| 2001 |
Egghead files for Bankruptcy
protection on August
18, 2001. |
|
2001 |
SATA
1.0 is introduced in August 2001. |
|
2001 |
AST
Computers goes out of business and stops selling computers. |
| 2001 |
Hewlett
Packard announces plans to buy Compaq
on September sixth. |
| 2001 |
Apple introduces the
iPod. |
| 2001 |
Microsoft
Windows XP home and professional
editions are released October 25, 2001. |
| 2001 |
Microsoft Windows
XP 64-Bit Edition (Version 2002) for Itanium systems is
released. |
| 2002 |
Excite@Home,
one of the largest ISP's files for bankruptcy and closes its doors
March, 02, 2002. |
| 2002 |
Approximately 1 billion PCs have been shipped
worldwide since the mid-'70s, according to a study released by consulting firm
Gartner. |
| 2002 |
PayPal
is acquired by eBay on October 3, 2002. |
| 2002 |
Napster files for a
Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 3, 2002. |
| 2002 |
WorldCom the Number 2 long-distance
telephone and data service company files for bankruptcy June 21,
2002. |
| 2002 |
PCI
Express is approved as standard. |
| 2002 |
Edsger
Dijkstra passes away August 6, 2002. |
| 2002 |
Apple
introduces Mac OS X 10.2 code named Jaguar. |
| 2002 |
Cartoon turtle named "Dewie"
introduced to help promote Internet safety and security. |
| 2002 |
Microsoft
releases DirectX 9, December 19,
2002. |
| 2002 |
Roxio
acquires the Napster name
and logo in a bankruptcy auction on November 25, 2002. |
| 2003 |
PCMCIA announces the development of a new standard codenamed
NEWCARD on February 19,
2003. |
| 2003 |
Supreme court rules that sex
offenders information and pictures can be
posted online on March 3,
2003. |
| 2003 |
Microsoft Windows
XP 64-Bit Edition (Version 2003) for Itanium 2 systems is
released on March 28, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 is released March 28, 2003. |
| 2003 |
The first computer is infected with
the Spybot worm on April
16, 2003. |
| 2003 |
The first D Conference is held in May. |
| 2003 |
The Mozilla
Foundation is officially formed on July 15, 2003. |
| 2003 |
MySpace is founded. |
| 2003 |
Intel
announces the new BTX
form factor. |
| 2003 |
Enhanced Versatile Disc
(EVD) standard is announced on November 18, 2003 as a planned
replacement for DVD. |
| 2003 |
Eugene Kleiner passes away November
20, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Apple
introduces Mac OS X 10.3 code named Panther October 25, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Microsoft Windows
XP Media Center Edition 2003 is released on December 18,
2003. |
| 2004 |
Comcast purchases TechTV
March 25, 2004 to form G4TechTV. |
| 2004 |
Google
announces Gmail on April 1,
2004. |
| 2004 |
Lindows
changes it's name to Linspire
April 14, 2004. |
| 2004 |
Kelkea
purchases the assets of MAPS. |
| 2004 |
Intel
starts the development of the BTX
form factor. |
| 2004 |
Microsoft Windows
XP Media Center Edition 2005 is released on October 12,
2004. |
| 2004 |
Firefox 1.0 is first introduced on November 9, 2004. |
| 2004 |
IBM sells
its computing
division to Lenovo Group for $1.75 billion on December 08, 2004 |
| 2005 |
Lenovo
completes the acquisition of IBM's
Personal Computing Division. |
| 2005 |
YouTube is founded and comes online February 15, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Yahoo
announces that it will acquire the popular photo service
Flickr on March 21, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
x64 Edition is released on April 24, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Microsoft
announces it's next operating system, codenamed
"Longhorn" will be named Windows Vista on July 23,
2005. |
| 2005 |
IBM
officially announces on July 14, 2005 that all sales of OS/2
will end on December 23, 2005 and that all support from IBM for
OS/2 will end on December 16, 2005. |
| 2005 |
MySpace is purchased by News Corporation for $580 Million US on July 18, 2005. |
| 2005 |
On September 12, 2005 eBay
acquired Skype for approximately
$2.6billion. |
| 2005 |
Adobe
completes its acquisition of
Macromedia on December 3, 2005. |
| 2006 |
The blu-ray
is first announced and introduced at the 2006
CES on January 4,
2006. |
| 2006 |
On January 5, 2006
Intel introduces the
Core Duo. |
| 2006 |
Toshiba releases the first HD DVD player in Japan on March
31, 2006. |
| 2006 |
Toshiba releases the first HD DVD player in a computer
computer with the introduction of the Toshiba Qosmio 35 on May
16, 2006. |
| 2006 |
John Hui, the former owner of
eMachines purchases
Packard Bell. |
| 2006 |
On July 27, 2006
Intel introduces the
Core 2 Duo processors. |
| 2006 |
The
Intel Core 2 Extreme is
first released on July 29, 2006. |
| 2006 |
On August 6, 2006 MySpace announces its 106 millionth account was created. |
| 2006 |
Skype
announced that it had over 100 million registered users. |
| 2006 |
The
GIF standard and pictures becomes officially free on October
1, 2006. |
| 2006 |
Google announces plans to purchase
YouTube for 1.65 Billion on
October 9, 2006. |
| 2006 |
On November 14, 2006 Microsoft
released its portable Zune
media player. |
| 2006 |
Microsoft releases
Microsoft Windows Vista to
corporations on November 30, 2006. |
| 2007 |
Apple announces in January 1, 2007
that it will drop computer from its name as it becomes a company
who deals with more than computers. |
| 2007 |
Apple introduces the
iPhone to the public at the
January Macworld Conference & Expo. |
| 2007 |
Microsoft releases
Microsoft Windows Vista and
Office 2007 to the general public January 30, 2007. |
| 2007 |
Apple
releases the Apple
iPhone to the public June
29, 2007. |
| 2008 |
The HD player war comes to an end when HD DVD calls it quit, making Blu-ray the victor on February 19, 2008. |
