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 Linus Torvalds releases version 2.4 of the Linux Kernel source code on January 4th.
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 The first Trackback is used on Movable Type.
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 Intel Pentium M is introduced in March.
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 Intel Core and Viiv.
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.
2007 Amazon.com releases the first Kindle in the United States November 19, 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.
2008 Apple introduces its latest line of Apple iMac computers on August 28, 2008.
2009 Apple removes support for AppleTalk in August of 2009 with its introduction of Mac OS X v10.6.
2009 Google announces places to acquire reCAPATCHA.
2009 Microsoft releases MSE on September 30, 2009.
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