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 | A
young Filipino student releases the I Love You e-mail virus that begins
infecting computers and spreading over the Internet. |
| 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 |
The Code Red worm begins infecting Windows
computers in July 2001 with the intention of performing a
DDoS attack on the White House government web
page. The worm is estimated in causing $2 billion in damages and never succeeded
in it's attack. |
| 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 |
The Slammer worm is first released in January
2003 and becomes the fastest spreading worm in history after infecting hundreds
of thousands of computers in less than three hours. |
| 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 |
Amazon.com opens AWS. |
| 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 |
The Apple iPhone Jailbreaking method is
introduced to the public on July 10, 2007. |
| 2007 | Amazon.com releases the first Kindle in the United States November 19, 2007. |
| 2007 |
Google releases
Android November 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. |
| 2009 |
Microsoft releases
Windows 7 October 22, 2009. |
| 2010 |
Apple introduces the iPad on January 27,
2010. |
