Today in computer history: September 15th

Below are technology and computer-related events that happened on September 15th of every year during the evolution of computers. September 15th is the 259th day of 2024, which is a leap year. There are 107 days left in the year from this day.

HackerSeptember 15, 1995
29 years ago

The movie Hackers was released.

GoogleSeptember 15, 1997
27 years ago

Google.com domain was registered after Sergey Brin and Larry Page change the name of their BackRub search engine to Google.

CompanySeptember 15, 1998
26 years ago

Trilobyte went out of business.

AndroidSeptember 15, 2009
15 years ago

Android version 1.6 (Donut) was released.

MicrosoftSeptember 15, 2014
10 years ago

Microsoft announced it purchased Mojang the makers of Minecraft for $2.5 billion.

CompanySeptember 15, 2016
8 years ago

Logitech announced it had purchased Saitek from Mad Catz for $13 million.

ComputerSeptember 15, 2022
2 years ago

Ethereum changed from proof-of-work to a proof-of-stake.

Android, BackRub, Domain, Ethereum, Hacker, Logitech, Mad Catz, Microsoft, Minecraft, Movie, Proof-of-Stake, Proof-of-Work, Released, Saitek, Search Engine, Trilobyte

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