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Electronic Mail "invented"
Electronic Mail, or email, with the format "username@hostname" was first introduced by Ray Tomlinson. He was a computer scientist from Cambridge, Massachusetts and worked as contractor of ARPANET. -
Apple II launched
Apple II, launched as the first mass-marketed personal computer. It was designed primary by Steve Wozniak. It was an 8-bit home computer and it costed approximately $1300. -
The word "Internet" first used
The word "internet" was first termed in 1982. There are earlier accounts of written term "internet, first recorded by Vint Cerf in 1974. Internet was short for "internetworking". -
Asia connected to Internet
A Japanese professor named Kilnam Chon develops the first Internet connection in Asia. He called it SDN. His contributions helped promote the Internet's regional growth as it inspired others follow his path. -
Birth of Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, which is responsible for Java created in the eventful year of 1995, was formed by Andy Bechtolsheim, Bill Joy, Scott McNealy, and Vinod Khosla . Java programming language, responsible for animations on websites to this day, introducing a new level of internet interactivity. It was sold to Oracle in 2010. -
Domain Name System (DNS) established
Extensions in network addresses such as .com (commercial), .org (organizations), and .edu (educational), is introduced along with the establishment of the Domain Name System, or DNS. It made managing host information more easier as the number of users and networks connected to the internet increases at an unimaginable rate. -
Internet Worm Shuts Down Internet Servers
10% of the world's internet servers were shut down because of a virus called the "Internet Worm" or "Morris Worm". It was created by Robert Tappan Morris when he was in university. He was the first person convicted under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Later in life, he made important contributions to the internet world. -
MP3 devised
MPEG1, or MPEG2 Layer III is an file extension for audio format created by Fraunhofer Institut of Germany. It was shortened to MP3 by Brandenburg and his team. MPEG stands for "Motion Picture Experts Group". -
Dail-up Internet Created
The World, becomes the first provider of dial-up internet service provider. It was operated by Software Tool & Die (STD), who patented the name world.std.com and theworld.com. As of 2012, there are 1750 active users. -
Amazon.com launched
Amazon started out as an online bookstore, and later immersed itself into other commerces such as food, toys and jewelery. The business plan for Amazon.com was throught up by Jeff Bezos in 1994, and was officially launched the next year. -
Yahoo Created
Yahoo was co-founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo. It was originally called "Jerry and David's guide to the World Wide Web". It was developed as a web directory and search engine and was the named most popular as of 1998. -
eBay established
The online auction and shopping site, eBay, was established in the internet culture boom of 1995 by Pierre Omidyar. It grants users and businesses the ability to buy and sell products worldwide. It operates in 30 countries. -
Word "Blog" first used
During the Pathfinder mission, the pictures published online caused a record in internet traffic. It recorded a 46 million views in a single day and the word "weblog" was introduced. It was later shortened to "blog" -
Google Invented!
Google was officially made for public use. It was first created by two university students, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. It was first called BackRub, and was changed to Google when the results they retrieved involved shifting through numerous amounts of information, as "googol" which is a mathmatic term meaning 1 with 100 zeros behind it. -
Creative Commons created
Creative Commons was created by Aaron Swartz, co-creator of RSS. Under the leadership of Lawrence Lessig, a professor of Harvard Law School, Creative Commons helps minimize barriers to sharing and reusing research/educational materials. -
iTunes launched to the public
Apple introduces iTunes as a legal music downloader site, which allows users to purchase any music for 99 cents each. Before, music being illegally downloaded was a major problem. -
Wikipedia Starts Up
JImmy Wales and Larry Sanger launches Wikipedia. At this time there is over half a million Internet users.Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia which contains 38 million articles, many of which is contributed by visitors of the site. -
1 in every 12 emails infected!
MyDoom, or Novarg, is an internet worm that invaded the internet servers infecting 1 of every 12 emails that was sent. It mainly infected Microsoft Windows and targeted SCO Group. It is the fastest-spreading email worm ever recorded and the creator is still in the dark. The July 2009 attacks on United States and South Korea is a varient of MyDoom. -
YouTube Invented
World's largest media streaming site is created. It was originally meant for easier video sharing. It was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim and was purchased by Google in 2006. -
Coding error causes vulnerbility to mass internet users!
OpenSSL, an encryption software for millions of banks and companies, discovered an error in the code. The error caused vulnerbilities in stolen passwords, usernames and personal information. OpenSSL was responsible for safe transitions. It advised all users to change their passwords after fixing the error, which occured sometime in 2012.
