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% of info
in this time only one percent of information was transported through the internet. -
new website (white house)
The White House launches its website, www.whitehouse.gov. -
spamming
companies start selling via email therefore introducing the term “spamming” to the Internet vocabulary. -
users
Approximately 45 million people are using the Internet, with roughly 30 million of those in North America (United States and Canada), 9 million in Europe, and 6 million in Asia/Pacific -
traffic records
Internet traffic records are broken as the NASA website broadcasts images taken by Pathfinder on Mars. The broadcast generates 46 million hits in one day. -
google
Google opens its first office -
myspace
MySpace.com is launched -
users
The number of Internet users worldwide reaches 150 million -
% of info
in this time about 51% of info was transported via internet -
viruses
computer programmers begin designing and circulating viruses with greater frequency -
wikipedia
Wikipedia is created. -
users
Worldwide there are 544.2 million users. -
internet users
5.5 million internet users at the en of 2003 -
spam
spam accounts for about half of all emails. -
viruses
About 1 in 12 email messages are infected with internet worm -
youtube
YouTube.com is launched. -
blogging
Since this date blogging has decreased in young adults and teens. -
websites
There are more than 92 million websites online. -
% of info
in this time more than 97% of information was passed by the internet -
music download
6.7 million downloads per week -
internet usage by age
Teens use internet more than adults do. -
protests
major protest online
24-hour shutdown of the English-language Wikipedia site
