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Two computers at MIT Lincoln Lab communicate with one another using packet-switching technology.
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Beranek and Newman, Inc. unveils the final version of the Interface Message Processor specifications.
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The ARPA connecting four major U.S. universities. Designed for research, education, and government organizations, it provides a communications network linking the country together,
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Electronic mail is introduced by Ray Tomlinson, a Cambridge, Mass., computer scientist.
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The first Internet Service Provider is born with the introduction of a commercial version.
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Queen Elizabeth II hits the “send button” on her first email.
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Addresses identified by extensions such as .com, .org, and .edu.
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The National Science Foundation’s NSFNET goes online to connected supercomputer centers at 56,000 bits per second.
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A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers.
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Gopher, which provides point-and-click navigation, is created at the University of Minnesota and named after the school mascot. Gopher becomes the most popular interface for several years.
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CERN introduces the World Wide Web to the public.
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Google opens its first office, in California
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As of January, 58.5% of the U.S. population (164.14 million people) uses the Internet. Worldwide there are 544.2 million users.
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YouTube.com is launched
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Legal online music downloads triple to 6.7 million downloads per week
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remote secure, makes users vulnerable to having their usernames, passwords, and personal information stolen. Computer security experts encourage computer users to change their passwords.
