1991
The winter National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) show is held January 18 – 21 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. The show features seven hundred exhibitors, including Atari, which attends the event to demonstrate its popular MIDI-based hardware and software for its 16-bit computer line. Atari is the first computer manufacturer to feature an exhibit at the NAMM show. Visit the event’s official website.
1994
Proceedings in the case filed by Stac Electronics, a small software company, against Microsoft. Stac Electronics alleges that Microsoft blatantly infringed upon patents related to Stacker, the company’s data-compression application. In February, Microsoft will loose the suit, and Stac Electronics will be awarded US$120 million dollars in damages. Read more about the case… or read the text of Stac Electronics’ patent infringement complaint against Microsoft.
1998
“LithiumError & ChiKo Torremendez” hack the website of the Association of Indonesian Young Businessmen, the Bank PSP, the Directbank Corporation, Fortune Indonesia, Golongan Karya, Indo Net, the Indonesian Capital, Indocement, the Indonesian Food Affairs Ministry, the Indonesian General Education Ministry, the Indonesian ISP Association, the Indonesian National Police, the Indonesian PIP, the Indonesian Supreme Audit Board, the Jakarta Convention Center, the Jakarta Provincial Government, Novus Asia, Selamat Datangv, Serang Golf, and the Tarumanegara Institution.
The website of Community Oriented On Line Networks, Inc. is hacked by “Mr 90″. View an archived version of the defaced website.
The website of Kommanet B.V. is hacked by “critic”. View an archived version of the defaced website.
The website of Kennebec Valley Technical College is hacked by “Zyklon”. View an archived version of the defaced website.
The website of Maine College is hacked by “Zyklon”.
2000
A Colombian Government website is hacked by “I.D.K.” (Immortal Daemon Killers). View an archived version of the defaced website.
Intel releases the 600MHz Mobile Pentium III processor, featuring SpeedStep technology. The processor operates at 500MHz on battery power, consuming about half as much power as during normal operation. Code-name: Geyserville
2001
AltaVista announces its intentions to cut about a quarter of its workforce, or about two hundred employees.
The sixteen year old Canadian computer hacker named Michael Calce, known as Mafiaboy online, pleads guilty to fifty-six of sixty-six counts of mischief in connection with distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that crippled several major websites, including Amazon, CNN, eBay, and Yahoo. Under Canadian law, his real name isn’t made public. He was arrested on April 15, 2000 and charged four days later. In September 2001, he will be sentenced to eight months in a juvenile detention center and fined CA$250.
2006
United States Department of Justice files a motion with a District Court in San Jose requesting the federal judge order search giant Google to turn over information about consumer web searches in a move by the Bush Administration to revive an internet child protection law previously struck down by the Supreme Court. Specifically, the DoJ asks the court to enforce a subpoena issued last year for records that include one million random Web addresses and records of all Google searches from any one-week period. According to the DoJ, Google has previously refused to release this information on the grounds that it violated the privacy of its users.
2007
Four families file suit against News Corp. and its MySpace social-networking website, alleging that their underage daughters were sexually abused by adults they met through the site. The families are seeking monetary damages of several million dollars.
The FreeBSD Project releases version 6.2 of the FreeBSD operating system. Visit the system’s official website.
Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS Browser, a web browser for the Nintendo DS handheld game system in Australia. Visit the application’s official website.
Nintendo releases the Nintendo DS video game system in South Korea. Visit the system’s official website.
2008
Paramount Pictures releases the suspense film Cloverfield, directed by Matt Reeves and starring Michael Stahl-David, T. J. Miller, and Jessica Lucas, to US theaters. The film follows five people as they attempt to navigate the streets of New York City on a night during which a gigantic monster attacks the city. Produced on a budget of US$22 million, the film will gross US$40,058,229 its opening weekend. IMDB entry (MPAA Rating: PG-13) Running Time: 1 hr 24 mins
The FreeBSD Project releases version 6.3 of the FreeBSD operating system. Visit the system’s official website.
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