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YouTube.com is launched.
There are more than 92 million websites online.
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sues 261 individuals on 8 Sep for allegedly distributing copyright music files over peer-to-peer networks
Apple Computer introduces Apple iTunes Music Store, which allows people to download songs for 99 cents each.
Having your own Blog becomes hip.
High schools in five states (Michigan, Missouri, Oregon, Virginia, and Washington) become the first to gain Internet2 access.
18 record companies file lawsuits against Napster.
The world is afraid of the new millennium "bug" that will destroy the computer.
Free computers are all the rage (as long as you sign a long term contract for Net service)
MySpace is launched.
Electronic postal stamps become a reality, with the US Postal Service allowing stamps to be purchased and downloaded for printing from the Web.
Network Solutions registers its 2 millionth domain on 4 May
Shawn Fanning develops Napster, the first popular peer-to-peer file-sharing platform.
Google opens its first office, in California.
Domain name business.com sold for US$150,000
• China: requires users and ISPs to register with the police • Germany: cuts off access to some newsgroups carried on CompuServe • Saudi Arabia: confines Internet access to universities and hospita...
Operation Home Front connects, for the first time, soldiers in the field with their families back home via the Internet.
RealAudio, an audio streaming technology, lets Internet users listen to audio in near real-time
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 (Australia, ...
• Communities begin to be wired up directly to the Internet • Shopping malls get on board the www trail • Pizza Hut implement ordering online
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