国内大事记编辑本段回目录
国外大事记编辑本段回目录
1997 AOL改变政策,不将用户的电话号码提供给合作伙伴
1998 参议院批准禁止互联网上开展赌博服务
2000
Andrew Miffleton, age 25, of Arlington, Texas is sentenced in federal court to twenty-one months’ imprisonment and US$3,000 restitution. Miffleton, also known by the handle “Daphtpunk” associated with a group known as “the Darkside Hackers,” who were interested in using unauthorized access devices to fraudulently obtain cellulartelephone service through cloned cellular telephones or long distance telephone service through stolen calling card numbers.
A French state prosecutor urges a court to challenge recent assertions made by Yahoo! Inc. that selectively barring some Yahoo! auctions from users in France is an impossible task by appointing independent computer experts to investigate the issue. The investigation is triggered by recent public concern over auctions of Nazi memorabilia.
2003
The Canadian torrent index Torrentz is launched. By its fifth anniversary, the search engine will be one of the oldest bittorrent sites on the internet. Visit the official Torrentz website.
Yahoo! and the Carat independent media services firm release a study revealing that young adults ages thirteen to twenty-four spend more time online than watching television. The study polled 2,500 participants, who, in an average week spent: (1) 16.7 hours online (excluding email), (2) 13.6 hours watching TV, (3) 12 hours listening to the radio, (4) 7.7 hours talking on the phone, and (5) 6 hours reading books and magazines (personal, not scholastic). Read the original press release.