国内大事记编辑本段回目录
国外大事记编辑本段回目录
1996年2月5日,美洲银行宣传成立互联网业务部,全面开展网上业务
1996年2月5日,通用电气发布公司网站
Netscape Communications releases version 2.0 of the Netscape Navigator web browser, featuring support for 3D graphics, Java applets, JavaScript, and streaming audio. Visit the official website of Netscape Navigator. Price: US$49
1996年2月5日,网景发布Netscape Navigator 2.0。售价US$49
1997
America Online (AOL) suffers another service blackout beginning at 5:10pm Eastern Time and lasting for as long as two hours for many subscribers. The blackout is cause by a new version of the system’s software which was installed earlier in the day. Visit the official AOL website.
Members of the infamous German hacking group Chaos Computer Club group demonstrates an ActiveX utility that allows hackers to remotely access copies of the Intuit accounting software Quicken to transfer money between bank accounts, circumventing the software’s normal password security systems. Visit the official Chaos Computer Club website.
The source code of the Bliss virus, which effects Linux system, is posted on Usenetnewsgroup comp.security.unix by its author, out of concern that an earlier alpha version might still pose a significant danger to Linux networks. Read more about the Bliss Virus.
The website of Chocolate Chip Cookies is hacked by “Kalony”.
1999
The online Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show attracts over 1.5 million visitors, becoming the first major webcast in history. Visit the official Victoria Secret’s website.
2000
The website of Altavista Careers is hacked anonymously. View an archived version of the defaced website.
The website of Crime Watch S.A. is hacked by “#Dorknet”. View an archived version of the defaced website.
The website of Sony Entertainment Television India is hacked by “mOs [ Muslim Online Syndicate ]“. View an archived version of the defaced website.
2004
Sun Microsystems releases version 2 (v1.5.0) of the Java programming language is released. Visit the official Java website.
大事详解编辑本段回目录
1980年Memcached创始人诞生
Brad Fitzpatrick(图片来自维基百科)
1980年2月5日,著名的开源分布式cache系统Memcached的创始人Bradley Joseph Fitzpatrick 生于美国艾奥瓦州一个电气工程师家庭。Memcached最初开发于2003年5月22日,今天它已经广泛用于Facebook、YouTube、Twitter、Wikipedia、Mixi等各大互联网站,成为大规模互联网架构的重要组成部分。除Memcached之外,Brad Fitzpatrick还与同事合作开发了分布式文件系统MogileFS、反向代理负载均衡程序与Web服务器Perlbal、高性能XMPP服务器DJabberd、分布式协议pubsubhubbub等重要技术。
在进入大学前,他创办了著名的博客与社会化网站LiveJournal,后出售给博客运营商Six Part(Movable Type博客软件的开发者),目前属于一家俄罗斯公司,用户近3000万,Alexa排名在70左右。目前他在Google担任软件工程师。
Brad Fitzpatrick也是汇聚了众多世界顶级程序员精彩人生故事的《编程人生》一书中最年轻的一位。他从小就表现出过人的天赋。在两岁的时候,父亲就用废弃的电脑元件自己制作了一台苹果兼容机,这是小Brad所见到的第一台电脑。5岁时,父亲开始教儿子编程,到六七岁就出师了。更多他的精彩故事,请读《编程人生》中的精彩访谈。