1983年2月14日,第一个互联网聊天服务。George Mike Stickel, age twenty-nine, and Debbie Fuhrman, age twenty-three, exchange wedding vows on a computer terminal in Grand Praire, Texas using CompuServe’s CB simulator, the first internet chat service. Sixty-six wedding guests from across the country attend the online event, including the bride’s parents in Phoenix, Arizona and sister, who was online at a Radio Shack store in Sacramento, California. Reverend Kim Payton, a Universalist minister, stands at one terminal, while Debbie and Mike stand across from him at their own terminal. Upon receiving the question, “Do you, Debbie, take Mike to be your lawful husband?”, Debbie types in “I will” and the screen flashes “(((((((KISS)))))))”. The screen then erupts in a shower of apostrophes to represent rice, and the bride’s mother types in “Sniff.” The event is the world’s first virtual wedding.
1994 The Labyrinth VRML web browser is released by Mark Pesce. Labyrinth provides access to a virtual reality of three-dimensional objects, which could be used for hypertext connections with other portions of the web.
1996
Error 23 BBS and the apartment of Brendon Nash in Richfield, Minnesota is raided by the local police in the course of an investigation into the robbery of a US West van by four teenagers. According to the search warrant, the officers are looking for software which may have been uploaded to the BBS by one of the suspects in the US West robbery. All of Nash’s electronics are seized, including his stereo system, and the equipment won’t be returned for longer than two years, effectively closing Error 23.
2001 Dutch Police announce that they have arrested the twenty year old creator of the Anna Kournikova virus, Jan de Wit. The virus, which was released on February 12, 2001, was transmitted via emails that claimed to include a picture of tennis player Anna Kournikova. De Wit will later be sentences to 150 hours of community service.