国内大事记编辑本段回目录
国外大事记编辑本段回目录
The first unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail is sent by Gary Thuerk, a marketingrepresentative of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) to all 393 users of ARPANET on the west coast of the United States. The e-mail is an invitation to a demonstration of DEC’s new Decsystem-20 computer. The message took several day to prepare, as all of the address had to be typed in manually, and the message was carefully composed. It elicits an immediate and negative reaction. Thuerk will receive a torrent of complaints and an official reprimand from the administrators of the government-run network. Read more about the first spam in the article “Reaction to the DEC Spam of 1978″.
The Love Letter computer virus (sometimes refered to as the “ILOVEYOU” bug) infects personal computers around the world in just six hours. The virus spreads through e-mail, enticing victims to open the message with the subject line, “I love you.” A total of fifty-five million computers encounter the virus, and about 2.5 to 3 million will become infected. The final estimated cost of system downtime is a later estimated at US$8.7 billion. It is thought to be the fastest-moving and most widespread virus ever seen.Read more at the BBC.
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and the band’s attorney produce a list of more than 335,000 Internet users who have allegedly shared the band’s songs on Napster. Visit the official Metallica website.
A new company, SuperLetter.com Inc. announces that, beginning in May, internet users will be able to send mail to any physical address in the world from a PC – for less than the cost of express mail service. The company’s motto is “You Send E-Mail – We Deliver Real-Mail – Around the Globe!” Visit the official SuperLetter.com website.
2002
Barry Erickson, of the piracy group DrinkOrDie, pleads guilty to one felony count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement as a result of Operation Buccaneer. DrinkOrDie has long been one of the best known sources for pirated software on the internet, particularly in IRC channels. Erickson, known online by the web handle “radsl”, will be sentenced to thirty-three months in prison followed by two years of supervised release and a US$5,000 fine. Read more at the Department of Justice website.
2006
Microsoft launches Microsoft AdCenter. Though the service is launched with an to an extremely limited user base, the company intends to increase its marketshare byincorporating an internet search engine into version 7 of its internet browser, Internet Explorer.
2008
Microsoft announces that it will withdraw its unsolicited bid for search giant Yahoo!after negotiations over the price of the acquisition fail. Microsoft’s final bid was US$33 a share (about US$47.5 billion), but Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo! told Microsoft president Steven Ballmer the day prior that it would not accept less than US$37 a share. Read more at The New York Times.
2013年5月3日，社交图片应用Instagram今日推出类似Facebook的照片圈人功能，并为用户建立一个新的区域，取名为“你的照片”，用户被圈的照片将出现在这个区域中。
2013年5月3日，巴诺书店今天宣布，将为Nook HD和Nook HD+平板电脑添加Google Play应用商店，从而允许用户访问70多万项Android应用和游戏。
