国内大事记回目录
1998年6月4日我国互联网用户突破一百万
截至1998年6月我国互联网用户首次突破一百万大关，达到106万户。
自1994年4月中国科学技术网在国内首次实现了与国际互联网络的直接连接，四年来我国互联网络发展十分迅速，先后建成了中国公用计算机互联网等四个互联网络。尤其是98年前几个月网络用户剧增近40万户，相当于去年一年发展的用户数量。
据统计，全国上网机器数已经达到51.8万台，其中直接上网计算机7.8万台，用户数27万，拨号上网用户计算机44万台，用户达79万户。用户一半以上是从事计算机、教育科研工作的人和学生，但已经有近30%的用户希望通过网络获得吃穿用住玩等休闲娱乐信息。有关人士预测，随着互联网的进一步普及，最终消费型用户将占主流。
随着互联网络在我国的迅速发展，网中中文信息也越来越多，到5月底，我国上网注册域名的单位包括企业、政府部门、科研单位有8274家。
国外大事记回目录
1999
Global Crossing announces plans for Africa ONE (Africa Optical NEtwork), a 39,000km fiberoptic cable system, worth US$1.6 billion, encompassing Africa with fiber-optic lines with forty-one landing points in African countries in addition to Saudi Arabia, Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy. The latter landing points will be connected to the rest of the world via intercontinental cables. The network will be completed in 2002.
Loni Reeder, personal agent for Atari’s founder Nolan Bushnell, sends a brief e-mail to select recipients including show attendees, vendors, and members of the press: “Due to questionable actions on the part of one of the organizers of “Classic Gaming Expo 99,” Nolan Bushnell will no longer be participating in, nor endorsing this year’s event (scheduled to take place August 14th and 15th at the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas).”
2000
The domain name Internet.com is hijacked when someone illegally transfers ownership on several of its domain addresses. It is unclear whether Internet.com or Network Solutions has been hacked.
2002
Version 2 (v1.4.0_01) of the Java programming language is released.
2003
The Bugbear worm, an Internet worm with a Trojan horse that attempts to steal your passwords and credit card information, is released. The worm is disseminated via e-mail.
2005
Streamcast Networks releases a completely redesigned version of the filesharing clientMorpheus (version 5.0) in an attempt to regain its waning userbase. This version is able to connect to the Gnutella, Gnutella2, and NEO Networks. This version is also free of the numerous pieces of junkware that came bundled with earlier versions.
