Computer History - 1998

Year	Event
1998	Internet weblogs begin to appear.
1998	Intel releases the Celeron processor.
1998	Gathering of Developers (GOD) Games is founded in January of 1998.
1998	Compaq Computer purchases Digital Equipment Corporation for $9.6 billion on January 26, 1998.
1998	Hearings open between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice to whether Microsoft has a monopoly on the software market.
1998	The DMCA is passed.
1998	XML 1.0 becomes a W3C recommendation on February 8, 1998.
1998	ATA-4 is approved by ANSI.
1998	Compuserve becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of AOL.
1998	Lite-on is founded.
1998	Blender begins being developed by NeoGeo and Not a Number Technologies in 1998.
1998	eMachines is founded.
1998	Addonics is incorporated.
1998	InterVideo is founded.
1998	InnoVISION is established.
1998	Insyde is founded.
1998	3DNow! is introduced by AMD.
1998	Sun releases the JavaStation
1998	Bill Gates, is hit in the face with a cream pie.
1998	During the demonstration of a pre-release copy of Windows 98 at Comdex Bill Gates and an assistant demonstrate how to install a scanner. During the demonstration Windows 98 caused an error message.
1998	V.90 modem standard is announced and agreed on February 6, 1998
1998	Sun Microsystems begins shipping the JavaStation in March of 1998.
1998	Saehan's MPMan becomes the first MP3 player released in Japan to the public in spring of 1998.
1998	AFREEY is established on April 16, 1998.
1998	The CIH virus also known as Chernobyl virus is created and begins infecting computers and starts executing one year later on April 26, 1999 the same day as the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine on April 26, 1986.
1998	Koko, a gorilla ape and student of American Sign Language holds first interspecies live Internet chat April 27, 1998.
1998	SETI@Home is introduced on June 8, 1998.
1998	McAfee announces it will acquire Dr Solomon's Group PLC June 9, 1998.
1998	Microsoft Windows 98 is officially released on June 25, 1998.
1998	The domain computerhope.com comes online July 14, 1998.
1998	Perl 5.005 is released July 22, 1998.
1998	The "Solar Sunrise" attack is launched by two teenager hackers and gives them access to more than 500 military government computers.
1998	Google files for incorporation in California September 4, 1998.
1998	The CST is initiated by ETA.
1998	AMR is released September 9, 1998
1998	Reynold Johnson passes away September 15, 1998.
1998	Google hires Craig Silverstein as its first employee.
1998	Microsoft Internet Explorer passes Netscape in Internet browser market share for the first time as reported in a September 28, 1998 International Data Corporation report.
1998	Rockstar Games is founded.
1998	MySQL is introduced.
1998	PayPal is founded.
1998	Amazon purchases IMDb.
1998	Apple introduces the iMac, the iMac helps bring Apple back on the computer maps as a very easy and friendly computer.
1998	Award, well known for its computer BIOS becomes part of Phoenix, another company well known for its computer BIOS.
1998	Sony introduces the Sony Memory Stick.
1998	David Evans passes away October 3, 1998.
1998	Jonathan Postel passes away October 16, 1998 (Age: 55)
1998	In October of 1998 Microsoft announced that future releases of Windows NT would no longer have the initials of NT and that the next edition would be Windows 2000.
1998	Computer Hope is established in November 1, 1998.
1998	Microsoft acquires the advertising company LinkExchange for $265 Million USD November 6, 1998.
1998	Valve Half-Life a popular FPS game is released November 19, 1998.
1998	AOL announces it will acquire Netscape Communications for an estimated value of $4.2 billion November 24, 1998.