Computer History - 2002

Year	Event
2002	In February 2002 Google releases its first hardware device called the Google Search Appliance.
2002	Excite@Home, one of the largest ISP's files for bankruptcy and closes its doors March, 02, 2002.
2002	Gentoo is released March 31, 2002.
2002	Approximately 1 billion PCs have been shipped worldwide since the mid-'70s, according to a study released by consulting firm Gartner.
2002	Jan de Wit aka OnTheFly is convicted May 1, 2002 for the Anna Kournikova virus.
2002	Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones is released May 16, 2002.
2002	Napster files for a Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 3, 2002.
2002	WorldCom the Number 2 long-distance telephone and data service company files for bankruptcy June 21, 2002.
2002	PCI Express is approved as standard.
2002	Perl 5.8 is released July 18, 2002.
2002	The first Trackback is used on Movable type.
2002	Edsger Dijkstra passes away August 6, 2002 (age 72)
2002	Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.2 code named Jaguar and becomes available on August 23, 2002.
2002	Cartoon turtle named "Dewie" introduced to help promote Internet safety and security.
2002	Geoffrey Dummer passes away September 9, 2002 (age 93)
2002	The first of code that would later become Mozilla Firefox is made available September 23, 2002.
2002	PayPal is acquired by eBay on October 3, 2002.
2002	Keith Uncapher passes away October 10, 2002 (age 80)
2002	Iomega discontinues the Jaz drive.
2002	Roxio acquires the Napster name and logo in a bankruptcy auction on November 25, 2002.
2002	OCZ Technology is founded.
2002	Hitachi closes deal to purchase IBM's hard drive operation for $2.05 billion.
2002	Microsoft releases DirectX 9, December 19, 2002.
2002	In December 2002 Google introduces Froogle, which allows users to search for stuff to buy.
2002	Creative Commons flexible copyright is introduced.