Computer History - 2003

Year	Event
2003	The Slammer worm is first released in January 2003 and becomes the fastest spreading worm in history after infecting hundreds of thousands of computers in less than three hours.
2003	The space shuttle Columbia explodes fifteen minutes before it is scheduled to land on February 1, 2003, resulting in the death of all seven crew members.
2003	Georgii Lopato passes away on February 13, 2003 (Age: 79)
2003	Google acquires Blogger February 17, 2003.
2003	PCMCIA announces the development of a new standard codenamed NEWCARD on February 19, 2003.
2003	Julian Bigelow passes away February 21, 2003 (Age:90)
2003	Roger Needham passes away March 1, 2003 (age 68)
2003	Supreme court rules that sex offenders information and pictures can be posted online on March 3, 2003.
2003	Intel Pentium M is introduced in March.
2003	Adam Osborne passes away March 18, 2003 (age 64)
2003	Puppy Linux is introduced.
2003	SCO files a $1 billion USD lawsuit against IBM March 6, 2003 for allegedly devaluing its version of UNIX by contributing its intellectual property to the codebase of Linux.
2003	Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (Version 2003) for Itanium 2 systems is released on March 28, 2003.
2003	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is released March 28, 2003.
2003	The first computer is infected with the Spybot worm on April 16, 2003.
2003	Apple opens the iTunes store April 28, 2003.
2003	Edgar Codd passes away April 18, 2003 (age 80)
2003	The first D Conference is held in May.
2003	The H.264 standard is completed in May 2003.
2003	Glen Culler passes away May 3, 2003 (Age: 76)
2003	Internet site LinkedIn launches May 5, 2003.
2003	Yahoo! acquires Overture for $1.63 billion June 14, 2003.
2003	I. Bernard Cohen passes away June 23, 2003 (Age: 89)
2003	The game Second Life is released June 23, 2003.
2003	Windows Mobile 2003 on June 23, 2003
2003	The Safari Internet browser is released June 30, 2003.
2003	The Mozilla Foundation is officially formed on July 15, 2003.
2003	The Internet VoIP service Skype goes public August 29, 2003.
2003	Valve introduces Steam September 12, 2003.
2003	Intel announces the new BTX form factor.
2003	Apple adds iTunes support for Microsoft Windows computers October 17, 2003
2003	On October 24, 2003 the Sober computer worm is first discovered, a computer worm written in Visual Basic and distributed through e-mail.
2003	Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.3 code named Panther October 25, 2003.
2003	ImageShack comes online in November 2003.
2003	Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD) standard is announced on November 18, 2003 as a planned replacement for DVD.
2003	Eugene Kleiner passes away November 20, 2003 (age 80)
2003	President George W. Bush signs CAN-SPAM into law December 16, 2003, establishing the first United States' standards for sending commercial e-mail.
2003	Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003 is released on December 18, 2003.
2003	Google releases Google Print in December 2003, which later becomes Google Book Search.