Computer History - 2004

Year	Event
2004	MySpace official site is launched January 2004.
2004	Google jumps into the Social Networking with the release of Orkut in January 2004.
2004	The Mydoom computer virus with 250,000 infected computer begin to dos attack the SCO site February 1, 2004.
2004	In February 2004 Google is now indexing six billion items, including 4.28 billion web pages and 880 million images.
2004	Mark Zuckerberg launches Thefacebook February 4, 2004, which later becomes Facebook
2004	WPA2 begins being used.
2004	The photo sharing site Flickr is launched in March of 2004.
2004	Comcast purchases TechTV March 25, 2004 to form G4TechTV.
2004	Google announces Gmail on April 1, 2004. Many people take it as an April Fools joke.
2004	PC Maker Gateway closes all its retail stores April 2, 2004.
2004	Lindows changes it's name to Linspire April 14, 2004.
2004	Kelkea purchases the assets of MAPS.
2004	The Cabir aka SymbOS/Cabir virus and fist known cell phone virus is discovered June 14, 2004 and is capable of spreading to other Symbian phones over Bluetooth.
2004	Herman Goldstine passes away June 16, 2004 (Age: 91)
2004	The first five reported killed in South Waziristan by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) June 18, 2004.
2004	Bob Bemer passes away June 22, 2004 (age 84)
2004	Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.4 code named Tiger at the WWDC on June 28, 2004.
2004	Apple introduces AirPlay.
2004	Intel starts the development of the BTX form factor.
2004	Freescale is spun-off from Motorola.
2004	COPPA goes into effect July 1, 2004.
2004	Google acquires Picasa.
2004	Google's initial public offering (IPO) of 19,605,052 shares becomes available at $85 a share August 18, 2004.
2004	Google now has more than 100 domains.
2004	Bob Evans passes away September 2, 2004 (age 77)
2004	Alain Glavieux passes away September 24, 2004 (age 55)
2004	Tilera is founded in October of 2004.
2004	Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 is released on October 12, 2004.
2004	Internet site Yelp is launched on October 13, 2004.
2004	Google acquires Keyhole in October 2004, which later becomes Google Earth.
2004	The first release of Ubuntu is released October 20, 2004.
2004	Firefox 1.0 is first introduced on November 9, 2004.
2004	Blizzard's World of Warcraft game, the most popular and successful MMORPG is released November 23, 2004.
2004	Google now indexes 8 billion web pages.
2004	IBM sells its computing division to Lenovo Group for $1.75 billion on December 08, 2004.
2004	David Wheeler passes away December 13, 2004 (age 77)