Computer History - 2005

Year	Event
2005	Jeffrey Parson aka T33kid is convicted January 1, 2005 for the Blaster computer worm.
2005	SBC announced it would purchase AT&T for more than $16 Billion USD January 31, 2005.
2005	Google Maps is launched February 8, 2005.
2005	Lenovo completes the acquisition of IBM's Personal Computing Division.
2005	YouTube is founded and comes online February 15, 2005.
2005	Google acquires Urchin in March 2005, which later becomes Google Analytics.
2005	Verizon introduces FiOS.
2005	Yahoo announces that it will acquire the popular photo service Flickr on March 21, 2005.
2005	Noctua is established.
2005	Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is introduced March 22, 2005.
2005	The first YouTube video entitled "Me at the zoo" is uploaded April 23, 2005 by Jawed Karim.
2005	Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is released on April 24, 2005.
2005	Data Robotics is founded in May of 2005.
2005	George Dantzig passes away May 13, 2005 (Age: 91)
2005	Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith is released May 19, 2005.
2005	Google introduces its Personalized Homepage in May 2005, which is now known as iGoogle.
2005	Apple announces it plans on switching its computer to the Intel processors June 6, 2005.
2005	Eiichi Goto passes away June 12, 2005 (age 74)
2005	Jack Kilby passes away June 20, 2005 (age 82)
2005	Microsoft announces it's next operating system, codenamed "Longhorn" will be named Windows Vista on July 23, 2005.
2005	IBM officially announces on July 14, 2005 that all sales of OS/2 will end on December 23, 2005 and that all support from IBM for OS/2 will end on December 16, 2005.
2005	MySpace is purchased by News Corporation for $580 Million US on July 18, 2005.
2005	On September 12, 2005 eBay acquired Skype for approximately $2.6billion.
2005	The Pandora Internet Radio service is launched August 25, 2005.
2005	Google hires DARPA veteran Vint Cerf September 2005 to carry on his quest for a global open Internet.
2005	Google releases Google Analytics in November 2005.
2005	TeamViewer is founded.
2005	Microsoft releases the Xbox 360, the second generation of their popular game console November 16, 2005.
2005	Adobe completes its acquisition of Macromedia on December 3, 2005.
2005	Yahoo! buys del.icio.us for $20 million December 12, 2005.
2005	Maxtor is acquired by Seagate Technology December 21, 2005.
2005	John Diebold passes away December 26, 2005 (Age:79)
2005	Forrest Parry passes away December 31, 2005 (Age 84)