Computer History - 2008

Year	Event
2008	Acer officially acquires Packard Bell January 31, 2008.
2008	Joshua Lederberg passes away February 2, 2008 (Age: 73)
2008	The HD player war comes to an end when HD DVD calls it quit, making Blu-ray the victor on February 19, 2008.
2008	Microsoft release the WorldWide Telescope (WWT) program February 27, 2008.
2008	AOL ends support for the Netscape Internet browser March 1, 2008.
2008	Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E4700 (2M Cache, 2.60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) March 2, 2008.
2008	Joseph Weizenbaum passes away March 5, 2008 (Age:85)
2008	The Hulu website is released to the Public March 12, 2008.
2008	Arthur C. Clark passes away March 19, 2008 (age 91)
2008	EMC announces it will acquire Iomega April 8, 2008.
2008	Intel releases the Core 2 Duo E7200 (3M Cache, 2.53 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on April 20, 2008.
2008	Arthur Walter Burks passes away May 14, 2008 (age 93)
2008	Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.6 code named Snow Leopard and MobileMe at the WWDC on June 9, 2008.
2008	XM and Sirius complete their merger.
2008	The ATSC approves H.264 to be broadcast over television in July 2008.
2008	Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E7300 (3M Cache, 2.66 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) August 10, 2008.
2008	Apple introduces its latest line of Apple iMac computers on August 28, 2008.
2008	Google releases the beta version of Chrome September 2, 2008.
2008	T-Mobile's G1 phone (HTC Dream) is the first phone to be released with Google Android on September 23, 2008.
2008	Leonard Kleinrock is awarded the National Medal of Science on September 29, 2008.
2008	Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E7400 (3M Cache, 2.80 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) October 19, 2008.
2008	After completing their merger XM and Sirius begin broadcasting both services as one November 12, 2008.
2008	The first Intel i7 is released to the public in November of 2008.
2008	Google releases the first public version of Chrome December 11, 2008.