Computer History - 2010

Year	Event
2010	Herbert Grosch passes away January 18, 2010 (Age: 92)
2010	Oracle announces it has completed the acquisition of Sun Microsystems January 27, 2010.
2010	Apple introduces the iPad on January 27, 2010.
2010	Google Buzz is released February 9, 2010.
2010	Apple announces over 10 billion tracks have been downloaded from iTunes.
2010	Ed Roberts passes away April 1, 2010 (age 68).
2010	Hewlett Packard purchased the Palm company, and the rights to WebOS, in April 2010.
2010	Alexander (Sandy) Shafto Douglas passes away April 29, 2010 (age 89)
2010	Stuxnet worm is first discovered.
2010	Apple introduces the iPhone 4 on June 24, 2010.
2010	Woot.com announces it has signed an agreement to be acquired by Amazon.com June 30, 2010.
2010	Carl Petri passes away July 2, 2010 (age 84)
2010	Amazon releases a press release July 19, 2010 mentioning it is now selling more Kindle books than hardcover books.
2010	James Thomas passes away August 6, 2010 (Age: 64)
2010	Intel purchases McAfee August 19, 2010.
2010	The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice September 28, 2010.
2010	Intel releases the AHCI specification in October 2010.
2010	Microsoft announces plans to release Windows Phone 7 October 11, 2010.
2010	First all-robotic surgery performed at Montreal General Hospital October 13, 2010.
2010	OpenStack is established.
2010	MachinimaSports becomes the 1 billionth subscriber on YouTube October 28, 2010.
2010	United States Cyber Command achieves full operational capability November 5, 2010.
2010	Planet Calypso a virtual planet in the game Entropia becomes the most valuable virtual item selling for $635,000.00 USD November 12, 2010.
2010	Microsoft first releases the Kinect for the Xbox 360 in November 4, 2010.
2010	Maurice Wilkes passes away November 29, 2010 (age 97)
2010	Mark Zuckerberg is named TIME Person of the Year 2010.
2010	John Bennet passes away December 9, 2010 (Age: 89)