Computer History - 2011

Year	Event
2011	Intel Sandy Bridge processor is released on January 9, 2011.
2011	Ken Olsen passes away on February 6, 2011 (age 84)
2011	Watson, an IBM Super computer beats the two best human Jeopardy players in a three day event with a score greater than the two human players combined on February 16, 2011.
2011	Hitachi sells its hard drive division to Western Digital in March of 2011.
2011	Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9 March 14, 2011.
2011	Jean Bartik passes away March 23, 2011 (Age 87)
2011	Microsoft announces plans on May 10, 2011 to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in cash.
2011	The first Chromebooks with Chrome OS begin shipping on June 15, 2011.
2011	Microsoft introduces Office 365 June 28, 2011.
2011	On June 29, 2011 Newscorp sells MySpace to Specific Media L.L.C for $35 million, around $473 Million less than it initially paid for it.
2011	On August 18, 2011 Hewlett Packard announces an interest in selling its Personal Systems Group, including WebOS.
2011	Steve Jobs resigns as Apple's CEO due to health reasons on August 24, 2011.
2011	Tony Sale passes away on August 28, 2011 (age 80)
2011	Einar Stefferud passes away on September 22, 2011 (age 81)
2011	National Semiconductor becomes part of Texas Instruments on September 24, 2011.
2011	Steve Jobs passes away on October 5, 2011 (age 56)
2011	Dennis Ritchie passes away on October 12, 2011 (age 70)
2011	John McCarthy passes away October 24, 2011 (Age 84)
2011	The Kindle Fire is released for sale on November 15, 2011.