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| Nov. 12 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google searches track flu spread Google.org has released a site that tracks the incidence of flu in the US based on terms used in Google searches
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| Nov. 5 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google abandons deal with Yahoo Google has decided to abandon its ad partnership with Yahoo to avoid having a 'protracted legal battle' with regulators
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| Oct. 28 |
 Los Angeles |
Microsoft delivers pre-beta Windows 7 At its Professional Developers Conference, Microsoft delivers a pre-beta release to developers, and to release a full beta early in 2009
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| Sep.1 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google unveils free browser Chrome| Google is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft's Internet Explorer | |
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| Jul.3 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google must divulge YouTube log US court: Google must divulge the viewing habits (which will be handed to Viacom) of every user who has ever watched any video on YouTube
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| Jun.17 |
USA |
Firefox aims for download record
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| Jun.12 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Yahoo-Google agree online ad deal
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| Jun.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple announces cheaper 3G iPhone
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| Jun.6 |
USA |
IBM aims to cool chips with water
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| Jun.4 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Investor steps up Yahoo campaign
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| May.15 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Investor launches Yahoo challenge
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| Apr.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google and Yahoo to share web ads The world's two biggest search engines, have announced a 2 week experiment that will see them share advertising space
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| Mar.6 |
 Washington |
Pentagon bans Google map-makers The defence department has banned the giant internet search engine from filming inside and making detailed studies of US military bases
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| Feb.7 |
UN |
Mobiles narrow digital divisions
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| Feb.4 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google troubled by Microsoft move
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| Jan.15 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple announces ultra-thin laptop
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| Jan.4 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
One laptop project loses partner
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| Nov.5 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google pushes into mobile phones
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| Oct.26 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple ready to set Leopard free
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| Sep.28 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple iPhone warning proves true
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| Sep.14 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google calls for web privacy laws
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| Jan.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple's 'magical' iPhone unveiled  Users will be able to download music and videos with the phone, demonstrated by CEO Steve Jobs at the Macworld Expo
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| Oct.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Google buys YouTube for $1.65bn Google is buying video-sharing website for $1.65bn in shares. The companies will continue to operate independently
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| Feb.1 |
 U.S. Congress |
 Internet firms 'bowed to Beijing' Congressmen have condemned major firms including Microsoft and Google for helping China censor the internet
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| Jun.27 |
U.S. Supreme Court |
File-sharing suffers major defeat The Supreme Court has ruled that file-sharing companies are to blame for what users do with their software
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| Nov.9 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Mozilla Firefox browser launched
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| Aug.21 |
USA |
 SoBig.F breaks virus speed records The computer virus has already overwhelmed hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide
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| Apr.28 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple launches online music service iTunes Music Store draws from all 5 major record labels in offering 200,000 songs at 99 cents a download
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| Jan.29 |
New York |
AOL TW Posts Loss of Nearly $100 Billion AOL Time Warner posted a 2002 the largest annual loss in U.S. corporate history. Turner, 64, was stepping down
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| Nov.2 |
Washington |
Microsoft reaches anti-trust deal Microsoft would be obliged to provide rivals with information about middleware products
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| Oct.23 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
iPod: New digital music player The new MP3 player is a device with the size of a deck of cards
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| Nov.15 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
World News Atlas started| Features World headlines linked to news articles | |
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| May.4 |
USA |
'I love you' virus disrupts computers| Virus contained in e-mail messages is thought to be the fastest-moving and most widespread virus ever seen | |
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| Apr.4 |
Washington |
Microsoft loses antitrust suit Microsoft is confident that it will eventually overturn the decision by a judge that it violated anti-monopoly laws
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| Mar.10 |
USA |
Nasdaq reached 5048| Nasdaq's all-time high. Beginning of the end of the Internet stock boom | |
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| Feb.7 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Yahoo, eBay crippled by hackers
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| Jan.24 |
USA |
AOL planned to purchase Time Warner America Online plan is the biggest merger ever was greeted as a historic day for corporate America
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| Jan.1 |
USA |
Y2K bug fails to bite A flaw in computer program that caused processing to operate incorrectly on and after January 1, 2000
| The Year 2000 problem caused concern that critical industries and government functions would cease operating at midnight, January 1. Companies and organizations upgraded their computer systems. When January 1 arrived there were problems generally regarded as minor
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