国内大事记编辑本段回目录
国外大事记编辑本段回目录
U.S. Vice President Al Gore visits a high-tech mobile computer classroom called CyberEd. Following the visit, the truck leaves on a 122-day tour to rural regions to expose children to the “riches” of computers and the Internet. The tour is financed by a million dollar grant from the Corning, Inc., DSC Communications Corp., MCI, Microsoft, Milken Family Foundation, and William G. McGowan Charitable Fund.
1997
The Cyber Promotions website is hacked. Its front page is defaced, and a password file is stolen.
Microsoft announces its intention to shut down the e-mail services of the Microsoft Network for 24 to 36 hours in order to make changes to effectively double the number of e-mail servers. Within days after the shut down, and the subsequent reactivation, a special sign-up offer is made to consumers.
2000
Aerial Images, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, posts five recently released Russian spy satellite images of “Area 51” on their website. Area 51 is a United States Air Force test site, formerly known as Groom Dry Lake Air Force Base, popularized by alien abduction conspiracists. The photos were taken by a Russian satellite called Sovinformsputnik in 1998. By Tuesday, April 18, so many visitors will have visited the website to see the photosthat the company will be forced to take thephotos offline until additional hardware can be installed to handle the traffic volume. Visit the official Aerial Images website.
U.S. President William Jefferson Clinton visits East Palo Alto, California to inspireyoung children to get online during a two-day trip focused on extending the Internet into communities, homes, and schools.
The United States State Department reveals that a laptop computer that held classified information disappeared from the Bureau of Intelligence and Research in February.According to Reuters, the computer may have contained “code-word information, a classification higher than top secret, including sensitive intelligence information and plans.”
2012年4月17日,微软今天宣布,将发布4个版本的Windows 8,分别针对家用、企业、ARM架构和批量采购的大企业。
2012年4月17日,东芝子公司东芝泰格今日宣布,已与IBM就收购其POS终端业务达成协议,收购额约为8.5亿美元。
大事详解编辑本段回目录
2002年,Excite@Home Corp. (ATHMQ)高速互联网接入服务的关闭预示著互联网发展史上一个喧嚣的章节即将终结。
消息宣传之后,幸存下来的宽频服务接入服务供应商期望能够获得一个美满的结局。然而部分业内人士坚信,如果希望市场有所改善的话,必须降低通常超过每月40美元的宽频服务费。他们还表示,必须引入更吸引人的宽频服务,如影像与音乐内容。其他人则希望联邦政府能够为宽频服务的推广提供资助,或者减少对该行业的监管。
“我们原来预期,宽频服务将作为一项产业很快推出。而这一进程业已受阻,”Palm Inc. (PALM)首席执行长埃里克.本哈姆(Eric Benhamou)表示。本哈姆还是硅谷行业组织TechNet的成员,该组织正努力游说联邦政府推进一项雄心勃勃的宽频服务发展计划。
破产后等待出售的Excite@Home总部 |
对于昔日的硅谷之星、最大的有线调制解调器宽频服务供应商Excite@Home公司而言,一切已经为时太晚了。在申请破产法第11章破产保护5个月后,Excite@Home于2002年2月28日倒闭了,它是错综复杂的所有权结构的牺牲品,同时也是一种对网上媒体烧钱式的尝试。370万Excite@Home美国用户中的大部分已经转向美国电话电报公司(AT&T Corp., T, 简称AT&T)、康卡斯特(Comcast, CMCSK)和Cox Communications (COX)等公司提供的新宽频服务,它们曾是Excite@Home过去在有线电视业务上的合作夥伴。
自2000年1月以来, 全美已有716家基于网络的商业公司倒闭。在过去两年中有超过1000家的网络公司被收购。其中最令人瞠目结舌的收购案当属于2001年11月9日成交的信息空间公司(Infospace)对宽带门户网和内容提供商Excite@home公司的收购。该网站市值一度高达67亿美元,最后仅以1000万美金成交。