国内大事记编辑本段回目录
国外大事记编辑本段回目录
After several years of work, software engineer Philip R. Zimmermann, sometimes known by the webhandle “PRZ”, publishes the final release of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) 1.0, a cryptographic application. Despite U.S. prohibitions against the dissemination of free cryptography, one of Zimmermann’s friends (Kelly Goen) post PGP 1.0 across multiple BBS networks. The name of the application is an allusion to the fictional grocery store, “Ralph’s Pretty Good Grocery,” featured on the radio program A Prairie Home Companion. The symmetric-key algorithm the application included is dubbed “BassOmatic” after a popular Saturday Night Live skit. Soon after its release, PGP spread to foreign countries, and in February 1993, Zimmermann will be accused by the U.S. Government of “munitions export without a license” because, under U.S. export regulations, cryptographic systems using keys larger than 40 bits are considered munitions. The legal battle that ensued would become the heart of the “free communications” movement that would becom one of the driving forces behind cyberpunk culture.
1998
The Associated Press, Reuters, and other news services relate the news that comedian Bob Hope has passed away over the Internet. The information turns out to be untrue.
The U.S. Depart of Commerce (DoC) releases the Green Paper outlining its plan to privatize the Domain name system (DNS) on January 30th. This is followed up by a White Paper.
2001
Nevada becomes the first U.S. state to vote to legalize online gambling. However, the passage of such legislation doesn’t immediately take effect, as online gambling is still banned under federal law. Because the Nevada legislature meets only once every two years for a session that lasts no longer than 120 days, its members fear that if guideline for online gambling weren’t passed preemptively, it might hold up future financial opportunities within the state.
Reuters news service reports that research firm Jupiter Media Metrix has released a report indicating that the combined companies of AOL Time Warner, Microsoft Corporation, Napster, and Yahoo, Inc. control just over half of all time spent online by United States computer users.
2001年6月5日，Mozilla 1.0 发布。
2002
After a lengthy public beta, Mozilla 1.0, Mozilla’s first public release, is made available. Mozilla is a web browser that works on multiple operating systems, includingLinux, Mac OS, Microsoft Windows, and Solaris. The name Mozilla is a contraction of “Mosaic killer” (using the slang “killa” for killer, Moz+illa), a phrase that refers to the hope that the project will oust Mosaic as the web’s most popular web browser, while alluding to the the classic movie monster Godzilla. Visit the official Mozilla website.
2006
At 9am, Google launches an online Spreadsheet application that will eventually become a part of its Google Docs internet suite.
The Pirate Bay (TPB) goes down, citing database server problems that are the result of all the publicity resulting from the May 31, 2006 police raid against them. The site will be back up the next day with limited availability and fully operational within several days.
Red Hat acquired the open source middleware provider JBoss, a Java EE-based application server, and JBoss becomes a division of Red Hat.
2007年6月5日，卓越网正式更名为“ 卓越亚马逊 ”。
