Saturday, October 11, 2008

Most Significant Moments Of Internet History

The brief history of the internet is dotted with thousands of interesting moments - some of which shaped and moulded our lives like never before.


  • May 1978: First spam message goes into an email
  • Jun 1987: GIF image format is created
  • Apr 1989: MP3 file format patented
  • Nov 1990: WWW proposed for surfing
  • Oct 1994: Dot Com is introduced
  • May 1994: sex.com is registered
  • Feb 1995: First internet phone launched
  • Jul 1996: Hotmail launched
  • Dec 1997: The word BLOG used for the first time
  • Aug 1998: Google gets funding
  • Feb 2005: YouTube launched
  • Aug 2006: AOL accidentally released data about its users and what they searched for!

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