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Internet background When one of the first internet connections was established. There is no exact date on when it started being used by public.
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Microsoft is the worlds largest Computer software/Consumer electronics/Video game console creator. It is most well known for it's progam Windows.
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Apple inc. is known for their iPods, computers, iTunes, and computer software. It was founded on April 1st 1976. It now has about 35, 000 emplyees, and has about $32.48 billion american dollars.
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The initial release of AOL Instant Messanger (AIM) was in May of 1997. The stable release of AIM was made July 15th 2009. It is now the largest instant messaging program.
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Google.com was founded in 1998, and is the worlds largest search engine today. It has 19,786 employees working full time.
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Code Red worm was a virus that was made by the Chinese.It attacked computers running Microsoft's IIS web server.
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Photobucket.com, was laumched sometime in 2003. In 2005 it was declared the fastest growing website.
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Myspace.com was launched sometime in August 2003. Today, the website has 1,000 emplyees helping to run it, and over 2 million users.
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One of the largest social networking site, next to myspace.com, facebook.com was launched. Facebook now has over 900 employees, and over 3 million users
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The website known as youtube.com was founded in Febuary 2005. It's a website where you can upload videos to share with the world
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A Virus targetting Microsoft Windows systems. It has taken over more than 5 million different home and government computers.
