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Created
the internet was officially created in 1983 -
Symbolics' Computer Court
Symbolics' computer court was the first registered domain name ever. -
Virus
virus called the internet worm temporarily shuts down 10% of the worlds internet services -
The internet is released for commercial use
Open to the puplic -
Initial commerce sites
initial commerce sites are established and mass marketing campaigns are launched via email introducing the term "spamming" -
Google
Google opens its first office -
E-Commerce
E-commerce becomes the new buzzword as internet shopping rapidly spreads -
Wikipedia
Jimmy Wates launches Wikipedia. -
Apple
Apple computer introduces apple itunes music store, which allows people to download songs for .99 -
Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies system crashes when it receives 8.5 million hits within the first 90 minutes of world series ticket sales -
Music
Legal online music downloads triple to 6.7 downloads per week -
China
China dominates internet usage by 2010 with over 450 million users -
Internet shopping
Internet shopping goes to grocery shopping with Amazon Fresh delivering groceries to your door step -
internet users
45 million people are using the internet roughly 30 million are N.A 9 million Europe, and 6 million in Asia
