by Playfuls Staff |
30th December 2005
What were the most talked about moments in technology in 2005? We have tried to select the most interesting moments, month by month. Let’s take a look at a first half of the year. [more]
January 2005
The source code for the Cabir virus, designed especially for mobile phones, is published on the Internet
Adobe launches Adobe Acrobat 7.0
eBay gives up on Microsoft’s Passport
Samsung develops the first 21 inch OLED screen
Intel announces the Intel Pentium 4 552 processors
Samsung rolls out the first text-to-speech phone
Electronic Arts and Vivendi Universal Games express their support for the Blu-Ray format
Kodak announces the first digital camera with integrated Wi-Fi support
AMD presents the notebook-oriented Turion processor
Microsoft releases the first beta version of Microsoft Windows Antispyware
Yahoo rolls out Yahoo Desktop Search
Steve Jobs announces at MacWorld Expo in San Francisco the MacMini and IPod Shuffle
Samsung delivers Samsung SCH-S310, the first phone fitted with a motion sensor
Google offers Picasa 2
Intel updates the Centrino platform and announces Sonoma
Firefox reaches, for the first time, a market share of 5%
Google presents the first video search service, Google Video
Yahoo Local Search is now available on mobile phones
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, the PS2 version, is nominated as 2004 bestseller
Google hires Ben Goodger, one of Firefox’s developers
iTunes sells 250 million tunes
February 2005
MSN rolls out its own search technology, giving up on that taken from Yahoo
IBM, Sony, Toshiba unveil nine-core Cell processor
VoIP Security Alliance is formed
Hewlett-Packard dismisses Carly Fiorina
Pentium 4 moved to 64 bits
Microsoft purchases Sybari Software, an anti-virus software developer
Google launches Google Maps
Yahoo fires up toolbar for Firefox users
Sony Ericsson announces its intention of launching the Walkman mobile phones
Gates: Microsoft to launch IE7
Firefox hits 25 million downloads
Hackers post Paris Hilton's address book online
Sony withdraws from the PDA market
Akamai and Macromedia announce the Flash Video on-demand solution
Jef Raskin, Macintosh creator, dies at 61
March 2005
Paris Hilton: Victim of T-Mobile's web flaws
The first chipsets for Intel systems from Nvidia
Bill Gates, knighted by queen Elisabeth the II-nd
Netscape 8 beta is launched.
Philips announces the “paper” screen
Samsung shows the 82-Inch LCD
Microsoft launches new real-time communications tools
Final version of Google Desktop Search is released
Samsung flashes 7-Megapixel camera phone
Asus claims thinnest, lightest 15-Inch laptop
Microsoft delays Visual Studio 2005 Beta 2
Toshiba develops detachable display
Microsoft unveils first details on the new Xbox
AMD launches Turion
Toshiba shows a working fuel cell
Apple sides with Blu-ray
Novell launches Suse Linux 9.3
DVD Jon breaks iTunes security system
Google extends Gmail access
France Presse sues Google
Yahoo boosts web mail storage
HP acquires Snapfish
April 2005
Google purchases the web analysis firm Urchin
Toshiba develops fast-charging batteries
Microsoft expands Windows Piracy Check
Google Video to accept public submissions
Google Intros Q&A service
Man sentenced to prison for eBay scam
IBM, Sanyo announce fuel cell prototype
Windows XP SP2 Blocking Tool expires
Kelvir IM worm strikes Reuters
Skype hits 100 million downloads milestone
Adobe buys Macromedia
Toshiba resurrects the Libretto
Sony, Toshiba discuss joint HD Disc Format
$10.000 for „Moore’s Law”
Longhorn details emerge at WinHEC 2005
RealNetworks unveils revamped Rhapsody music services
Fujitsu readies 200GB notebook drive
Samsung and Microsoft roll out the Flash-memory based HDD
Yahoo launches personalized searches
Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
May 2005
Lenovo completes the purchase of IBM’s PCs division
Apple updates the iMac and eMac series
Opera 8: two million downloads
Intel cuts down prices on Centrino
Intel demos WiMax technology
Microsoft unwraps Windows Mobile 5
Yahoo develops an audio search engine
Toshiba expands HD DVD capacity to 45GB
Yahoo launches low-cost music service, Yahoo Music Unlimited
Google shut down for 45 minutes
Google acquires Dodgeball
MIT eyes $100 laptops
AOL launches a free email service
Microsoft presents Windows Mobile 5.0
Microsoft introduces Xbox 360
MSN launches MSN Desktop Search
Microsoft announces plans for Windows OneCare
Sony presents PlayStation 3
Samsung shows 40-Inch OLED display
Google introduces the page customization service
Netscape rolls out version 8.0
Gates unveils MSN Virtual Earth
Paul Otellini is the new Intel CEO
Yahoo announces PhotoMail
Intel introduces dual core for the masses
palmOne purchases rights to the Palm trademark
AMD launches Athlon 64 X2 dual-core
Samsung: 4 Gb Flash memory
Intel rolls out its first dual-core platform
Intel announces 64-bits Celeron processors
June 2005
Microsoft adds support for RAW images
Microsoft adopts XML for the next version of its Office suite
Transmeta sells Crusoe Chip Line
Top-level domain name suggested for porn
Apple switch to Intel chips
Google defends its Google Print service
Nokia switches to open-source browser
Ericsson, Napster team up for mobile phone music
Skype does videoconferencing and more
Google expands mobile search
Phones Use GPS to Show You the Way
Security breach exposes 40 Million credit cards
Google readies PayPal rival
Microsoft to extend RSS support
Critical RealPlayer flaws found
Supreme Court rules against Grokster
AMD files antitrust suit against Intel
New worm lures users with 'Breaking News'
Apple merges iPod lines, lowers Shuffle price
Google tests 'personalized' search
Yahoo introduces 'Social' search engine
Podcasting catches a wave
