| Year |
Event |
| 2008 |
Acer officially acquires Packard Bell January 31,
2008. |
| 2008 |
The HD player war comes to an end when HD DVD calls it quit, making Blu-ray the victor on February 19, 2008. |
| 2008 |
Microsoft release the WorldWide Telescope
(WWT) program February 27, 2008. |
| 2008 |
AOL ends
support for the Netscape Internet browser
March 1, 2008. |
| 2008 |
Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E4700 (2M Cache, 2.60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB) March 2, 2008. |
| 2008 |
The Hulu website is released to the
Public March 12, 2008. |
| 2008 |
Arthur C. Clark passes away
March 19, 2008 (age 91) |
| 2008 |
Intel releases the Core 2 Duo E7200 (3M Cache, 2.53 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) on April 20, 2008. |
| 2008 |
Arthur Walter Burks passes away May 14, 2008 (age 93) |
| 2008 |
Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.6 code named Snow Leopard and MobileMe at the WWDC on June 9, 2008. |
| 2008 |
XM and
Sirius complete their merger. |
| 2008 |
The ATSC approves H.264 to be broadcast over television
in July 2008. |
| 2008 |
Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E7300 (3M Cache, 2.66 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) August 10, 2008. |
| 2008 |
Apple introduces its latest line of Apple iMac computers on August 28, 2008. |
| 2008 |
Google releases the beta version of Chrome September 2, 2008. |
| 2008 |
Leonard Kleinrock is
awarded the National Medal of Science on September 29, 2008. |
| 2008 |
Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E7400 (3M Cache, 2.80 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB) October 19, 2008. |
| 2008 |
After completing their merger XM and Sirius begin broadcasting both services
as one November 12, 2008. |
| 2008 |
The first Intel i7 is released to the public in November of 2008. |
| 2008 |
Google releases the first public version of Chrome December 11, 2008. |
