| Year |
Event |
| 2003 |
The Slammer worm is first released in January 2003 and becomes the fastest spreading worm in history after infecting hundreds of thousands of computers in less than three hours. |
| 2003 |
The space shuttle Columbia explodes
fifteen minutes before it is scheduled to land on February 1, 2003,
resulting in the death of all seven crew members. |
| 2003 |
Google acquires Blogger February 17, 2003. |
| 2003 |
PCMCIA announces the development of a new standard codenamed NEWCARD on February 19, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Roger Needham passes away March 1, 2003 (age 68) |
| 2003 |
Supreme court rules that sex offenders information and pictures can be posted online on March 3, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Intel Pentium M is introduced in March. |
| 2003 |
Adam Osborne passes away March 18, 2003 (age 64) |
| 2003 |
Puppy Linux is introduced. |
| 2003 |
SCO files a
$1 billion USD lawsuit against IBM March 6, 2003
for allegedly devaluing its version of UNIX by contributing its intellectual
property to the codebase of Linux. |
| 2003 |
Microsoft Windows XP 64-Bit Edition (Version 2003) for Itanium 2 systems is released on March 28, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 is released March 28, 2003. |
| 2003 |
The first computer is infected with the Spybot worm on April 16, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Apple opens the iTunes store April 28, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Edgar Codd passes away April 18,
2003 (age 80) |
| 2003 |
The first D Conference is held in May. |
| 2003 |
The H.264 standard is completed in May 2003. |
| 2003 |
Internet site LinkedIn launches May 5,
2003. |
| 2003 |
Yahoo! acquires Overture for $1.63 billion
June 14, 2003. |
| 2003 |
The game Second Life is released June 23, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Windows Mobile 2003 on June 23,
2003 |
| 2003 |
The Safari Internet browser is
released June 30, 2003. |
| 2003 |
The Mozilla Foundation is officially formed on July 15, 2003. |
| 2003 |
The Internet VoIP service Skype goes
public August 29, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Valve introduces Steam September 12, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Intel announces the new BTX form factor. |
| 2003 |
Apple adds iTunes support for Microsoft Windows computers October 17, 2003 |
| 2003 |
On October 24, 2003 the Sober computer worm is first discovered, a computer worm
written in Visual Basic and distributed through e-mail. |
| 2003 |
Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.3 code named Panther October 25, 2003. |
| 2003 |
ImageShack comes online in November 2003. |
| 2003 |
Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD) standard is announced on November 18, 2003 as a planned replacement for DVD. |
| 2003 |
Eugene Kleiner passes away
November 20, 2003 (age 80) |
| 2003 |
President George W. Bush signs CAN-SPAM
into law December 16, 2003, establishing the first United States' standards for
sending commercial e-mail. |
| 2003 |
Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2003 is released on December 18, 2003. |
| 2003 |
Google releases Google Print in December 2003, which later becomes
Google Book Search. |
