| Year |
Event |
| 2005 |
Jeffrey Parson aka T33kid is convicted January 1, 2005 for the Blaster computer worm. |
| 2005 |
SBC announced it would purchase AT&T for more than $16 Billion USD January
31, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Google Maps is launched February 8, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Lenovo completes the acquisition of IBM's Personal Computing Division. |
| 2005 |
YouTube is founded and comes online February 15, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Google acquires Urchin in March 2005, which later becomes Google Analytics. |
| 2005 |
Verizon introduces FiOS. |
| 2005 |
Yahoo announces that it will acquire the popular photo service Flickr on March 21, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)
is introduced March 22, 2005. |
| 2005 |
The first YouTube video entitled "Me at the zoo" is uploaded April 23, 2005 by Jawed Karim. |
| 2005 |
Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition is released on April 24, 2005. |
| 2005 |
George Dantzig passes away May
13, 2005 (Age: 91) |
| 2005 |
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the
Sith is released May 19, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Google introduces its Personalized Homepage in May 2005, which is now known as
iGoogle. |
| 2005 |
Apple announces it plans on switching its computer to the Intel processors June 6, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Eiichi Goto passes away June 12, 2005 (age 74) |
| 2005 |
Jack Kilby passes away June 20, 2005 (age 82) |
| 2005 |
Microsoft announces it's next operating system, codenamed "Longhorn" will be named Windows Vista on July 23, 2005. |
| 2005 |
IBM officially announces on July 14, 2005 that all sales of OS/2 will end on December 23, 2005 and that all support from IBM for OS/2 will end on December 16, 2005. |
| 2005 |
MySpace is purchased by News Corporation for $580 Million US on July 18, 2005. |
| 2005 |
On September 12, 2005 eBay acquired Skype for approximately $2.6billion. |
| 2005 |
The Pandora Internet Radio service is
launched August 25, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Google hires DARPA veteran Vint
Cerf September 2005 to carry on his quest for a global open
Internet. |
| 2005 |
Google releases Google Analytics in November 2005. |
| 2005 |
TeamViewer is founded. |
| 2005 |
Microsoft releases the Xbox 360, the second generation of their popular game console
November 16, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Adobe completes its acquisition of Macromedia on December 3, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Yahoo! buys del.icio.us for $20 million
December 12, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Maxtor is acquired by Seagate Technology December 21, 2005. |
| 2005 |
Forrest Parry passes away December
31, 2005 (Age 84) |
