Technology in the year 2000 The Concerns over Y2K passes without the serious, widespread computer failures and malfunctions that had been predicted Microsoft releases Windows 2000. AOL and Time Warner Merge The Dot Com Bubble Bursts and thousands of DotComs go bust Faulty Bridgestone/Firestone tyres on the Ford Explorer range blamed for nearly 100 fatalities. One American astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts prepare for 4 month stay on the international space station, The Worlds largest Ferris Wheel or Observation Wheel ( The London Eye ) is opened According to NASA the hole in the Ozone layer over Antarctica has increased by .62 sq miles to 17 square miles in just 12 months Mars Odyssey is launched The NASDAQ peaks at 5132.52 just before the dot com bubble bursts. It is agreed by European Airbus Consortium to go ahead with plans to build the worlds largest passenger plane the Airbus A3xx , it will accommodate up to 656 passengers. A destructive computer virus ILOVEYOU spread by e-mail shuts down computers world wide First Draft of Human Genome handed over to society on June 26th But even more important, in January of the year 2000, Scotts Custom Computers opened its doors and has been proudly serving the panhandle ever since!
Posted on: Fri, 30 May 2014 01:16:50 +0000
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