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'''2011''' — The [[Federal Communications Commission]]'s [[Network Neutrality rules]] go into effect.
 
'''2011''' — The [[Federal Communications Commission]]'s [[Network Neutrality rules]] go into effect.
   
'''2011''' &mdash; The [[IPV6]] launches, providing 2<sup>128</sup> [[IP address]]es.
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'''2011''' &mdash; The [[IPv6]] launches, providing 2<sup>128</sup> [[IP address]]es.
   
 
'''February 16, 2011''' &mdash; Watson, an [[IBM]] [[supercomputer]], beats the two best human Jeopardy players.
 
'''February 16, 2011''' &mdash; Watson, an [[IBM]] [[supercomputer]], beats the two best human Jeopardy players.

Revision as of 01:31, 20 April 2015

The following is a chronological listing of significant events in the development of the field of Information Technology law from 2010 to the present. For other time periods see:


2010

2010Stuxnet, considered the first weaponized malware because of its targeted nature, disrupts centrifuges in Iran used for uranium enrichment.

2010Google launches a self-driving vehicle project.

January 27, 2010 — Apple introduces the iPad.

Narch 16, 2010 — The Federal Communications Commission issues its Broadband Plan.

November 5, 2010U.S. Cyber Command goes operational.

2011

2011 — The Federal Communications Commission's Network Neutrality rules go into effect.

2011 — The IPv6 launches, providing 2128 IP addresses.

February 16, 2011 — Watson, an IBM supercomputer, beats the two best human Jeopardy players.

2012

June 30, 2012 — France terminates Minitel.

August 5, 2012 — The spacecraft Curiosity lands on Mars.

August 25, 2012 — The Voyager 1 spacecraft (launched in 1977) enters interstellar space.

2013

June 2013 — Edward Snowden, a former systems administrator at the NSA, reveals documents showing that the United States conducted cyberespionage against U.S. citizens and foreign governments.

June 2013 — The United States and Russia sign a "cyber pact," which establishes communications hotlines between the two countries in the event of a crisis in cyberspace.

2014

January 14, 2014 — The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns the FCC's Open Internet rules.