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Top 10 List
Top Technology Stories for 2001 - CNN
- "Ginger," now called "Segway," is revealed to be a self-balancing, battery-powered scooter.
- The "Code Red" Internet worm causes about $2.6 billion in damage worldwide.
- Microsoft introduces the Xbox and Nintendo unveils the GameCube, to go head-to-head with Sony's PlayStation 2.
- The FBI's "Magic Lantern" project, reportedly a new online surveillance tool, raises privacy concerns.
- Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov and his company, ElcomSoft, are the first to be charged under 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act after allegedly violating e-book copyright regulations.
- President George Bush extends the ban on Internet taxes for another two years.
- Richard Clarke is appointed to the head of a presidential cybersecurity task force after the September 11.
- Microsoft's new operating system, Windows XP, is launched amid protracted antitrust-case wrangling.
- Satellite radio begins to broadcast across much of the United States.
- Napster's usage plummets after a court order forces a close of the original format, but other companies move in to continue file-swapping online.
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