2001 in computing, games and technology

98 milestones from 2001: 20 computers and hardware, 10 peripherals, 11 software, 7 games, 29 games, 1 books, 8 movies, 7 events, 4 legal milestones, 1 world events.

Open 2001 in the interactive timeline The 2000s

Computers and hardware

• GP32
• P/ECE
• Sony Mavica MVC-FD75
• Sony Mavica MVC-FD87
• Sony Mavica MVC-FD92
• Sony Mavica MVC-FD97
• Sony CD Mavica MVC-CD200
• Sony CD Mavica MVC-CD300
• Kodak EasyShare DX3600
• Sony Cyber-shot DSC-F707
• PowerBook G4 Titanium
• Game Boy Advance (Japan)
• Intel Itanium
• Game Boy Advance (North America)
• Nintendo GameCube (Japan)
• Archos Jukebox Studio
• AMD Athlon XP
• Apple iPod
• Microsoft Xbox
• Nintendo GameCube (North America)

Peripherals

• Microsoft Office Keyboard
• NaturalPoint TrackIR
• Saitek X45 Digital Joystick and Throttle
• Dell UltraSharp 2001FP
• NVIDIA GeForce 3
• Logitech WingMan Cordless Rumblepad
• Sound Blaster Audigy
• ATI Radeon 8500
• GameCube Controller
• Nintendo e-Reader

Software

• Linux 2.4
• iTunes 1.0
• Wikipedia launches
• Kazaa
• Mac OS X 10.0
• Microsoft Office XP
• BitTorrent
• Internet Explorer 6
• Mac OS X 10.1
• Pocket PC 2002
• Windows XP

Games

• Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec
• Grand Theft Auto III
• Civilization III
• Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty
• Halo: Combat Evolved
• Super Smash Bros. Melee
• Final Fantasy X

Games

• Empire Earth
• RuneScape
• Star Wars: Starfighter
• Conker's Bad Fur Day
• Black & White
• Tribes 2
• Animal Crossing (Nintendo 64)
• Half-Life: Blue Shift
• Sonic Adventure 2
• Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
• Max Payne
• Golden Sun
• Devil May Cry
• Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis
• Ico
• Advance Wars
• Luigi's Mansion
• Silent Hill 2
• Zoo Tycoon
• Dark Age of Camelot
• Pikmin
• Project Gotham Racing
• Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
• The Sims: Hot Date
• Star Wars Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
• Return to Castle Wolfenstein
• Rez
• Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
• Star Wars: Obi-Wan

Books

• The Ultimate History of Video Games

Movies

• Antitrust (film)
• Shrek
• Swordfish
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
• Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Events

• AOL and Time Warner merger completes
• Sega announces it will exit the console hardware business
• First Apple retail stores open
• Napster shuts down its network
• Code Red worm spreads
• HP agrees to buy Compaq
• Nimda worm spreads

Legal milestones

• Ninth Circuit rules against Napster in A&M v. Napster
• Appeals court reverses the Microsoft breakup order
• Dmitry Sklyarov arrested after DEF CON
• Microsoft and DOJ reach antitrust settlement

World events

• September 11 attacks