2002 – Mozilla releases Phoenix 0.1, the first release of what will become Firefox. The browser will change names because of trademark issues with Phoenix technologies. The initial first release of Firefox, though will be released on Nov. 9, 2004
Other items in Your Day in Tech History:
- Yahoo Instant Messanger 9.0
- Morse Code alphabet is invented
- Nintendo Koppai is founded (later renamed to Nintendo)
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