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We flip back the pages of tech history to know the important technology events that took place on March 20:
2009: Craigslist overtook MySpace as the most searched-for term on the Web. It drummed out MySpace, which was the top term since March 11, 2006. Craigslist is a centralised network of online communities featuring free online classified advertisements.
2005: Yahoo! entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ludicorp, makers of Flickr - the popular photo sharing website. No financial terms were disclosed.
2002: Apple announced a second model of its iPod digital music player that had a 10GB hard drive, thereby allowing users to pack around 2,000 CD-quality songs into the iPod, on March 20, 2002. The new 10GB iPod was available for a suggested retail price of US $499.
2002: Apple previewed its Bluetooth technology for Mac OS X, enabling short-range wireless connectivity between a Mac and a variety of digital devices, including bluetooth-enabled PDAs and cell phones. The company made a preview version of its Bluetooth software for Mac OS X available as a free software download.
2000: California-based chipmaking bellwether Intel announced 850-MHz and 866-MHz Pentium III processors, whic were priced at $765 and $776 respectively.
1997: Apple released the 20th Anniversary Macintosh computer (abbreviated to TAM by its followers), a limited-edition personal computer that was released in 1997 in celebration of the company's 20th birthday. It was priced at US $7,499. It was met with lukewarm sales, and was derided for its usurious price. It was the first Apple desktop to feature a track pad, and the first Apple desktop with a flat screen.
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