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Windows 3.0
Bill Gates invented Windows OS. Windows 3.0 was the first decent version of Windows that worked on personal PCs. It was the first version that gave users a graphical interface similar to the Apple Macintosh. It also came with MS Word and MS Excel, which offered better word processing and spreadsheet software. -
MP3
"Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega was the first MP3 song. Karlheinz Brandenburg is considered the inventor of the MP3. It changed the way we listened to music, making the compact disc (CD) obsolete. As a matter of fact, my car, PC, and laptops do not have CD drives! -
World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the "world wide web", released the source code for what we would come to know as the Internet. The Internet has changed how we communicate with each other, how we locate information and news, and how we use technology! -
DVD
Two groups, Sony/Philips and Toshiba/Time Warner Inc, came up with different versions of the DVD. They agreed on a common format in 1995 and released the first DVD player in Japan in 1996. This changed the way people watched movies in their homes, rendering the bulky VHS player obsolete. -
Wi-Fi
1999 saw the creation of the Wi-Fi Alliance, which is an association that holds the Wi-Fi trademark. This technology started as something else in the 1970s and grew into what we use today, so there were several people involved in its creation. However, Vic Hayes is regarded as the key player in its creation. Wi-Fi allows mobile devices to access the Internet without cables.
