2000's Computer Technology Timeline

  • USB flash drive

    USB flash drive
    Inventor: Dov Moran
    Emerged in 2000 quickly taking the place of Cd and floppy disks cutting transfer of media times in half.
  • Pentium 4 processor

    Pentium 4 processor
    Inventor: Intel Corp
    This was a game changer for high performance Desktops the down side is the they had some bumps in the road with thermal output causing cooling and and clock scaling issues as clock speeds increased.
  • Infrared Fever Screening System (IFSS)

    Infrared Fever Screening System (IFSS)
    Inventor: Singapore's Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA)
    This device was introduced during the SARS outbreak it used technology that existed for years before it's conception and utilized infrared to create the worlds first ever large group fever screening system.
  • Myspace

    Myspace
    Inventor: Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson
    This Social network was the first of it's kind you could people used it for posting status's, sharing photos with friends and family, and was able to be customized to your liking you could even share music that you liked.(basically Facebook before Facebook)
  • Youtube

    Youtube
    Inventor: Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim
    What originally started out as a failed video dating website overtime transformed into one of the worlds largest websites with 2.6 billion active users per month. The site quickly took the #1 spot for video sharing websites worldwide.(Competition isn't even close!)
  • Conroe Micro processor

    Conroe Micro processor
    Inventor: Intel Corp
    This used two core processors rather than one which lead to significant advantages in regards to performance.
  • IPhone touch

    IPhone touch
    Inventor: Apple co creator Steve Jobs
    This device was the first modern smartphone and it’s design different from other devices at the time took the industry by storm with it’s touch screen that could be operated with your fingertips rather than those old funky stylus’s people were used to.
  • Instagram

    Instagram
    Inventor: Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger
    This app took the world by storm and in as little as a year from it’s launch acquired nearly 10 million registered users who began to connect by sharing pictures and memories with friends and family this app quickly became a tool for people to utilize for business, networking, and sharing memorable life moments.