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Hand Held Caculator
The HP-35, a scientific hand-held calculator is introduced. It sells for $395 -
Barcodes Created
Barcodes are invented. They are used to help identify products -
Apple Computer
Apple Computer is introduced. It sells for $666.66 and comes with 4 KB of RAM -
Electronic Mail
An electronic mail system is developed -
Laser Printers
Laser Printers start to replace dot matrix printers. -
Digital Camera
Sony introduces the first digital camera Images are stored on 2-inch floppy disks -
Commercial use
The internet is made available for commercial use -
First Weblogs
The first weblogs, or "blogs" appear on the internet -
Instant Messaging
Instant messaging grows in popularity -
MySpace
MySpace, a social networking website, is started