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The IBM 9345 Disk Drive used magneto-resistive heads which allowed the bits to be stored more densely. It held two 1 GB hard disk assemblies. Source: computerhistory.org
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Tim Berners-Lee introduces two ideas for the worldwide web which include the idea of people creating a bigger web as it is used more. He creates a browser as well as HTML's and URL's. source: computer history.org
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Apple introduces laptop powerbooks but meets with little success. It has a trackball, internal floppy drive, and palm rests. These features become common in 1990 computers. Source: computerhistory.org
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CompactFlash is introduced by SanDisk and quickly becomes the preferred method of storage. It contains 64 MB of storage. Source: computerhistory.org
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IBM releases their IBM Microdrive. One with 170 MB capacity and one with 340 MB capacity. At the time it was the smallest hard drive in the world. Source: computerhistory.org
