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Electronic Digital Computer Created
LinkJohn V. Atanasoff made the first automatic electronic digital computer. He was involved in many court cases before he was declared the inventor and the owner of the patent. He made this in Iowa State College. -
Einiac Invented
LinkThe Electrical Numeric Integrator And Computer was invented for the military. It cost $500,000, and it was built in secret by the University of Pennsylvania's Moore School of Electrical Engineering. -
First Transistor Computer Created
LinkThe transistor computer was energy efficient. It was introduced by Bell Labs. -
ARPANET Acheived
Link ARPANET is considered to be the earliest version of the modern-day Internet. The US Department of Defense developed ARPANET. -
First Email Sent
LinkIn 1970, the first email was sent by a man named Ray Tomlinson. Email integration into ARPANET took place three years after this, in 1973. -
Altair Accomplished
LinkAltair is considered by many to be the first personal computer. It was developed in a company called Micro Instrumentation Telemetry Systems (MITS), and it was featured in magazines. To buy an Altair meant a user had to painstakingly assemble it. -
IBM Makes History
LinkIBM creates the first portable computer, or laptop - IBM 5100. The price of this device was anywhere from 11,000 dollars to 20,000 dollars. -
Cell Phone Hits the Market
LinkThe first cellular device was clunky and expensive. Created by Motorola, this cell phone had once cost $3995 and weighed two pounds. -
First Mac Released
LinkThe Macintosh was a personal computer devloped and marketed by Apple. This computer was very commercially sucessful because of its use with a mouse and graphical user interface. -
Wi-Fi Introduced
LinkThe earlier versions of Wi-Fi were very susceptible to hackers. Vic Hayes is called the "Father of Wi-Fi" by some because of his involvement with it. -
World Wide Web Introduced
LinkThe World Wide Web was invented by scientists at CERN. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau developed it, and they won a number of awards. -
iMac Manufactured
LinkThe iMac was a big step forward for Apple. Its appearance has been praised by critics. -
Windows PowerShell Develops
LinkMicrosoft creates Windows PowerShell. This is cosidered to be one of the most important computing events that happened in the 2000s. -
iPad Released
LinkThe Apple iPad was released on this day. 300,000 iPads were sold on the first day of availability. The name was inspired by the fictional PADD in Star Trek. -
iPhone 4s Sells
Link The iPhone 4S is the predecessor of the iPhone 5. It was created by Apple, and it was a huge sucess.
