Computer Inventions of the 1990s

  • Adobe Photoshop

    Adobe Photoshop
    Adobe Photoshop 1.0 was the first photo editing software created by Thomas and John Knoll. Before Photoshop, there was no way to edit a digital photo online.
  • Linux

    Linux
    Linux is a free, open source operating system created by Linus Torvalds. Linux runs in cars, phones, and TVs.
  • Amazon.com

    Amazon.com
    The world's largest online retailer created by Jeff Bezos. With Amazon, users can order products from anywhere in the world and have them shipped from a few days to a even a few hours time, 7 days a week. Amazon connects small retailers with a large consumer audience like never before.
  • Windows 95

    Windows 95
    Windows 95 created by Bill Gates is the first operating system to include Internet Explorer which was the dominant browser for a decade. It also was the first to include the right mouse button menu and the start menu.
  • Google

    Google
    Google.com is the world's most popular search engine created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google had a different purpose than other search engines which was to hunt for text in publicly available documents offered by web servers.