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2001
Windows XP is released by Microsoft -
2002
The iMac G4 is introduced by Apple, Inc., as the next generation iMac. -
2003
Blu-Ray discs were released by Sony in 2003 -
2004
Facebook and Gmail launch -
2005
The first video is uploaded to the online video hosting service YouTube established by Jawed Karim, Steve Chen and Chad Hurley. -
2006
Sony PRS500 e-book reader launched in the United States.
Social networking service Twitter launched publicly -
2007
Apple Inc.'s first iPhone smartphone is announced by Steve Jobs at Macworld in San Francisco it was released in the Unites States on 29 June. -
2008
SanDisk Corporation begins to sample 12-gigabyte (GB) microSDHC flash memory cards to major phone manufacturers for testing and evaluation. -
2009
Japanese engineers build a childlike robot, the Child-robot with Biomimetic Body, or CB2, and report that it is slowly developing social skills by interacting with humans and watching their facial expressions. -
2010
The Consumer Electronic Show takes place in Las Vegas, with 3DTV technology being highly promoted during the event -
2011
In a world first for artificial intelligence, IBM's Watson supercomputer defeats two humans on the Jeopardy! quiz show -
2012
South Korean scientists develop touchscreens that can recognise the existence and concentration of DNA molecules placed on them. The invention could allow the development of smartphones with the ability to diagnose users' medical conditions -
2013
The 2013 Consumer Electronics Show opens in Las Vegas, Nevada. Among the new technologies showcased are flexible tablet computers, autonomous cars, medical telepresence robots, ultra-definition TVs and high-efficiency microchips. -
2014
After eight years of development, a new hi-tech bionic arm becomes the first of its kind to gain FDA approval for mass production. -
2015
DARPA announces a new project that aims to create a computer program able to continuously scan its environment -
2016
Google's DeepMind AlphaGo artificial intelligence defeats South Korea's Lee Se-dol -
2017
IBM announces "IBM Q", an initiative to build commercially available universal quantum computing systems
