Vannevar Bush develops a partly electronic Difference Engine
IBM creates the first floppy disk
The U.S. Department of Defense sets up the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network (ARPANET ) this network was the first building blocks to what the internet is today but originally with the intention of creating a computer network that could withstand
Apple Computers was founded Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
Apple introduces the Macintosh with mouse and window interface
Microsoft begins the friendly war with Apple.
The World Wide Web is launched to the public
YAHOO is created
Bill Gates introduces the Xbox
Skype announces that it has over 100 million registered users.