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Computers
The evolution of computers. -
Modern FPS
The PC game DOOM by Id Software was released December 10, 1993. Today, DOOM is thought of as a turning point for first person shooters and for computer games in general. -
Microsoft Windows 3.0 Launched
Microsoft releases Windows 3.0 a completely new version of Microsoft Windows. The version will sell more than 3 million copies in one year. -
Internet Begins
In 1990 Tim Berners-Lee, working with Robert Cailliau at CERN propose a 'hypertext' system, which is the first start of the Internet as we know it today. -
EFF Forms
Electronic Frontier Foundation or EFF is founded February 16, 1990. -
First Computer Virus
The computer Monkey Virus is first discovered in Edmonton, Canada. -
Microsoft + IBM
Microsoft and IBM stop working together to develop operating systems -
First Search Engine
The first search engine Archie, written by Alan Emtage, Bill Heelan, and Mike Parker at McGill University in Montreal Canada is released. -
Modern Proccessor
Intel releases the 80386SL processor that uses low power and found in many portable computers. -
First Web Server
Tim Berners-Lee successfully sets up the first web server at info.cern.ch on December 25, 1990. -
Norton Anti-virus Released
Symantec releases Norton anti-virus software. -
HTTP introduced
HTTP/0.9 is introduced. -
Microsoft First Website
The domain microsoft.com comes online May 2, 1991. -
Fisrt Major Apple OS
Apple introduces System 7 operating system May 13, 1991. -
Fisrt Cybercafe
The first Cybercafe opens in July 1991 in SanFrancisco. -
Linux is launched
Linux is introduced by Linus Torvald in August 25, 1991 -
Apple Quick Time is made
Apple QuickTime is introduced December 2, 1991. -
First Notebook made
IBM PCD introduces ThinkPad, the industry's first notebook with a 10.4 inch color TFT display and TrackPoint. -
Internet Grows
The Internet experiences massive growth. -
First Goverment Webpage
President Bill Clinton puts the United States White House online with a World Wide Web page and E-mail address for the President, Vice President and first lady. -
SMS is born!
Microsoft introduces SMS, now known as SCCM. -
YAHOO! is made
YAHOO is created in April, 1994. -
The first chain email
The e-mail hoax "Good Times virus" is first sent out in e-mail. The hoax claimed that an e-mail containing "Good Times" in the subject was spreading on the Internet and if opened would erase everything on the hard disk drive and to forward the warning to all your friends. This e-mail continues to be sent out even today. -
Dot-com becomes a standard
The dot-com boom starts. -
Windows 95
Microsoft releases its beta for Windows 95, code named Chicago. -
Geek Squad is made
Geek Squad is founded June 16, 1994. They survived all this time.... -
The First Internet Ad
Hotwired sells the first banner ad to AT&T on October 27, 1994 and begins running the first Internet banner ad campaign. -
Amazon 'Begins'
Amazon.com domain is registered November 1, 1994. Again, they're still here? However, there's a chance the website wasn't even owned by the current runners of the site. -
.PNG file format developed
On December 24, 1994 Unisys and CompuServe announced that they expected licensing fees for software that creates and displays GIF images. This caused a lot of hysteria among developers and website owners using GIF images because of potential future GIF taxes that lead to the development of the PNG format. -
Java, the key to games.
Java is introduced. -
Wiki? I use that for everything. Wiki was created.
The first Wiki is created. -
Hotmail is started.
Hotmail is started by Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia -
USB standard is made.
USB standard is released. -
The first E3 is held.
The first E3, a gaming event, is held in Las Vegas Nevada. -
Ebay is launched.
The domain ebay.com comes online August 4, 1995 -
Internet Explorer is made
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 1.0 on August 16, 1995 -
First Completely CGI Movie
Toy Story is released November 22, 1995 becoming the first movie that is completely computer generated. -
Black Thursday
The CDA amendment to the U.S. 1996 Telecommunications Act that went into effect on February 8, 1996. The law was intended to protect children from obscenity on the Internet, but many Internet users argued that its language was too vague and it violated the rights of free speech. Protesters against the law turned their web pages black and displayed blue ribbon icons downloaded from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. February 8, 1996 is more commonly known as "black Thursday." -
Myspace is started
The domain myspace.com comes online February 22, 1996 -
The Fisrt Wheel Mouse
Microsoft introduces the IntelliMouse also known as a wheel mouse. -
Google lives!
Google is first developed by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. -
Sony's first PC
Sony enters the PC market with the release of VAIO. -
Facebook goes online
The domain facebook.com comes online March 28, 1997 -
First Viral Video
The dancing baby becomes one of the Internets first fads. The dancingbaby is a short 3D animation of a small baby wearing diapers dancing. It was first created by Michael Girard and later tweaked by Ron Lussier at LucasArts who released it on a CompuServe forum as chacha.avi. -
Microsoft Office Starts
Microsoft releases Microsoft Office 97 -
Bill gates become richest man
Bill Gates is now the worlds richest businessman. -
First DVD's go on sale
Digital Video Discs aka Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs) first go on sale -
Microsoft bails out Apple
Microsoft saves Apple with a $150 million investment August 6, 1997 -
Netflix is online
The domain netflix.com comes online November 10, 1997 -
Sony makes the memory stick
Sony introduces the Sony Memory Stick. -
Chernobyl Virus /Begins
The CIH virus also known as Chernobyl virus is created and begins infecting computers and starts executing one year later on April 26, 1999 the same day as the Chernobyl accident in Ukraine on April 26, 1986 -
First iMac
Apple introduces the iMac, the iMac helps bring Apple back on the computer maps as a very easy and friendly computer -
TiVo is sold
The TiVo is introduced at the Consumer electronics show in January 1999. -
Twitter is made
The domain twitter.com comes online January 21, 2000 -
First Presedential Webcast
On June 24, 2000 U.S. President Bill Clinton makes the first ever Presidential webcast among the announcements President Bill Clinton announces a new web site that will be able to search all government resources -
Google Image search is started
Google Image Search is introduced offering access to 250 million images in July. -
WIndows XP is released
Microsoft Windows XP home and professional editions are released October 25, 2001.