Advancements of Technology throughout the 90's

By jsheedy2

  • The World Wide Web

    The World Wide Web
    The World Wide Web was created in a physics laboratory in Switzerland called CERN. Though not officially supported during its development, after a successful demonstration it soon left the labs of CERN and slowly spread out through the world, connecting us all.

  • Microsoft 3.0 Launches

    Microsoft 3.0 Launches
    The breakout Microsoft Windows edition that finally created an OS to rival that of Mac OS. Microsoft Windows 3.0 went on to sell over 10 millions units.

  • First Commercial Solid State Drive

    First Commercial Solid State Drive
    SunDisk (Now known as SanDisk) created the first commercially available solid state drive for the low price of $1000! With such a price you would get a huge 20 MB of storage.

  • Digital Video Discs

    Digital Video Discs
    In 1995 DVDs were introduced to the market and took off as they were superior in every way to VHS tapes and compact discs. Due to the previous format wars between Betamax and VHS, to avoid the pitfalls of their predecessors, IBM worked with competitors to create a standardized DVD format.

  • Google!

    Google!
    Google! (Initially released with the exclamation point) is a search engine released in 1998 in direct competition with Ask Jeeves! Google slowly grew overtime to become the tech juggernaut that it is today. The world google is now synonymous with "search it up online".