Events in computer history

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  • First computer mouse is patented

    First computer mouse is patented
    Inventor, Douglas Engelbart, patents the first computer mouse.

  • Shakey the robot becomes the world's first electronic person

    Shakey the robot becomes the world's first electronic person
    Invented by the SRI, the robot can use a TV camera, laser range finder and bump sensors to collect data and could move at a speed of 2 meters per hour.

  • First person to die from video games

    First person to die from video games
    Jeff Dailey (19-year old) becomes the first person to die from video games. Dies from a heart attack after receiving a score of 16,660 on Berzerk.

  • Microsoft works is invented

    Microsoft works is invented
    Microsoft Works was an office program that had a word processor, spreadsheet, database and other office applications.

  • Photoshop is introduced

    Photoshop is introduced
    Created by brothers John and Thomas Knoll, the program was intended as a tool for manipulating images that were digitized by a scanner, which was a device that was hard to get in those days

  • First web server is set up

    First web server is set up
    Tim Berners- Lee successfully sets up the first web server at info.cern.ch

  • First SMS text message sent

    First SMS text message sent
    Neil Papworth uses his personal computer to send the first SMS text message to the phone of Richard Javis

  • Yahoo! was founded

    Yahoo! was founded
    It's founders were Jerry Yang and David Filo. Yahoo! was Jerry's guide to the world wide web originally.

  • Apple opens the ITunes store

    Apple opens the ITunes store
    Artists slowly start recording songs to be sold for profit on ITunes.

  • Apple introduces the iPhone

    Apple introduces the iPhone
    They introduce the iPhone to the public at the Macworld Conference & Expo

  • Apple introduces it's first ipad

    Apple introduces it's first ipad
    The iPad has capabilities such as a hi-definition camera, access to the iTunes store, and improved audio/video.

  • The first all-robotic surgery

    The first all-robotic surgery
    The surgery was performed at Montreal Hospital. DaVinci is a surgical robot that can be controlled by surgeons from remote locations, and McSleepy is an anesthesia robot.