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ENIAC
ENIAC becomes operational -
First Compiler
Grace Hopper develops the first compiler -
First Mouse
Engelbart and Bill English invent the mouse -
ARPANET
First ARPANET nodes are installed -
Email
Ray Tomlinson invents email -
Windows
Microsoft announces Windows, an early graphical OS -
Linux Kernel
Linus Torvalds releases the first version of the Linux kernel -
Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launch Wikipedia -
Roomba
The Roomba is introduced - it used an AI-like algorithm -
Mars Rovers
Opportunity and Spirit Mars Rovers land on Mars -
The Cloud
Centralized computer systems return -
MacBook Air
The first mass-market computer to use a solid-state primary storage -
IBM Watson Wins Jeapordy
IBM's "Watson" AI wins Jeapordy -
Raspberry PI
The Raspberry Pi, an inexpensive, ARM-based single-board computer, is released -
HTML 5
HTML version 5 is announced -
Sources
Book: "The Innovators" by Walter Isaacson
Website: http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/2000/