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IBM intorduced the 8' floppy disk comercially read only.
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Important Events
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The first mobile phone call was made by Marty Cooper.
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The first comercial mobile phone the "DynaTAC 8000x".
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Microsoft was established by Bill Gates and Paul Allen.
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Kodak invented the digital camera.
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The first child conceived through in vitro fertilization baby was born.
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Atari becomes the first company to register copyright for 2 computer games "Asteroids and Lunar Landar"
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James Barnard develops a waste water treatment without the use of chemicals.
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MRI magnetic resonance imaging scanner was introduced.
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The first laptop invented by Adam Osborne
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The first human mother to mother embryo transfer completed
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First transatlantic fibre optic cable is installed using glass fibres.
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B2 Bomber developed that cannot e detected by a conventional radar.
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Environmentally friendly washers and dryers were released.
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World Wide Web becomes available to the public.
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VOIP voice over Internet Protocol software that allows one PC to talk to another over the internet
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Toy Story the first full length computer generated film is produced.
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First prototype of a robotic vacuum cleaner.
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The first camera phone was invented by Philippe Kahn.
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Apples IPOD is released that can hold 1000 songs and a 5GB hard drive.
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Itunes Music Store the online digital media store.
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Facebook was launched a social networking service.
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YouTube was created for video sharing over the internet.
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WII released by Nintendo for wireless cntrollers and detection of movement in three dimesions
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The iPhone was released.
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The IPAD is introduced
