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TiVo introduced.
Changed the way people could view T.V as the first digital recorder. Coud record, pause, and rewind. -
Wiki was introduced.
Established a concept of a platform where people together could create and edit content in a simple accessible manner. -
Development of First USB hard drive.
Created a portable storage device which were a smaller and more convenient substitute for floppy disks and CD ROMS. (I could not find an exact day and it required one.) -
Kyocera released the visual phone VP-210
Gave the ability to capture and share images straight from a phone for the first time ever. Was also the first color video phone -
VMWARE released VMWARE workstation
The first thriving virtualization program allows users to run multiple operating systems on a single machine at the same time. -
Hush Corp. released Hushmail.
Email service with a focus on privacy and encryption. Mail could only be seen by the intended recipient.