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HP company is created.
HP was created in a one car garage, 4 years after Packard and Hewlett become friends. The first product they created was a device that tested sounds.Source -
ENIAC the first programmable computer.
The first fully programmable digital electronic computer was the ENIAC which was completed in 1946. The use to which the Colossus computers were put was of the highest secrecy, and the Colossus itself was highly secret.Source -
CRT displays are created
The first cathode-ray tubes first appeared in computers as a form of memory, not as displays.It wasn't long before someone realized that they could use even more CRTs to show the contents of that CRT-based memorySource -
First computer mouse was created.
Douglas C. Engelbart publicly unveils the first mouse, two decades before it would ship with the first Macintosh. It used wheels to plot the x and y coordinates on the screen display. Source -
ARPANET: First network invented.
ARPANET was created during the Cold War and was the first network that used the TCPIP protocol. It was a packet switching network and developed to the internet in 1982. Source -
The first computer monitor
The first screen was developed using CRT, the use of CRT had been limited then they realized that it could be used for greater purposes. After this realization it didn't take very long to accomplish the first monitor.Source -
Commodore VIC-20 is a computer made 20 years later.
Commodore releases the VIC-20 home computer as the successor to the Commodore PET personal computer. The VIC-20 was highly successful, becoming the first computer to sell more than a million units. Source -
Bluetooth was Invented
Bluetooth is a wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances. Invented by telecom vendor Ericsson in 1994, It can connect several devices, without a physical connection between the bluetooth device and the device it is paired with. Sourrccee -
BeBox is released.
Be, founded by former Apple executive Jean Louis Gassée and a number of former Apple, NeXT and SUN employees, releases their only product – the BeBox. Be stopped producing hardware in 1997 after less than 2,000 machines were produced. Source -
Wireless networking created
Wireless networking is a method by which homes, telecommunications networks and enterprise (business) installations avoid the costly process of introducing cables into a building, or as a connection between various equipment locations. The first wireless network was created in 1997 although it was a very small and basic connection that had only two megabits per second.Source -
Sony releases the Playstation 2
The PlayStation 2 ( is a home video game console that was developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The PlayStation 2 is currently the best-selling video game console in history, selling over 155 million units, with 150 million confirmed by Sony in 2011. Website♥ -
Samsung SPH-I300
Samsung was building Palm-powered smartphones for Sprint five years before the iPhone hit the market. It can be seen to look kind of like the phones that are today just less evolved. Sourceee -
MacBook was created
MacBook was aimed at consumer and education markets. It was a huge step up from what computers used to be and it added a easy to access display. Source -
Microsoft releases the Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. The Xbox 360 competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles.Source
