Technology Timeline

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/10/1990	Microsoft released Windows amid	Microsoft released Windows amid a $10 million publicity blitz. In addition to making sure consumers knew about the product, Microsoft lined up a number of other applications ahead of time that ran under Windows 3.0, including versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. As a result, PCs moved toward the user-friendly concepts of the Macintosh, making IBM and IBM-compatible computers more popular.
05/19/1990	NewTrek Video Toaster	The NewTek Video Toaster is a combination of hardware and software for the editing and production of standard-definition NTSC and PAL video on personal computers. It comprises various tools for video switching, chroma keying, character generation, animation, and image manipulation. It was the Emmy Award winning product that led to the desktop video revolution
07/07/1990	World Wide Web	The World Wide Web was born when Tim Berners-Lee, a researcher at CERN, the high-energy physics laboratory in Geneva, developed HyperText Markup Language. HTML, as it is commonly known, allowed the Internet to expand into the World Wide Web, using specifications he developed such as URL (Uniform Resource Locator) and HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol). A browser, such as Netscape or Microsoft Internet Explorer, follows links and sends a query to a server, allowing a user to view a site.
07/16/1990	First commercial Internet dial-up access provider comes online	The World, the first commercial Internet dial-up access provider comes online. Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access via telephone lines.
08/15/1990	Peter Norton	In August 1990 Symantec acquired Peter Norton Computing from Peter Norton. Norton and his company developed various utilities, or applications for DOS. Symantec continued the development of acquired technologies.
11/25/1990	Windows 3.0	Windows 3.0 is the third major release of Microsoft Windows, and was released on 22 May 1990. It became the first widely successful version of Windows and a powerful rival to Apple Macintosh and the Commodore Amiga on the GUI front.
02/16/1991	Digital Answering Machine	Digital answering machines offered the availability of storing voice messages without the need for tapes. These machines could play back any message from the system, and allowed people across the Earth to avoid actually talking to each other.
04/03/1991	Web servers combine HTML and HTTP	The first web server, seen in the picture, was invented by the same man who created the first web browser. Both were done under the work of CERN. It was used first by nuclear researchers in Europe to trade data.
05/19/1991	The CD-R is released	The CD-R, released by Phillips and Sony, is an optical disk format. CD-R media can only be written on once. The disks generally hold around 650 MB of data. They have a general expected lifespan of 120 years, although some disks using silver instead of gold for their recording layers can decay when they are oxidized.
08/27/1991	The Programming Language Java is released to the public	Java, based upon the C language, soon becomes prevalent amongst online sites wanting to include multimedia files and simple games. Java is used because it runs within the Java VM, allowing programs for Java to be run on any operating system and platform.
09/19/1991	Linus Torvalds release Linux Kernel version .01	Linus Torvalds, a Finnish man, starts work on a free kernel, fed up with the lack of a free 32 bit kernel for personal use. The project starts as a terminal emulator, and quickly grows. He wrote commands at the hardware level so that he could use it on various computers. He later realized that he had created an Operating System. The kernel was named Linux after him, although he did not want it to be. He preferred the name Freax.
01/30/1992	Microsoft released Windows amid	Microsoft released Windows amid a $10 million publicity blitz. In addition to making sure consumers knew about the product, Microsoft lined up a number of other applications ahead of time that ran under Windows 3.0, including versions of Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel. As a result, PCs moved toward the user-friendly concepts of the Macintosh, making IBM and IBM-compatible computers more popular.
02/27/1992	Microsoft acquires Fox Software	Microsoft acquires Fox Software in June, maker of FoxPro.
04/07/1992	Computer Virus	1300 viruses are in existence, an increase of 420% from December of 1990. The Dark Avenger Mutation Engine (DAME) is created. It is a toolkit that turns ordinary viruses into polymorphic viruses. The Virus Creation Laboratory (VCL) is also made available. It is the first actual virus creation kit.
05/20/1992	Radio Shack releases the M2500 XL/2 and M4020 SX personal computers	Radio Shack releases the M2500 XL/2 and M4020 SX personal computers, which are the first personal based upon the MPC specification.
06/28/1992	Windows 3.1x	A series of operating systems produced by Microsoft for use on personal computers. The series began with Windows 3.1, which was vended first during March 1992 as a successor to Windows 3.0.
10/02/1992	Disneyland Park	Disneyland Park (Parc Disneyland in French) is a theme park which is a part of Disneyland Resort Paris. Operated by Euro Disney S.C.A., it is one of two theme parks in the complex just outside of Paris, in Marne-la-Vallée, France. it is the largest Disney park based on the original in California. The park opened as Euro Disneyland on 12 April 1992.
12/12/1992	The Dark Avenger Mutation Engine (DAME) is created	It is a toolkit that turns ordinary viruses into polymorphic viruses. The Virus Creation Laboratory (VCL) is also made available. It is the first actual virus creation kit.
03/22/1993	The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips.
05/19/1993	id software released
07/13/1993	Mosaic first commercial software	Mosaic first commercial software that allows graphical access on the internet.
07/18/1993	The World Wide Web is born at CERN.
07/21/1993	1993 Intel develops PPGA
07/27/1993	Microsoft begins manufacturing windows NT operating Systems.
10/22/1993	Doom is released	popular computer game
01/20/1994	YAHOO IS FOUNDED
05/20/1994	MIRCOSOFT WINDOWS NT 3.5 is released
05/20/1994	omega zip disk	allowed 100 mb 3 1/2 in floppy
05/23/1994	Good time email hoax	tears through the computer community
06/19/1994	RED HAT LINUX is founded
08/20/1994	inter crporation ships the first pentiun chips
05/20/1995	wor concept	bcomes one of the most prevalent viruses
05/20/1995	first E3	held in Las Vegas, Nevada
05/23/1995	sun launches Java
06/20/1995	ierce Omidgar launches eBay auction website
07/05/1995	first clone sheep	names Dolly lives inScotland
08/19/1995	DVD comes out from Japan
01/22/1996	Google began
02/15/1996	China lift and crashed rocket
02/16/1996	Computer known as Deep Blue beats world champion Garry Kasparov at Chess
05/20/1996	Baza, Laroux Ca macro virus
08/13/1996	Microsoft IE3 released
09/18/1996	Web TV introduced
02/20/1997	WI-FI: Term First used in 1997 to indicate wireless LAN connections.
05/04/1997	IEEE: releases 802.11 which becomes the WIFI standard.
05/18/1997	Microsoft office 97: huge office program that made life in the office easier.
05/31/1997	Microsoft: Buys a $150 million share of Apple
06/19/1997	TRUSTe: organization best know for their Web Privacy Seal.
08/23/1997	IBM’s Deep thought: A chess playing computer that defeated Gary Kasparov.
01/14/1998	Sky Digital: A British broadcasting Satellite broadcasting television and radio service.
04/15/1998	Kevin Warwick: First person to have a microchip implanted into his body ,hand.
05/20/1998	Paypal: a Internet site that allows money transfer and bill pays online.
05/20/1998	Amazon.com: becomes the World’s largest Book retailer Online
08/03/1998	Emachines: company appears making computers // PCs quickly rising to the top.
08/21/1998	Theglobe.com: the first and most widely used IPO. IPO: company that issues common stock or shares to the public.
02/20/1999	The D Programming	The D Programming language research begins its development on new methods of creating computer graphics.
05/20/1999	Napster website	Shawn Fanning launched his Napster website that introduced new way of sharing music.
05/21/1999	Y2K	Panic erupts in America as people begin to believe that the year 2000 will mark the end of the world. This time of dread led to many predictions of how the advancement of technology would be our down fall.
05/22/1999	Amazon buys Accept.com and Exchange.com	Amazon buys Accept.com and Exchange.com along with another company to expand their influence.
07/20/1999	AOL buys off Null Soft	AOL buys off Null Soft which developed several different graphic user interface programs.
08/20/1999	I. iBook, the first semi portable computer was released by apple.
01/20/2003	toy robot Max robat cat	made by omron lucky
02/16/2003	LinkedIn.com is created making Social Networking Mainstream
04/20/2003	Apple introduces power Mac G5
05/20/2003	Myspace is founded
05/23/2003	Toyota's Hybrid Car
07/20/2003	Mircosoft Windows XP Media Center Edition is released
01/03/2004	NASA rovers make landfall on Mars
01/20/2004	computer worm spreads through email and files
02/17/2004	Google announces Gmail
05/20/2004	face book was founded
11/12/2004	Electronic voting
02/15/2005	Youtube comes online
03/21/2005	yahoo gets Flickr
03/24/2005	sony releases PSP
04/15/2005	Adobe purchase macomedia
04/24/2005	Windows XP professional x64 edition Release
11/22/2005	microsoft releases Xbox 360
01/20/2006	Mircosoft releases explorer version 7
01/20/2006	Blu-ray is introduced
05/20/2006	Disney acquires Pixar for $7.4 billion
09/15/2006	FireFox 2.0 Beta comes out
11/14/2006	microsoft releases it's portable zune media player