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Xerox Star introduced
On April 27, 1981, Xerox introduced the Star workstation. The graphical user interface of the computer greatly influenced future Apple computers including the Lisa and Macintosh, and inspired many features of Microsoft Windows. -
Flash memory is made
Fujio Masuoka invented flash memory (the of memory storage system used in USB's) and it was first released by Toshiba in 1984. -
PS/2 personal computer is released
IBM introduced the PS/2 personal computer with improved graphics, a 3.5-inch diskette drive, proprietary bus to help prevent clones, and a bidirectional 8-bit port. -
Mosaic browser is released
The NCSA released the Mosaic browser, the first widely used graphical World Wide Web browser. -
The USB is invented
The first commercial USB cable and port were released in January 1996.