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World Wide Web
A British scientist, Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web (WWW). It was originally developed so that scientists could share information around the world. -
PowerBook
The PowerBook 100 was one of the first successful laptops Apple released on October 21, 1991. PowerBooks features a built-in trackball, internal floppy drive, and palm rests. -
Newton
Apple enters the handheld computer market with the "Personal Data Assistant" called the Newton. The Newton had features that would define handheld computers in the following decades. -
Digital Video Disk
The DVD format is introduced which holds a huge capacity increase over the common compact disk (CD). They were quickly adopted by the film industry for the release of movies as it has better audio and video quality than VHS. -
Copyright Act
The arrival of the internet led to an increase in copying and sharing of digital content like music, video, and software which quite often violated copyright law. To help control this, the US Congress passes the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to better enforce the punishment for violating copyright on the internet.