1998 Computer History

By sneakerhead98

  • Compaq Computer purchases Digital Equipment Corporation for $9.6 billion

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    1998 Computer History

  • Mozilla is initially formed

  • Development for the Apple Newton OS and the Newton platform officially ends

  • The CIH virus also known as Chernobyl virus is created and begins infecting computers

  • Adobe Photoshop 5.0 is released

  • Perl 5.005 is released

  • Microsoft Windows 98 is officially released

  • Apple introduces the iMac

  • Google files for incorporation in California

  • Microsoft announced that future releases of Windows NT would no longer have the initials of NT and that the next edition would be Windows 2000

  • AOL announces it will acquire Netscape Communications for an estimated value of $4.2 billion