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  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Jul 8, 1440

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg completes his development of the Gutenberg press, the first printing press.
  • Johannes Gutenberg
    Sep 5, 1492

    Johannes Gutenberg

    Johannes Gutenberg completes his development of the Gutenberg press, the first printing press.
  • Peter Henlein,
    Aug 6, 1505

    Peter Henlein,

    Peter Henlein a craftsman from Nuremberg Germany, creates the first watch.
  • John Napier

    John Napier

    John Napier introduced a system called "Napiers Bones," made from horn, bone or ivory the device allowed the capability of multiplying by adding numbers and dividing by subtracting.
  • The circular slide rule is invented by William Oughtred.

    The circular slide rule is invented by William Oughtred.

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    The first known workable mechanical calculating machine is invented by Germanys Wilhelm Schickard.
  • Germanys Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz creates a machine that can add, subtract, multiply and divide automatically.

    Germanys Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz creates a machine that can add, subtract, multiply and divide automatically.

  • An early form of punch cards begin to be used in textile looms.

    An early form of punch cards begin to be used in textile looms.

  • Siemens is founded

  • American Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity

    American Benjamin Franklin discovers electricity

  • Frances Joseph-Marie Jacquard completes his fully automated loom that is programmed by punched cards

    Frances Joseph-Marie Jacquard completes his fully automated loom that is programmed by punched cards

  • Intel introduces the Intel 486SX chip in April in efforts to help bring a lower-cost processor to the PC market selling for $258.00.

  • Cell phone Lithium batteries begin being recalled in Japan after phone explodes and burns mans face while talking on the phone.

  • The first radio message is sent across the Atlantic Ocean in Morse code.

  • Tim Berners-Lee introduces WWW to the public on

  • Following its decision not to develop operating systems cooperatively with IBM, Microsoft changes the name of OS/2 to Windows NT.

  • The computer Monkey Virus is first discovered in Edmonton, Canada.

  • Cell phone Lithium batteries begin being recalled in Japan after phone explodes and burns mans face while talking on the phone.

  • SF opens the Internet to commercial use

  • 3M is founded.

  • The IEC is founded in London England.

  • G. N. Lewis begins work on the lithium battery.

    G. N. Lewis begins work on the lithium battery.

  • First radio broadcasting begins in United States, Pittsburgh, PA.

    First radio broadcasting begins in United States, Pittsburgh, PA.

  • MPAA is established.

    MPAA is established.

  • Patent is filed for the Harvard Mark I digital computer

  • The first electronic computer is created in Japan by Hideo Yamachito.

    The first electronic computer is created in Japan by Hideo Yamachito.

  • panasoni

    Panasonic is founded.

  • id Software is founded

  • BSDi is founded.

  • ansi

    ATA-3 is approved by ANSI.

  • google

    8 Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page September 7, 1998.

  • nvidia

    NVIDIA introduces the GPU.

  • bill clinton

    U.S. President Bill Clinton makes the first ever Presidential webcast among the announcements President Bill Clinton announces a new web site that will be able to search all government resources.

  • pc

    • PC shipments worst since 1986, as only Dell grows.

  • Microsoft

    Microsoft releases DirectX 9, December 19, 2002.

  • myspace

    MySpace is founded.

  • Apple

    Apple introduces Mac OS X 10.4 code named Tiger at the WWDC

  • ebay

    eBay acquired Skype for approximately $2.6billion.

  • SKype

    Skype announced that it had over 100 million registered users.

  • CORE2

    Intel releases the Core2 Duo Processor E4600 (2M Cache, 2.40 GHz, 800 MHz FSB)

  • CORE

    Intel releases the the Core 2 Duo E7200 (3M Cache, 2.53 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB)

  • GOOGLE

    Google announces plans to acquire reCAPATCHA

  • ipad

    Apple introduces the iPad

  • AMD introduces the AM386 microprocessor family