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The IBM Hard Disk Drive was created in 1990 and was nick named the sawmill. It was the first storage device to use magneto resistive heads and could store 1.5 GB. A modern flash drive usually holds at least 16 GB. -
Microsoft developed Windows 3.0 in 1990. This was the first program with clickable icons for the different applications. This appears to be the blue print for how we interact with applications on our smart phones. -
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The first website was launched in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee. The website contained instructions on how to use the world wide web. It was the first of now over 1.9 billion web sites. -
Created in 1992 the Palm Pilot was a handheld computer resembling a modern day smartphone. It was the first computer to combine functions of a traditional computer into a mobile device. -
The iMac was created by Apple in 1998 and was an iconic personal computer. The iMac has been a major influence on modern computer culture.