Computer History Timeline

  • Microsoft

    Microsoft
    First released to computer manufacturers on August 24, 2001,
    It is the most popular version of Windows, based on installed user base.
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    Best Inventions

  • Skype

    Skype
    Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chats over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system. Skype has also become popular for its additional features which include instant messaging, file transfer, and videoconferencing.
  • Blu Ray Disc

    Blu Ray Disc
    Blu-ray Disc (official abbreviation BD) is an optical disc storage medium designed to succeed the DVD format. The disc diameter is 120 mm and disc thickness 1.2 mm plastic optical disc, the same size as DVDs and CDs.
  • PlayStation 3 (PS3)

    PlayStation 3 (PS3)
    The PlayStation is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation
  • Xbox 360

    Xbox 360
    The Xbox 360 is the second video game console produced by Microsoft and the successor to the Xbox. The Xbox 360 competes with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. As of March 31, 2011, there are over 53.6 million Xbox 360 consoles worldwide.
  • Mac Book Air

    Mac Book Air
  • USB Memory Stick

    USB Memory Stick
    A USB flash drive is a data storage device that consists of flash memory with an integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than a floppy disk. Most weigh less than 30 g (1 oz).As of September 2011 drives of 256 gigabytes are available nd storage capacities as large as 2 terabytes are planned, with steady improvements in size and price per capacity expected.
  • iPAD

    iPAD
    The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. Its size and weight fall between those of contemporary smartphones and laptop computers.
  • iPHONE

    iPHONE
    The iPhone 4 is a touchscreen smartphone developed by Apple Inc. It is the fourth generation iPhone, and successor to the iPhone 3GS. It is particularly marketed for video calling (marketed by Apple as FaceTime), consumption of media such as books and periodicals, movies, music, and games, and for general web and e-mail access.
  • Wii

    Wii
    The Nintendo Style Guide refers to the console as "simply Wii, not Nintendo Wii", making it the first home console Nintendo has marketed outside of Japan without the company name featured in its trademark.