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George Stibitz developes the Complex Number Calculator, which, became a foundation for digital computers
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The term computer "bug" was firtly used by Grace Hopper.
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The first electric computer was invented in Japan by Hideo Yamachito.
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The first integraded circuit, or, silicon chip is produced by the U.S. Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce.
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Steve Russell and MIT created the first computer game: Spacewar!
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Douglas Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse (it was nicknamed the mouse because the tail came from the end of it).
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E-mail was invented by Ray Tomlinson.
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Apple Computers were founded by Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs.
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Domain Name System were pioneered by Jon Postel, Paul Mockapetris and Craig Partridge. Seven 'top-level' domain names are initially introduced: edu, com, gov, mil, net, org and int.
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Hotmail is started by Jack Smith and Sabeer Bhatia.
