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Hewlett-Packard is found by David Packard and Bill Hewlett. Their first product was the HP 200A Audio Oscillator.
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The Complex number calculators (CNC) is finally completed.
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The first binary computer created by Konrad Zuse.
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MIT researchers built the TX-0, the first general-purpose, programmable computer built with transistors.
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A really famous game created by Ralph Baer called Ping Pong.
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David Silver at MIT designed the Silver Arm, a robotic arm to do small-parts assembly using feedback from delicate touch and pressure sensors.
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Pixar is founded. Pixar was originally called the Special Effects Computer Group at Lucasfilm (launched in 1979)
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The first film with computer-generated special effects.
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The Mosaic web browser is released. Mosaic was the first commercial software that allowed graphical access to content on the internet.
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Yahoo is founded by two graduated Stanford students Jerry Yang and David Filo.