Digital Revolution By Internet Explorer 9 Jul 12, 1950 Konrad Zue completes and sells the Z4 becoming the first commercial computer Aug 24, 1956 Dr. Robert Adler invents the first cordless remote control Aug 24, 1960 2000 computers in use in the U.S. Feb 27, 1962 Steve Russel creates "Space War!", the first game intended for computers Sep 13, 1971 The first laser printer is developed at Xerox PARC Oct 5, 1971 The first 8" floppy diskette drive is introduced Jan 3, 1980 Hewlett Packard introduces the HP-85 Jul 27, 1980 The first tandy color computer is introduced Apr 1, 1990 Microsoft exceeds $1 billion in sales and becomes the first company to do so Nov 26, 1992 Microsoft introduces Windows 3.1 Sep 30, 2000 51% of households own copmuter Dec 12, 2005 Population of the internet reached 1 billion Jan 24, 2010 Apple introduces the iPhone 4 Aug 27, 2012 Newscorp sells MySpace to Specific Media L.L.C for 35 million dollars
