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Professor at Iowa State University attempts to build first computer without gears, cams, belts, or shafts.
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Atanasoff's vision is completed and is comsidered the grandfather of digital computers.
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Newely formed Intel unveils the Intel 1103, the first Dynamic Access Memory Chip (DRAM)
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IBM engineers invented the floppy disk allowing information to be shared among computers.
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Scelbi & Mark-* Altair, IBM 5100, RadioShack's TRS-80
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create Apple computers, first single-circuit board
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Jobs and Wozniak incorporate Apple and show Apple II. Offers color graphics and incorporates an audio cassete drive for storage.
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MicroPro International releases WordStar
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First IBM personal computer. Microsoft MS-DOS operating system, Intel chip, two floppy disks and an option color monitor.
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First personal computer with GUI with features of a drop down menu and icons. WIll evolve into Macintosh.
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Formal beginning of Internet history
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Microsoft's response to Apple's GUI
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Advances the use of graphics and music on PC's
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In attempts to allow growth in technology, both companies sign an agreement to work together to advance technology to benefit both companies. Microsoft invests $150 million to strengthen Apple's validity funding.
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Becomes part of the computing language users begin to connect to the Internet without wires
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Apple unveils the new operatng system, which provides protected memory architecture and multitasking.
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Firefox and Mozilla's rival for Microsoft's Internet Explorer, creating feud between companies for internt customers.
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Apple introduces the first intel-based, dual-core mobile computer
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The adaptation of bringing together phone and computer into a single divice has been completed.
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Microsoft offer the ability to pin applications to the taskbar and advances in touch and handwriting recognition, among other features.
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Apple changes the way consumers view media and jump-starting the dormant tablet computer segment.
