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Microsoft Word
The first version of Microsoft Word is released. Microsoft Word is a letter writing program. -
Avast!
Avast! is released. Avast! is a free anti virus software. -
One of the first ISPs opens
The first commercial dialup ISP in the United States was opened in this year. The name of the ISP is "The World". -
Modern Internet
The modern internet is created in this year. -
Yahoo!
Yahoo! is founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo. Yahoo! is a multinational technology company. -
Newgrounds Inc.
The company is founded. They have a site on which you can dump your terrible rom hack on. -
Adobe Flash Player
It is released in this year. It is used to make up about 74.99% free games on the internet -
Google
Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Is a superior search engine. -
LimeWire
LimeWire is released. It was used to trade files. -
DeviantArt
DeviantArt is launched. DeviantArt is a site where people upload pictures they so the whole world can see them. -
Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger launched the site. Wikipedia is the library of the internet. -
Skype
Skype is released. Skype is a communication program. -
Steam
Steam is released. Steam is a digital distribution platform developed by Valve Corporation -
CCleaner
CCleaner is released. CCleaner is a program programmed to rid your computer of unwanted files. -
Mozilla Firefox
Firefox is released. Firefox is a free and open source web browser. -
Unity (game engine)
Unity is released. Unity is a cross platform game engine. -
µTorrent
µTorrent is released. It is a BitTorrent client. -
Tumblr
Tumblr is founded. Tumblr is a blogging website in which you can upload images or post words and search for things by tags. -
Bing
Bing is unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Bing is a web search engine. -
Google Chrome
A stable release is available to the public. Google Chrome is a web browser and the only one you would ever need. -
Twitch.tv
Twitch.tv is launched. Twitch.tv is a live streaming platform.