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