Computer History Timeline Assignment By mwitkows Period: Sep 11, 1995 to Oct 7, 2015 September 1995-October 2015 Sep 30, 1995 DirectX 1.0 released by Microsoft Improved multimedia experience. Software writes directions directly to audio and video hardware. Jul 22, 1996 IntelliMouse introduced by Microsoft Popularized the mouse wheel into the mouse. Jan 26, 2000 XHTML released eXtensible HyperText Markup Language, a combination of XML and HTML Jan 9, 2001 iTunes released on Macs by Apple Nov 9, 2004 Firefox 1.0 released Nov 19, 2006 Nintendo releases the Wii game console Oct 22, 2009 Windows 7 launched by Microsoft Nov 4, 2010 The Kinect for Xbox 360 released by Microsoft Jun 15, 2011 Chromebook begin shipping Jul 29, 2015 Windows 10 released