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ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), the first general-purpose electronic digital calculator begins to be constructed. This computer by most is considered to be the first electronic computer.
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The EDSAC performs its first calculation on May 6, 1949
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IBM produces and markets the IBM 650. More than 1,800 of these computers are sold in an eight-year span, with 120 installations in the first year.
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Steve Jobs is born February 24, 1955.
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Michael Dell is born February 23, 1965.
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Microsoft officially drops the hyphen in Micro-soft and trademarks the Microsoft name November 26, 1976.
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IBM hires Paul Allen and Bill Gates to create an operating system for a new PC. The pair buy the rights to a simple operating system manufactured by Seattle Computer Products and use it as a template. IBM allows the two to keep the marketing rights to the operating system, called DOS.
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Mark Zuckerberg is born May 14, 1984.
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More than 30 million computers are in use in the United States.
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Computers continue to work and the world doesn't come to an end on January 1, 2000 as some feared might happen because of the year 2000 bug.
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Microsoft Windows 2000 was released February 17, 2000.
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Google announces it has indexed over one billion pages making it the Internet's largest search engine.
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Microsoft announces on January 1, 2001 Windows 95 is now a legacy item and will no longer be sold or shipped to any more customers.
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Microsoft announces April 11, 2001 that it will no longer include Clippy with future releases of Microsoft Office.
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Apple introduces the iPod and it goes on sell October 23, 2001.
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Apple opens the iTunes store April 28, 2003.
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Apple introduces the iPhone to the public at the January 9, 2007 Macworld Conference & Expo.
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Microsoft releases Microsoft Windows Vista and Office 2007 to the general public January 30, 2007.
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The first Barnes & Noble Nook is released November 30, 2009.
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Steve Jobs passes away at the age of 56 on October 5, 2011.
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Microsoft announces plans on May 10, 2011 to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in cash.
