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Working at Hughes Research Laboratories, physicist Theodore H. Maiman creates the first laser.
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Invented by Douglas Engelbart
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IBM created the OS/360, the first mass-produced computer operating system. Using the OS/360, all computers in the IBM 360 family could run any software program.
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Invented by John Shepherd-Barron
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Corning Glass created a glass fiber so clear that it could communicate pulses of light. GTE and AT&T began experiments to transmit sound and image data using fiber optics, which transforms the communications industry.
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Invented by Ray Tomlinson
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Invented by Xerox PARC
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Invented by Bob Metcalfe and David Boggs
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This brings laser technology into stores, making purchases much faster.
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Bill Gates and Paul Allen form a partnership known as Microsoft to write computer software.
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Transforms the way people communicate, shop, and do business. Invented by Tim Berners-Lee
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Brings Smartphones to a new level.
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Not only changes the way people interact, but it changes the way some businesses market and even sell their product.
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