THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS BY JAN OBOLEWICZ By jan obolewcz Period: 1640 to 2010 THE HISTORY OF COMPUTERS BY JAN OBOLEWICZ 1645 PLAISE PASCAL CREATES THE FIRST CALCULATOR 1674 Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz MAKES THE STEPPED RECKONER 1804 Joseph-Marie Jacquard MAKES PUNCHING CARDS TO CONTROL HIS WEAVING MACHINES 1959 JACK KILBY CREATED THE FIRST INTEGRATED CURCUIT 1976 THE `APPLE 1` IS CREATED IT IS ONE OF THE VERY FIRST HOME COMPUTERS 1984 APPLE CREATES THE FIRST MACINTOSH COMPUTER 1990 MICROSOFT MAKES WINDOWS 3.0 1992 MICROSOFT MAKES WINDOWS 3.1 1996 BACKRUB WAS CREATED AND LAUNCHED ON STAMFORD UNIVERSITIES SERVERS 1997 BACKRUB`S NAME CHANGED TO GOOGLE 2000 BILL GATES BECOMES LEADER OF MICROSOFT AND MAKES WINDOWS 2000 2001 WIKIPEDIA WAS FOUND 2001 MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP IS MADE I HAVE ONE OF THOSE 2005 GOOGLE PURCHASES ANDROID 2005 YOUTUBE WAS FOUND AND APPEARS ONLINE 2006 GOOGLE BUYS YOUTUBE 2006 NINTEDO RELEASES THE WII 2007 APPLE INTRODUCES THE IPHONE 2007 MICROSOFT MAKES WINDOWS VISTA AND OFFICE 2007 2010 APPLE INTRODUCES THE IPAD