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C. 100 BC The Antikythera mechanism was constructed
1614
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1614
Logarithms Invented by John Napier
1622
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1622
Slide Rule invented by William Oughtred
1623
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1623
Wilhelm Schickard invented a calculating machine,
1623
Francis Bacon first uses Binary
1642
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1642
Pascal's calculator or the Pascaline constructed
1646
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1646
Sir Thomas Browne coined the phrase ‘computer’.
1666
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1666
Samuel Morland builds a mechanical calculator that will add and subtract
1703
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1703
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents the Binary System
1791
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24th December
Charles Babbage is Born
1815
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10th December
Ada, Lady Lovelace, is Born
1820
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1820
The Arithmometer was the first commercially successful mechanical calculator patented
1822
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1822
Charles Babbage takes first steps in the construction of machines that would compute numbers
1833
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5th June
Ada Lovelace Meets Charles Babbage
1837
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December 1837
Charles Babbage published a paper describing a mechanical computer that is now known as the Analytical Engine
1851
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1851
Arithmometer: first commercially successful mechanical calculator launched
1860
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29th February
Herman Hollerith was born 29th February 1860
1873
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1873
QWERTY keyboard invented
1874
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17th February
Thomas J. Watson Sr. is born
1878
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29th October
Willigot T. Odhner granted a patent for a calculating machine
1883
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1883
Scheutz invents the first printing calculator
1887
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1887
Introduction of the Comptometer by Felt & Tarrant Co
11st October
Dorr E. Felt was granted a patent for the Comptometer.
1888
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1888
Introduction of its adder-lister by William Seward Burroughs
21st January
Babbage's Analytical Engine Operates For The First Time
21st August
Burroughs Receives Patent for Calculating Machine
1889
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8th January
Herman Hollerith lodges patent for Punch Card technology
1890
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1890
Herman Hollerith designs tabulating machines for 1890 U.S. Census
11st March
Hypertext Pioneer Vannevar Bush Is Born
16th August
US Census Bureau announces results using Herman Hollerith's machine
1901
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10th September
Herman Hollerith patents Apperatus For Punching Record Cards
1906
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9th December
Computer Pioneer Grace Hopper is Born
1910
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1910
3 companies merge to become C-T-R
1914
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1914
Thomas J. Watson Sr. joins C-T-R
1918
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14th July
Core memory inventor Jay Forrester is born
1919
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9th April
ENIAC Designer Presper Eckert Is Born
1923
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8th November
Integrated Circuit Co-Inventor Jack Kilby is Born
1924
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14th February
C-T-R becomes IBM
1925
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1925
first patent for a transistor in Canada lodged
January 1925
Douglas Engelbart is Born
28th September
Supercomputer Pioneer Seymour Cray is Born
1928
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1928
Introduction of 80-columns card format
1929
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17th November
Herman Hollerith Died
1934
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1934
IBM 405 Alphabetical Accounting Machine introduced
1936
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1936
In 1936, at Cambridge Alan Turing invented the principle of the modern computer
11st April
Konrad Zuse Files For Patent
1937
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12nd November
Alan Turing Defines the Universal Machine
12nd November
ILLIAC IV Designer Slotnick is born
1938
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1938
Zuse Z1 built by Konrad Zuse
1939
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1st January
Hewlett Packard Founded
1941
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12nd May
Zuse Z3 machine completed
1942
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1942
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer is completed
1942
The Atanasoff–Berry Computer was first conceived
1943
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1943
The First Computing Journal
10th April
Work begins on ENIAC
December 1943
The first COLOSSUS code-cracking machine, became operational at Bletchley Park in December 1943.
1944
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1944
First Harvard Mark 1 shipped
January 1944
The first Colossus is operational at Bletchley Park.
1945
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1945
Grace Hopper recorded the first actual computer "bug"
8th February
Patent is Filed for the Harvard Mark I
9th September
Grace Hopper recorded the first actual computer "bug"
1946
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1946
ENIAC, short for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer was announced
4th February
ENIAC Unveiled
19th February
Alan Turing Proposal For 'ACE' Automatic Computing Engine
11st December
Frederick Williams Receives Patent for RAM device
1947
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1947
The Williams tube won the race for a practical random-access memory
1948
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1948
IBM´s Selective Sequence Electronic Calculator was built
21st June
The Manchester Baby, the world's first stored program computer, ran its first program
1949
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1949
EDSAC performed its first calculations
6th May
EDSAC ran its first programs
15th June
Jay Forrester Records "Core Memory" Idea
August 1949
EDVAC goes onlline
1950
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1950
Zuse sold first Z4 computer
1950
The first Elliott 152 computer appeared
1951
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1951
LEO I computer became operational
1951
UNIVAC-1 goes online
February 1951
Ferranti Mark 1 delivered to Manchester University
31st March
The first UNIVAC was delivered
1952
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1952
Heinz Nixdorf founded Nixdorf Computer
1952
Grace Hopper completes the A-0 Compiler
4th November
CBS News Uses UNIVAC Computer to Predict Election
1953
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1953
Jay Forrester installed magnetic core memory at MIT
2nd July
IBM announces the Model 650 computer
1954
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1954
Jack Tramiel starts Commodore
20th September
First FORTRAN Program Runs
1st October
IBM Announces Model 705 Computer
1955
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1955
English Electric Deuce Computers introduced
24th February
Apple Co-Founder Steve Jobs is Born
2nd October
ENIAC is retired
28th October
Bill Gates, cofounder of Microsoft Corporation, was born
1956
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1956
IBM brings out the Magnetic Disk Memory
28th February
Jay Forrester Receives Patent on "Core" Memory
March 1956
Pegasus, produced by Ferranti Ltd., went into service in March 1956
4th March
Wang Sells Core Memory Patent to IBM
4th July
First keyboard used to input data
13rd September
IBM introduces the IBM 350
1957
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1957
FORTRAN-1 is formally published
1957
Ferranti Mercury Introduced
1957
DEC is founded
May 1957
LEO II Installed
14th October
BCS - British Computer Society is Founded
16th October
CDC Introduces 1604 Computer
1958
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12nd September
Jack Kilby created the first integrated circuit
1959
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1959
The Xerox 914 is the first office copier for sale
1959
COBOL is introduced
1960
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1960
DEC released its first mini computer: PDP-1
1961
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1961
LEO III completed in 1961
1961
Computerized spreadsheets for use in business accounting developed
25th April
Robert Noyce Awarded Patent for "Integrated Circuit"
25th July
Clive Sinclair founds Sinclair Radionics
1st December
Minivac 601 Computer Launched
1962
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1962
"Music from Mathematics" LP was created using an IBM 7090 computer
1962
The first commercial Modem manufactured
7th December
The Machester Atlas was inaugurated on 7th December 1962
1963
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1963
Douglas Engelbart Invents the Mouse
1963
First edition of the ASCII standard was published.
1963
Theodore H (Ted) Nelson coins the word Hypertext
1964
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1964
Graphic tablet developed
1964
Introduction of CDC 6600
1964
BASIC language developed
7th April
IBM releases the System 360 range of commercial computers
1st May
First operation of BASIC
October 1964
First operation of Ferranti Atlas
December 1964
Introduction of DEC PDP-7 18-bits minicomputer
1965
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1965
Commodore Business Machines (CBM) is founded.
1965
DEC unveils the PDP-8,
1965
Introduction of Wang 300 electronic calculator
1965
Moore's Law coined
1966
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1966
The hand-held pocket calculator was invented at Texas Instruments in 1966
August 1966
Introduction of DEC PDP-9
1967
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1967
Barclays Bank in the UK claims to have installed the first cash dispenser
1967
Elliott Automation merged with English Electric
September 1967
Introduction of DEC PDP-10
1968
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1968
Introduction of HP-9100 desk calculator
1968
T J WEatson & IBM granted opatent for the DRAM
February 1968
IBM tests a 8in floppy disc
18th July
Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore found Intel Corporation
3rd December
CDC Introduces the 7600 Supercomputer
9th December
Douglas C. Engelbart publicly demonstrates the mouse
21st December
Integrated Circuits First Used in Apollo Moon shot
1969
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1969
Honeywell releases the H316 "Kitchen Computer",
1969
Intel announces a 1 kilobit RAM chip
1st May
AMD Advanced Micro Devices is founded
July 1969
First flight to Moon of Apollo XI with Raytheon Apollo Guidance Computer
16th October
DEC PDP-15 Introduced
29th October
ARPANET launch the world's first successful packet-switched wide area computer network
18th December
Plessey buys out Ferranti's numerical Control Interests
1970
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1970
UNIX is developed
12nd February
5200 computers installed in Britain
June 1970
Xerox opens the Palo Alto Research Center (PARC)
11st June
Computer terminals in homes predicted for 1980
16th July
DEC introduces the PDP-8/E
17th September
Open University to install ICL 32K 1902A computer
1st October
IBM 370/145 introduced
12nd November
Univac 1110 is introduced
1971
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1971
First email sent by Ray Tomlinson
27th May
Burroughs introduces L500 Visible Record Model
8th July
IBM's Thomas J Watson retires
8th July
Olivetti launches P602 "minicomputer"
9th September
Decsystem 10 introduced
7th October
Nixdorf merge with AEG-Telefunken
14th October
DEC launches Giant Mini PDP-11/45
15th November
Intel Launches the First Microprocessor - The 4004
15th November
Intel Introduces the World's First EPROM
25th November
DEC launches PDP-11/03
1972
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1972
Clive Sinclair introduces the first pocket calculator
1972
Foundation of Cray Research Inc by Seymour Cray
1972
Space Craft Pioneer 10 & 11 use Custom CPU in TTL
1972
First e-mail program developed
1972
C programming language developed
January 1972
Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP-35
13rd January
ASC developed by Texas Instruments
10th February
Burroughs launches L7000 range on UK market
9th March
£1.3m RAF order for Cossor Terminals
9th March
SITA Network
19th March
Atanasoff Official "Inventor" of Computer
April 1972
The Intel 8008 was introduced
27th April
Worlds first IBM 370/135 installed in Britain
29th June
ARPA Network - UK gets link to major US network
29th June
Flat screen terminal introduced by Burroughs
20th July
Sigma 6
27th July
Honeywel'sl 700 range comes to the UK
3rd August
First Infra -Red Data Link transmission in the UK
10th August
The Future of ICL as a British-controlled going concern
17th August
Development of standard OS to be halted
24th August
GE Time Sharing Service
5th October
NCR 399
12nd October
370/125 and OCR reader from IBM
26th October
Burroughs Launch L8000 Range of Computers
9th November
Fujitsu and Hitachi in joint deal
9th November
IBM's DOS/VS
23rd November
Terminal range boosted by Burroughs TC 3500
29th November
Atari Introduces Pong
7th December
UK launch for Burroughs L8000 range
14th December
Problems with IBM 370/155 and 370/165
1973
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1973
Xerox Alto personal computer was developed at Xerox PARC
1973
IMSAI is founded. In 1973
1973
The Micral was the earliest commercial, non-kit personal computer
1973
8" floppy & first "Hard Drive introduced by IBM
1973
Gary Kildall writes CP/M
8th February
IBM 370/145 product range released
22nd May
Bob Metcalfe invents Ethernet
6th September
Britain exports more computing equipment than it imports
15th November
IBM in Nigeria
1974
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1974
The Z-80, 8 bit processor is designed by Zilog Corp
1974
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center designed the Alto
April 1974
introduction of Intel 8080 2MHz microprocessor
16th May
NCR 250-6000
6th June
GA LSI 12/16 and LSI16
13rd June
Philips P852M
August 1974
MITS completes the first prototype Altair 8800 microcomputer
1975
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1975
CP/M operating system finished
1st January
MITS Altair launched on the cover of Popular Electronics magazine
3rd March
First meeting of the Homebrew Club
July 1975
Bill Gates and Paul Allen sign a licensing agreement with MITS
August 1975
Cray 1A announced
15th September
Microsoft Founded
1976
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1976
Seymour Cray demonstrates CRAY-1 - The first vector-processor supercomputer
1976
The 5 1/4" flexible disk drive was introduced
22nd January
Dec System 20 introduced
4th March
Intel introduce SBC-80/10 "computer on a card"
April 1976
Apple 1 Released
1st April
Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs and Ronald Wayne Found Apple Computer Inc.
20th May
Burroughs introduce the large B7700 series
11st July
Last slide rule manufactured today
1977
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1977
The MK14 was introduced by Science of Cambridge
1977
The RCA CDP1802 microprocessor was used in the Galileo spacecraft
6th April
Commodore International shows its Commodore PET 2001
5th June
The Apple II launched
July 1977
Science of Cambridge Ltd Formed
12nd August
Radio Shack announces TRS-80 computer
1978
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1978
Texas Instruments introduced Speak & Spell
1978
VisiCalc Spreadsheet is born
5th December
Acorn Computers Ltd formed in Cambridge, UK
1979
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1st January
Microsoft moves from Albuquerque, New Mexico to Bellevue, Washington
April 1979
Acorn System 1 Launched
11st May
"VisiCalc" introduced
June 1979
Apple ][+ Launched
1980
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1980
Acorn Atom Launched
29th January
Sinclair ZX80 Launched
June 1980
The Apple /// was announced
6th November
Microsoft Signs Contract with IBM to Create Operating System
12nd December
Apple Computer’s Initial Share Offering
1981
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1981
Acorn BBC Micro Launched
1981
The first ‘portable’ computer is launched
1981
Space Shuttle uses Intel 8086 and RCA 1802
March 1981
Introduction of Osborne portable computer in a suitcase
5th March
Sinclair ZX81 Computer Launched
12nd April
HP-41 calculator Used In Space Shuttle
May 1981
VIC-20 Released in Europe & US
25th June
Microsoft incorporates
12nd August
IBM introduces personal computer with Microsoft's 16-bit operating system, MS-DOS 1.0
13rd August
IBM announced that it was launching a personal computer using an Intel 8088
1982
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1982
Introduction of Cray X-MP supercomputer
1st February
Introduction of Intel 80286 at 6 MHz, with 134,000 transistors
23rd April
Sinclair launches the ZX Spectrum computer
August 1982
Commodore 64 Released
August 1982
Dragon 32 Released
1983
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January 1983
Apple Lisa Launched
January 1983
Introduction of spreadsheet program 1-2-3 by Lotus,
2nd May
Microsoft Introduced 2-button Mouse
10th November
Microsoft Introduces Windows
1984
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1984
Novelist William Gibson coins the term cyberspace
1984
IBM’s new 3480 cartridge tape system introduced
1984
Creation of Dell Computer Corporation by Michael Dell
1984
IBM and Compaq introduce the IDE interface
January 1984
Apple launches Macintosh 128K
13rd April
First ARM Processors Powered Up
August 1984
Introduction of IBM PC/AT based on Intel 80286
September 1984
Macintosh 512K Launched
1985
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1985
First Commodore Amiga Released
January 1985
Commodore 128 Released
20th February
Olivetti buy 49% of Acorn Computers
24th September
Steve Jobs founds NeXT Computers Inc.
October 1985
Introduction of Intel 386
20th November
Microsoft Windows Launched
4th December
Cray X-MP Supercomputer Begins Operation
1986
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1986
Nintendo NES released
1986
First PC virus is released with "Brain"
January 1986
Apple Macintosh Plus launched
February 1986
Acorn BBC Master Launched
26th February
Microsoft moves to corporate campus in Redmond, Washington
13rd March
Microsoft stock goes public
September 1986
Acorn BBC Master Compact Launched
1987
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1987
Commodore release the Amiga 500 and the Amiga 2000
March 1987
Macintosh II released
2nd April
Windows 2 was launched
1988
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1988
The NeXT (68030 CPU) computer is introduced after two years of research
1988
RISC OS is released
1988
The first worm experience appears
8th August
Unisys takes over Convergent Technologies
30th September
IBM announces 3 millionth PS/2 personal computer
1989
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1989
Tim Berners-Lee toyed with the idea of web pages and hyperlinks
January 1989
Apple introduces the Macintosh SE/30
27th April
ICL introduces DRS model 40 and 45
September 1989
Apple Macintosh Portable Released
1990
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1990
Introduction of IBM RS/6000
1990
Hubble Space Telescope uses 386 processor
1990
Commodore releases the Amiga 3000
22nd May
Microsoft launches Windows 3.0
1991
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1991
Linus Torvalds from Finland releases Linux version 0.02
February 1991
Silicon & Synapse founded
1st February
Sun Microsystems Starts Java Technology
28th August
First E-mail From Space Is Sent from a Mac Portable
October 1991
Apple releases the PowerBook 100
1992
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1992
Internet freed from Government control
1992
Commodore releases the the Amiga 500+
6th April
Microsoft Releases Windows 3.1
1993
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1993
Commodore released the CD32 model
1993
Foundation of Nvidia
19th January
IBM Announces a loss of $4.97m for 1992
22nd March
Intel Ships "Pentium" Chip"
August 1993
Apple Newton Message Pad announced
3rd August
Introduction of Apple Newton PDA
27th August
Compaq Introduces Presario
1994
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1994
Netscape Communications Corporation is founded
January 1994
Yahoo founded January 1994
April 1994
Silicon & Synapse changes its name to Blizzard Entertainment
1995
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1995
Nvidia's NV1 launched
24th August
Microsoft launches Windows 95
1996
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1996
eBay is founded by Jeff Skoll and Pierre Omidyar
1996
Apple Computer buys NeXT
1997
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1997
zon.com, an online bookseller, goes public
3rd May
IBM's Deep Blue Beats Gary Kasparov at Chess
2nd September
IBM announces RS/6000 SP Deep Blue
1998
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May 1998
Introduction of Apple iMac
25th June
Microsoft launches Windows 98
August 1998
Apple Release the iMac
September 1998
Foundation of Google by Larry Page and Sergey Brin
1999
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1999
The Millennium bug is taken seriously
1999
Napster the first file sharing program introduced
11st October
Nvidia releases GeForce 256
2000
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17th February
Microsoft launches Windows 2000
1st June
Intel ES7000 server from Unisys introduced
2001
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17th October
Apple Launches a New Music Device - The iPod
25th October
Microsoft Releases Windows XP
2002
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7th November
Microsoft and partners launch Tablet PC
2003
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24th April
Microsoft launches Windows Server 2003
2004
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20th July
Microsoft returns $75 billion to shareholders
20th October
First Ubuntu Linux operating system Released
9th November
Firefox 1.0 Introduced
2005
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2005
Google now indexes over 8 billion pages
2006
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25th June
Microsoft announces Bill Gates transition
2007
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2007
iPhone introduced
30th January
Microsoft launches Windows Vista and Office 2007
2008
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2008
The HD player war comes to an end
26th August
Virus Found On Computer In Space Station
22nd October
Android operating system released
2010
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20th February
First Tweet sent to Twitter on VIC-20
26th May
Apple Surpasses Microsoft as Most Valuable Technology Company
28th May
Apple iPad Launched in the UK
2011
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25th August
Steve Jobs retires as CEO of Apple
5th October
Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, dies age 56
2012
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18th January
Wikipedia and others Go Dark in protest anti-piracy law
25th June
Google Brain watches Youtube, recognises cats.
18th November
Wii U released
2013
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11st January
Suicide of Aaron Swartz
5th June
Edward Snowden Leaks Top Secret Documents
15th November
PlayStation 4 released
22nd November
Xbox One released
2014
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4th February
Bill Gates returns to Microsoft as Technology Adviser
20th February
Facebook buys WhatsApp
25th March
Nvidia at GPU Technology Conference
25th March
Facebook buys Oculus
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