1990's

Acorn releases the Risc PC 600
Apple announces the iMac
Apple buys NeXT, and Steve Jobs returns
Apple releases the Newton MessagePad
Apple releases the PowerBook 100
Battle.net hits 1.5 Million Players in First Year
Battle.net Surpasses 150,000 Players in its first month
Bill Gates outlines Microsoft's commitment to supporting and enhancing the Internet
Blizzard Entertainment releases Diablo
Blizzard launches Battle.net
Commodore announces the Amiga CD32 game console
Commodore releases the Amiga 3000
Commodore releases the the Amiga A500+
Compaq introduces the Presario range of computers
Congress allows commercial networks to connect to the Internet
David Filo and Jerry Yang found Yahoo!
Frontier Developments is founded
Frontier Developments release Frontier: First Encounters
Google floats on the stock exchange
IBM announces record-breaking losses
IBM announces RS/6000 SP Deep Blue
IBM introduces IBM RS/6000
IBM's Deep Blue beats Gary Kasparov at chess
Intel releases the Pentium chip
Jeff Bezos floats Amazon on the stock market
Larry Page and Sergey Brin found Google
Linus Torvalds releases Linux
Marc Andreessen founds Netscape
Microsoft releases Windows 3.0
Microsoft releases Windows 3.1
Microsoft releases Windows 95
Microsoft releases Windows 98
NASA astronauts send the first e-mail from space
NASA launches the Hubble Space Telescope
Netscape launches Navigator web browser
Nintendo releases the Game Boy Color
Nintendo releases the Nintendo 64
Nintendo releases the SNES in the UK
Nvidia announces NV1
Nvidia is founded
Nvidia partners with SGS-Thompson
Nvidia releases GeForce 256
Pierre Omidyar founds eBay
Sega launches the Mega Drive console in Europe
Sega releases the Dreamcast console
Sega releases the Game Gear
Sega releases the Saturn console
Shawn Fanning launches Napster
Silicon & Synapse becomes Blizzard Entertainment
Silicon & Synapse, later Blizzard Entertainment, is founded
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 is released
Sony Launches PalmTop Computer - PTC-500
Sony launches PlayStation in Europe
Sony releases PlayStation in Japan
South Koreas Biggest Game Ever
StarCraft is Released
StarCraft Makes #1 Selling PC Game of 1998
StarCraft: Brood War is Released
Sun Microsystems releases Java
The Millennium Bug strikes, but disaster is averted
The Warcraft II expansion pack Beyond the Dark Portal further opens up the Warcraft universe
Tim Berners-Lee publishes the first ever website
Warcraft II sells 1.2 million copies
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is released
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans Released

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