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The document provides a timeline of key events in the history of computing and the internet from the 1940s to the late 2000s. It includes the creation of early mechanical computers like the Z1; estimates of the number of computers in existence in the 1950s; the development of the computer mouse; publication of Moore's Law and the development of early supercomputers in the 1960s and 1970s; the founding of Intel and connections of computers via ARPANET; the public launch of the World Wide Web in 1991; the rise of search engines and web browsers in the 1990s; the dot-com boom and bust; the launch of popular social media sites like MySpace in the 2000s; and other important milestones in computing
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- 1. The Z1 was a mechanical computer created by Konrad Zuse http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Zuse_Z1.jpg
- 2. Estimate that there are 100 computers in the world www.sciam.com
- 3. Mouse is conceived (became popular with apple in 1983) http://www.infopackets.com/graphics/first+computer+mouse+1.gif
- 4. Moore’s Law published 1st supercomputer developed http://lifeboat.com/images/moores.law.technological.evolution.jpg
- 5. Intel founded en.wikipedia.org http://download.intel.com/pressroom/images/20060523corp_b.jpg
- 6. The first node is connected to the internet’s military ancestor, ARPANET during cold war. www.sri.com
- 7. 1971 Project Gutenberg makes copyright-free works electronically available. The first is the US Declaration of Independence http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/images/trumbull-large1.jpg www.dority-manning.com
- 8. www.freewebs.com www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca zed.cbc.ca ong released by Atari
- 9. Em il Invented! www.onjava.com
- 10. http://www.icr.ac.uk/images/Education/education%20homepage/4046.jpg University College of London is one of the first international connections to ARPANET Ethernet developed. Development of the TCP/IP
- 11. enamelcollection.com www.poslogistics.co.uk 1st item scanned in retail store (Wrigley’s chewing gum)
- 12. 1975 Formation of Microsoft by Bill Gates and Paul Allen
- 13. 1976 The Queen sends an email http://www.royal.gov.uk/files/images/rf_jubileejournal_norwich_queenemail.jpg
- 14. 1980 The arcade game Pac-man was released The arcade game Pac-man was released
- 15. 1982 Scott Fahlman kick starts smiley culture by suggesting using the :-) and :-(
- 16. 1985 AOL started
- 17. 1986 Internet newsgroups are born. TCP/IP connections created
- 18. 1988 The first internet worm is unleashed. It infects 6,000 computers.
- 19. 1989 Tim Berners-Lee and the team at CERN invent the World Wide Web.
- 20. Phil Zimmermann released PGP current.com i.askask.com
- 21. Linus Torvalds released Linux kernel 1.0 twid.bibulus.org
- 22. TrueType a scalable font is introduced and developed by Microsoft and Apple commons.wikimedia.org copicasaweb.google.com mputershopper.com Communities.canada.com
- 23. The World wide Web was launched to the public August 6, 1991 websearch.about.com www.janetsinfo.com
- 24. Windows 3.1 Released www.ensight.com www.infosatellite.com
- 25. Doom was released by ID Software www.amazon.com darkhorizons.com Mosaic launched with <html> tags
- 26. President Bill Clinton puts the United States White House online with a World Wide Web page and E-mail address for the President, Vice President and first lady. a.abcnews.com www.allposters.com
- 27. Vice President Al Gore makes a speech where he coins the term “Information Superhighway” www.fotosearch.com www.mercextra.com
- 28. DEC launches Alta Vista Jeff Bezos starts Amazon.com Ebay is Launched
- 29. ased with Javascript tor 2.0 rele Nets c ape Naviga http://www.superiormartialarts.com/images11/GLOVES.jpg http://homepage.mac.com/dave_rogers/images/98 The browser Macromedia Flash 1.0 wars begin www.davidspade.com
- 31. jason.it.googlepages.com Google Arrives http://www.google.com www.inthenews.co.uk
- 32. Microsoft Anti-trust suit archive.salon.com (accused of monopoly in packaging browser with operating system) 24hoursnews.blogspot.com www.uri.edu
- 33. Sean Fanning launches Napster http://www.prnewswire.com
- 34. Dot com AMD releases the Athlon 1GHz frankschilling.typepad.com The dotcom bust. www.amd.com
- 35. www.tqnyc.org rt3reviews.com U.S regulators approve the merger of AOL and Time Warner www.chicagopublicradio.org
- 36. The first Sidekick was released money.cnn.com
- 37. www.techliving.com www.gadgetell.com Napster relaunches for pay vs. iTunes www.napster.com
- 38. uk.gizmodo.com Apple will use Intel processors www.apple.com
- 39. reviews.cnet.com Mac OS X version 10.5 “Leopard” is released for Mac computers
- 40. fennicienta.wordpress.com Mozilla Firefox 1.0 released laptoping.com Apple computer releases Mac OS X
- 41. iPhone released Contract solely with at&t http://longorshortcapital.com/wp-content/att_cingular_rebrand.gif http://media.arstechnica.com/journals/apple.media/iphone_time_cover.jpg
- 42. Ray Tomlinson of BBN invents e-mail http://www.upf.edu/alumni/_img/9872704email.jpg A prototype for FTP is used for the first time. http://www.software-latest.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/FileZilla.png
- 43. UCLA sends the first ARPANET packet via the telnet to SRI. The network crashes when you type the letter “G” in “LOGIN” www.databin.us www.insidefurniture.com
- 44. Bell labs develops the UNIX operating system http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/ew/2004/08/09/images/2004080900340204.jpg
- 45. www.speakwell.com Apple is born when Steve Wozniak quits Hewlett Packard and joins with Steve Jobs to create the first Apple computer - the Apple 1 alysonstrother.wordpress.com
- 46. http://www.funnycommercialsworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/apple-1984-big-brother-superbowl.jpg http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/05/phaidon/image/9_843-apple-macintosh.jpg Apple releases the first home computer with a graphic user interface (with a desktop and pull down menus) http://www.library.drexel.edu/blogs/librarylog/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/apple_logo_640x480.jpg
- 47. http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ap_supreme_court_070628_ms.jpg Supreme court sides with Microsoft in Apple’s “look and feel” lawsuit forums.myspace.com www.akihabaranews.com
- 48. First online shopping mall arrives, along with the first on page ads appear from AT&T along with a drink company called Zima special.newsroom.msu.edu http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/sbc/archives/old_att.jpg
- 49. Yahoo was created by Stanford University students - David Filo and Jerry Yang http://topnews.us/images/imagecache/main_image/sites/default/files/Stanford-University-Logo_0.jpg
- 50. ‘Get a Mac’ Campaign Ads I’m a And I’m Mac. a PC. http://www.beauross.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/macvspclogo.gif http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Getamac.png
- 51. First Cyberbullying Trial Suicide - October 17, 2006 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_USA_MO.svg (Victim - 13 year-old Megan Meier) United States v. Lori Drew http://flagranny2.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/3_61_meier_megan.jpg
- 52. Social Networking site Friendster launches http://mylifeonblog.vndv.com/storage/links/friendster-logo.jpg
- 53. MySpace is launched by Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe http://www.nova.edu/radiox/images/myspace_logo.jpg