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1994	Commodore completed its file for bankruptcy.
1994	The Mach Project ends.
1995	Apple allows other computer companies to clone its computer.
1995	Microsoft BOB is released.
1995	Netscape goes public at $28.00 a share and by the closing ends at $58.00 a share.
1995	Microsoft and General Electric’s NBC television network form a partnership.
1995	LiveScript is renamed to JavaScript.
1995	Java is introduced.
1995	Microsoft Releases Windows 95, within four days the software sells more then 1 million copies.
1995	One of the largest and well known e-commerce sites opens its doors. Amazon.com is officially opened July of 1995.
1995	DSVD is released.
1995	CD-E is introduced to the general public.
1995	EDO memory is introduced.
1995	Intel releases the new motherboard form factor ATX.
1995	Lotus becomes a part of IBM.
1995	USB standard is released.
1996	Netgear is founded January 8, 1996.
1996	Intel releases the 200 MHz P6.
1996	Google is first developed by Sergey Brin and Larry Page.
1996	Macromedia purchases FutureWave and later releases Macromedia Flash 1.0
1996	The CDA amendment to the U.S. 1996 Telecommunications Act that went into effect in February 1996. The law was intended to protect children from obscenity on the Internet, but many internet users argued that its language was too vague and it violated the rights of free speech. Protesters against the law turned their web pages black and displayed blue ribbon icons downloaded from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
1996	Cray Research merges with SGI.
1996	ATA-2 is approved by ANSI.
1996	IBM and Sears sell Prodigy is sold to Internet Wireless.
1996	AT&T introduces Worldnet.
1996	Microsoft introduces DirectX.
1996	AT&T spins off the system and technology unit which renames itself Lucent Technologies.
1996	IBM computer Deep Blue beats chess master Garry Kasparov in two chess matches.
1996	NEC merges its PC operations outside Japan with Packard Bell.
1996	Sony enters the PC market with the release of VAIO.
1996	Creative Labs introduces the 3D Blaster card its first graphics card to be released to the computer market.
1996	Apple Stock sinks to a 10-year low of less than $18.00 a share.
1996	U.S. Robotics Pilot is announced.
1996	Seagate has completed the merger of Conner Peripherals.
1996	Microsoft releases Windows CE.
1996	Tandy Corp. announces it will either sell or close all of its 17 incredible Universe stores and 19 of its Computer City stores because of low sales and losses in revenue.
1996	WebTV is introduced allowing users to browse the web from their TV.
1996	MSNBC makes its debut.
1996	Microsoft introduces the IntelliMouse.
1996	Acer America Corporation introduces its designer home PCs.
1996	Sun Microsystems releases its line of network computers.
1996	Apple buys NeXT Software Inc. for $400 million and acquires Steve Jobs, Apple’s cofounder, as a consultant.
1996	Microsoft Windows CE 1.0 is released as a portable Operating System solution.
1996	Bit 3 becomes part of SBS Technologies.
1996	Seymour Cray passes away October 5, 1996.
1996	K56Flex is announced in November by Lucent and Rockwell.
1997	Intel introduces the MMX chip.
1997	ATA-3 is approved by ANSI.
1997	Several computer manufactures introduce sub 1,000 computers, computers that cost less then $1,000.00.
1997	AOL faces several lawsuits from subscribers who are upset about the difficulties encountered when attempting to connect to its services.
1997	IBM’s Deep Blue computer defeats world champion chess player Garry Kasparov in their second six-game showdown, winning the tie-breaking game in only 62 minutes.
1997	Digital Video Discs / Digital Versatile Discs (DVDs) go on sale.
1997	Microsoft buys WebTV Networks for $425 million.
1997	CompUSA joins Dell and Gateway in selling build-to-order PC computers.
1997	Bill Gates is now the world’s richest businessman.
1997	The NASA Pathfinder Web site, which is running real-time images sent from the Pathfinder on Mars receives more than 100 million hits during its first four days, in response to the high popularity NASA sets up 25 mirror pages to handle the traffic. The site sets a new popularity record.
1997	Microsoft begins working on its own search engine.
1997	Microsoft releases Microsoft Office 97.
1997	Microsoft announces Windows 98
1997	3Com buys U.S. Robotics for $6.6 billion making the consolidation the largest in the history of computer companies.
1997	Apple releases MAC OS 8
1997	Microsoft invests $150 million in Apple Computers Inc. and agrees to continue creating software for Apple computers, in agreement Apple makes Microsoft Internet Explorer its browser of choice for Macintosh computers.
1997	The Li-Ion battery begins being used for commercial uses.
1997	The Intel Pentium II 233 MHz processor is released.
1997	IEEE introduced 802.11 the wireless network standard in June 1997.
1997	Advanced Graphics Port or AGP designed for Video cards. Designed by Intel is released August of 1997.
1997	Microsoft Windows CE 2.x is released.
1997	Cyrix is established.
1997	Riven, the sequel to Myst is released in October 1997.
1998	Intel releases the Celeron processor
1998	Compaq Computer purchases Digital Equipment Corporation for $9.6 billion on January 26, 1998.
1998	Hearings open between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice to whether Microsoft has a monopoly on the software market.
1998	ATA-4 is approved by ANSI.
1998	Lite-on is founded.
1998	eMachines is founded.
1998	Sun releases the JavaStation
1998	Netscape releases Navigator 5.0 as well as revealing its complete source code for Navigator on it’s Web site.
1998	Bill Gates, is hit in the face with a cream pie.
1998	During the demonstration of a pre-release copy of Windows 98 at Comdex Bill Gates and an assistant demonstrate how to install a scanner. During the demonstration Windows 98 caused an error message.
1998	V.90 is announced and agreed on February 6, 1998
1998	Sun Microsystems begins shipping the JavaStation in March of 1998.
1998	SETI@Home is introduced on June 8, 1998.
1998	Microsoft Windows 98 is officially released on June 25, 1998.
1998	Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page September 7, 1998.
1998	AMR is released September 9, 1998
1998	Rockstar Games is founded.
1998	MySQL is introduced.
1998	Apple introduces the iMac, the iMac helps bring Apple back on the computer maps as a very easy and friendly computer.
1998	Award, well known for its computer BIOS becomes part of Phoenix, another company well known for its computer BIOS.
1998	Computer Hope is established in November 1998.
1999	Microsoft acquires Access software April 19, 1999.
1999	IEEE introduced 802.11b.
1999	The Intel Pentium III 500 MHz is released.
1999	Microsoft releases Windows CE 3.0
1999	RSAC becomes part of ICRA
1999	Aims Labs goes out of business.
1999	National Semiconductor announced it will exit the PC processor market. June 30, 1999 - VIA Technologies announces it will acquire Cyrix from National Semiconductor.
1999	NVIDIA introduces the GPU.
1999	Sun Microsystems acquires StarDivision, the developers behind the StarOffice suite of software.
2000	Many experts, governments and businesses feared that January 1st 2000 could cause serious issues with the date stamp on computers. The belief was that because many old computers relied off of the last two digits of a year such as 99 for 1999, when the year 2000 came 2000 would set the computers to 00 causing the computer to think it was 1900. Called the Year 2000 bug many individuals feared for the worst however because of preparation Year 2000 only caused a few glitches, however no catastrophes.
2000	Microsoft Bill Gates relinquishes his title as CEO to MS President Steve Ballmer on January 13, 2000.
2000	CNR is introduced by Intel February 07, 2000
2000	Microsoft Windows 2000 is released February of 2000.
2000	U.S. Judge Thomas Penfield announced today after over 2-years in the court that Microsoft be split into two companies although will remain intact until the appeals process is exhausted.
2000	ATI introduces their Radeon product line on April 24, 2000.
2000	On June 24, 2000 U.S. President Bill Clinton makes the first ever Presidential webcast among the announcements President Bill Clinton announces a new web site that will be able to search all government resources.
2000	Jack Kilby is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
2000	ATA-5 is approved by ANSI.
2000	Microsoft releases Windows ME.
2000	Microsoft release DirectX 8, November 9, 2000.
2001	January 02, 2001 - Intel announced that it will recall its 1.13 GHz Pentium III processors due to a glitch. Users with these processors should contact their vendors for additional information about the recall.
2001	January 1, 2001 - Microsoft announces Windows 95 is now a legacy item and will no longer be sold or shipped to any more customers.
2001	Bill Gates unveils the Xbox on January 7th 2001.
2001	The man who practically invented the Silicon Valley success story, Hewlett-Packard Co. co-founder William Hewlett, dies at his home, he was 87.
2001	Chip-making giant Intel Corp. has agreed to acquire Xircom Inc., a maker of mobile computing gear, for about $748 million.
2001	Claude Elwood Shannon, the mathematician who laid the foundation of modern information theory while working at Bell Labs in the 1940s, died on February 24, 2001. He was 85.
2001	March 08, AOL membership surpasses 28 Million.
2001	March 09, MacAfee releases first handheld virus protection software.
2001	March 31, After 21 years of selling hard drives, Quantum on Friday formally left the business to turn its full attention to higher-level storage products and services.
2001	April 20, Dell computers becomes the largest PC maker.
2001	June 5, 2001, Nevada becomes the first U.S. state to vote to legalize online gambling.
2001	Airlines begin to implement methods of gaining Internet access while flying.
2001	USB 2.0 is introduced.
2001	Microsoft announces April 11, 2001 that it will no longer include Clippy with future releases of Microsoft Office.
2001	July 20, 2001 - PC shipments worst since 1986, as only Dell grows.
2001	Egghead files for Bankruptcy protection on August 18, 2001.
2001	SATA 1.0 is introduced in August 2001.
2001	Hewlett Packard announces plans to buy Compaq on September sixth.
2001	Microsoft Windows XP home and professional editions are released October 25, 2001.
2001	Microsoft release DirectX 9, November 8, 2001.
2002	Excite@Home, one of the largest ISP's files for bankruptcy and closes its doors March, 02, 2002.
2002	Approximately 1 billion PCs have been shipped worldwide since the mid-'70s, according to a study released by consulting firm Gartner.
2002	WorldCom the Number 2 long-distance telephone and data service company files for bankruptcy June 21, 2002.
2002	Edsger Dijkstra passes away August 6, 2002.
2002	Cartoon turtle named "Dewie" introduced to help promote Internet safety and security.
2002	Microsoft release DirectX 9, December 19, 2002.
2003	Eugene Kleiner passes away November 20, 2003.
2004	Lindows changes it's name to Linspire April 14, 2004.

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