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Computer History Timeline II

1992 - 2002

Event

1992	Microsoft introduces Windows 3.1. It sells more than 1 million copies within the first two months of its release.
1992	Intel releases the 486DX2 chip with a clock doubling ability that generates higher operating speeds.
1992	VESA local bus is introduced.
1992	Radio Shack releases the Tandy Sensation! MPC, the first personal computer based upon the MPC specification.
1992	The Reusable Alkaline battery is used for commercial use.
1992	Technology Without An Interesting Name (TWAIN) a standard interface for scanning equipment is developed by the TWAIN consortium, as it was called, consisted of representatives from Aldus, Caere, Eastman, Kodak, Hewlett Packard and Logitech.
1992	Microsoft and Hewlett Packard develops ECP.
1992	MIME standard is defined.
1992	Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) is developed by SQL Access Group.
1993	Fifty World Wide Web servers are known to exist as of January.
1993	Winsock is released January 1993.
1993	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.
1993	Microsoft releases Windows NT, Microsoft Office 4.0 and MS-DOS 6.0.
1993	Intel develops PPGA
1993	Intel releases the Pentium Processor. The processor is a 60 MHz processor, incorporates 3.2 million transistors and sells for $878.00.
1993	Microsoft releases Windows NT 3.1 and Windows for Workgroups 3.11.
1993	Mosaic is released.
1993	John Scully is named president of Apple Computers.
1993	IrDA is founded.
1993	The Internet experiences massive growth.
1993	The Environmental Protection Agency, along with 50 computer companies, establish Energy Star guidelines which aim to decrease the amount of power a PC uses when they are idle.
1993	Developed by IBM, Motorola and Apple the PowerPC processor for the Apple Power Mac is introduced and later included in the Power Mac.
1993	VCD is introduced.
1993	The PC game DOOM by IdSoftware was released. Today DOOM is thought of as a turning point for first person shooters and for games in general.
1993	The computer game Myst is released and later is honored for being one of the most popular, well known and sold PC and Macintosh titles
1994	Netscape is found by Marc Andreesen and James H. Clark.
1994	Commodore computers files Bankruptcy.
1994	Vice President Al Gore makes a speech where he coins the term "Information Superhighway".
1994	IBM releases OS/2 Warp 3.0.
1994	Microsoft releases its beta for Windows 95, code named Chicago.
1994	Rasmus Lerdorf creates PHP.
1994	A mathematical flaw in the Intel Pentium involving the Pentium not correctly performing floating-point calculations is discovered. Later this leads to Intel millions of processors.
1994	YAHOO is created in April, 1994.
1994	MS-DOS 6.22 was released April, 1994
1994	Microsoft releases Windows 3.11.
1994	W3C organization is found developing common protocols for the evolution of the World Wide Web.
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	Live Script is renamed to JavaScript.
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	Intel releases the new motherboard form factor ATX.
1995	USB standard is released.
1996	Intel releases the 200 MHz P6.
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	IBM and Sears sell Prodigy is sold to Internet Wireless.
1996	AT&T introduces Worldnet.
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	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	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	K56Flex is announced in November by Lucent and Rockwell.
1997	Intel introduces the MMX chip.
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	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.
1998	Intel releases the Celeron processor
1998	Compaq Computer purchases Digital Equipment Corporation for $9 billion
1998	Hearings open between Microsoft and the U.S. Department of Justice to whether Microsoft has a monopoly on the software market.
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	Microsoft Windows 98 is officially released on June 25, 1998.
1998	AMR is released September 9, 1998
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.
1999	Microsoft purchases Access software.
1999	The Intel Pentium III 500 MHz is released.
1999	Microsoft releases Windows CE 3.0
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.

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	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.
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, Mcafee 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 US 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	July 20, 2001 - PC shipments worst since 1986, as only Dell grows.
2001	Hewlett Packard announces plans to buy Compaq on September sixth.
2001	Microsoft Windows XP home and professional editions are released October 25, 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.

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