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Microsoft releases its Explorer 4.0 Web browser. 1998. The Windows 98 ... 2010.
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1995 DVD (Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) Invented The Java Web authoring language is introduced WebTV, an early proponent of Internet television The eBay online auction Web site is founded
1996 Nintendo releases its Nintendo 64 video game console.
1997 The TiVo digital video recorder company is incorporated Microsoft releases its Explorer 4.0 Web browser
1998 The Windows 98 operating system is released by Microsoft The Google Company opens its office in Menlo Park, California. Google.com was still in beta
1999 Beta testing of the Google search engine is finished
2000 Sony releases its PlayStation 2 video game console
2001 The iPod, Apple's hard drive-based digital audio player, is introduced on October 23
2002 The Sirius satellite radio network is launched in February 2002 the eBay online auction and shopping Web site, which was founded in 1997, purchases the PayPal e-commerce payment service
2003 The Apple iTunes music store opens for Mac users
2004 The Facebook social networking site is started by Harvard University student Google releases its free, advertising-supported Webmail service, Gmail, in March 2004
2005 YouTube is founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim on Feb. 15
2006 The first Sony e-book reader is released in September. There will be six different Sony models by 2009 Playstation 3 video game console Released Google acquires YouTube for $1.65 billion in stock
2008 “2008 is the year of Gaming”
2009 Oct 22 – “Windows 7 is born from vista’s frustrations”
2010 Feb 24 2010 – “Google facts and figures (massive infographic) royal Pingdom”.