| Year |
Event |
| 1990 |
In 1990 Tim Berners-Lee, working with Robert Cailliau at CERN propose a 'hypertext' system, which is the first start of the Internet as we know it today. |
| 1990 |
Microsoft releases Windows 3.0 a completely new version of Microsoft Windows. The version will sell more than 3 million copies in one year. |
| 1990 |
Microsoft exceeds $1 billion in sales and becomes the first company to do so. |
| 1990 |
Godwin's Law is conceived. |
| 1990 |
Alan Perlis passes away February
7, 1990. |
| 1990 |
Electronic Frontier Foundation or EFF is founded February 16, 1990. |
| 1990 |
An Wang passes away march 24,
1990. |
| 1990 |
Hubble telescope goes into space. |
| 1990 |
Microsoft releases its first product for the Russian market Russian DOS 4.01. |
| 1990 |
The World, the first commercial Internet dial-up access provider comes online. |
| 1990 |
Norton sells his software business to Symantec. |
| 1990 |
Creative Labs introduces the SoundBlaster Pro. |
| 1990 |
Quarterdeck releases its memory management program QEMM386 version 5.1 which quickly becomes the fastest-selling software program in the Untied States. |
| 1990 |
Robert Noyce passes away June 3, 1990. |
| 1990 |
The Multimedia Personal Computer (MPC) standards are developed by Tandy and Microsoft. |
| 1990 |
Microsoft and IBM stop working together to develop operating systems. |
| 1990 |
Arthur Samuel passes away July
29, 1990. |
| 1990 |
IBM introduces XGA. |
| 1990 |
ARPANET replaced by NSFNET. |
| 1990 |
The first search engine Archie, written by Alan Emtage, Bill Heelan, and Mike Parker at McGill University in Montreal Canada is released on September 10, 1990 |
| 1990 |
GSM standard is defined. |
| 1990 |
The NiMH battery begins being used for commercial use. |
| 1990 |
Panda Software is founded. |
| 1990 |
Archie, the first search engine is introduced on September 10, 1990. |
| 1990 |
Gopher is developed at the University of Minnesota. The program is a menu-driven search-and-retrieval tool and helps Internet users location information online. |
| 1990 |
The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
is launched October 17, 1990. |
| 1990 |
Intel releases the 80386SL processor
that uses low power and found in many portable computers. |
| 1990 |
Tim Berners-Lee successfully sets up the
first web server at info.cern.ch on December 25, 1990. |
