| Year |
Event |
| 1996 |
Netgear
is founded January 8, 1996. |
| 1996 |
Intel
releases the 200 MHz P6. |
| 1996 |
Telecom Act
deregulates data networks. |
| 1996 |
For the first time more
e-mail is sent than
postal mail in USA. |
| 1996 |
Microsoft VBScript is introduced. |
| 1996 |
Microsoft releases DirectX 2.0a (4.03.00.1096) on June 5, 1996. |
| 1996 |
Microsoft Windows
NT 4.0 was released July 29, 1996. |
| 1996 |
CREN ended its support and
since then the network has cease to exist. |
| 1996 |
What first started off as a
Usenet,
IMDb becomes incorporated as the Internet Movie Database,
Ltd. |
| 1996 |
Google
is first developed by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. |
| 1996 |
KDE
is started to be developed by Matthias Ettrich |
| 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 on February
8, 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. February 8, 1996 is more commonly known as "black Thursday." |
| 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 |
Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 3.0 in August of 1996. |
| 1996 |
AT&T
introduces Worldnet. |
| 1996 |
Microsoft releases DirectX 3.0 (4.04.00.0068) on June 5, 1996. |
| 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
also known as a wheel mouse. |
| 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,
Apples 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. |
| 1996 |
The ATSC approves of
HDTV on December 24, 1996. |
