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1990:
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Flyaway SNG aids foreign reportage.
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1990:
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IBM sells Selectric, a sign of the typewriter's passing.
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1990:
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Most 2-inch videotape machines are also gone.
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1990:
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Videodisc returns in a new laser form.
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1991:
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Beauty and the Beast, a cartoon, Oscar nominee as best picture.
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1991:
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CNN dominates news coverage worldwide during Gulf War.
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1991:
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Live TV news switching between world capitals during Gulf War
looks simple.
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1991:
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Denver viewers can order movies at home from list of more than
1,000 titles.
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1991:
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Moviegoers astonished by computer morphing in Terminator 2.
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1991:
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Baby Bells get government permission to offer information
services.
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1991:
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Collapse of Soviet anti-Gorbachev plot aided by global system
called the Internet.
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1991:
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More than 4 billion cassette tape rentals in U.S. alone.
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1991:
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3 out of 4 U.S. homes own VCRs; fastest selling domestic
appliance in history.
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1992:
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Cable TV revenues reach $22 billion.
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1992:
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At least 50 U.S. cities have competing cable services.
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1992:
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After President Bush speaks, 25 million viewers try to phone in
their opinions.
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1993:
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Dinosaurs roam the earth in Jurassic Park.
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1993:
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Unfounded rumors fly that cellphones cause brain cancer.
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1993:
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Demand begins for V-chip to block out violent television
programs.
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1993:
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1 in 3 Americans does some work at home instead of driving to
work.
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1994:
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After 25 years, U.S. government privatizes Internet management.
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1994:
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Rolling Stones concert goes to 200 workstations worldwide on
Internet "MBone."
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1994:
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To reduce Western influence, a dozen nations ban or restrict
satellite dishes.
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1994:
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Prodigy bulletin board fields 12,000 messages in one after after
L.A. quake.
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1995:
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CD-ROM disk can carry a full-length feature film.
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1995:
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Sony demonstrates flat TV set.
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1995:
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DBS feeds are offered nationwide.
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1995:
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Denmark announces plan to put much of the nation on-line within
5 years.
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1995:
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Major U.S. dailies create national on-line newspaper network.
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1995:
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Lamar Alexander chooses the Internet to announce presidential
candidacy.
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1996:
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Internet use of over 9 million.
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1997:
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The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) begins.
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1998:
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Electronic Postal Stamps by the United States Postal Service
allows the download and printing of stamps.
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1999:
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Melissa Virus live on the net.
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