1989 Nintendo releases the handheld Game Boy for $109. – 1990 Rollerblading introduced – Early 1990s Grunge rock, a combination of various rock styles, rises in Seattle; features such bands as – Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Metallica 1993 Senators Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Herbert Kohl of Wisconsin launch a Senate investigation – into violence in video games, hoping to initiate a ban on violent games 1994 resulting from the Senate investigation, the Entertainment Software Rating Board is created. Rating are – now given to video games and are marked on the games' packaging to indicate the suggested age of players and violent content. 1994 initial commerce are established and mass marketing campaigns are launched via email, – introducing the term to the Internet vocabulary. “spamming” 1995 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens in Cleveland – 1997 the controversial television ratings system debuts on cable stations and broadcast networks. The – ratings, TV-Y, TV-G, TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-M 1997 the term is coined. It’s later shortened to – “weblog” “blog” 1998 Google opens its first office, in California. – 1998 Titanic, the most expensive film to produce and market, becomes the highest-grossing film of all time, – raking in more than $580 million domestically. 1998 the Wal-Mart retail decides to ban over 50 video games that it deems inappropriate for minors. – 1999 MySpace.com is launched. – 2000 The Sims is released, and quickly becomes a hit. It eventually (in 2002) surpasses Myst as the – PC game ever. 2000 internet transforms scene; music industry angry about companies offering free music over the – Internet, without paying copyright fees; Court action prompts Napster to stop distributing copyrighted music free, and team up with industry giant Bertelsmann to provide material for a fee 2001 Wikipedia is created – 2002 My Big Fat Wedding becomes the most profitable movie of all time. It earns more than $200 – million at the box office, while costing only about $5 million to make. 2003 Spam, unsolicited email, becomes a server-clogging menace. It accounts for about half of all emails. – 2005 YouTube.com is launched. – 2006 Nintendo releases the Wii, a gaming system that lets gamers use the controller in new ways –
1989 – Nintendo releases the handheld Game Boy for $109. 1990 – Rollerblading introduced Early 1990s – Grunge rock, a combination of various rock styles, rises in Seattle; features such bands as Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Metallica 1993 – Senators Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut and Herbert Kohl of Wisconsin launch a Senate investigation into violence in video games, hoping to initiate a ban on violent games 1994 – resulting from the Senate investigation, the Entertainment Software Rating Board is created. Rating are now given to video games and are marked on the games' packaging to indicate the suggested age of players and violent content. 1994 – initial commerce are established and mass marketing campaigns are launched via email, introducing the term “spamming” to the Internet vocabulary. 1995 – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum opens in Cleveland 1997 – the controversial television ratings system debuts on cable stations and broadcast networks. The ratings, TV-Y, TV-G, TV-Y7, TV-PG, TV-14 and TV-M 1997 – the term “weblog” is coined. It’s later shortened to “blog” 1998 – Google opens its first office, in California. 1998 – Titanic, the most expensive film to produce and market, becomes the highest-grossing film of all time, raking in more than $580 million domestically. 1998 – the Wal-Mart retail decides to ban over 50 video games that it deems inappropriate for minors. 1999 – MySpace.com is launched. 2000 – The Sims is released, and quickly becomes a hit. It eventually (in 2002) surpasses Myst as the PC game ever. 2000 – internet transforms scene; music industry angry about companies offering free music over the Internet, without paying copyright fees; Court action prompts Napster to stop distributing copyrighted music free, and team up with industry giant Bertelsmann to provide material for a fee 2001 – Wikipedia is created 2002 – My Big Fat Wedding becomes the most profitable movie of all time. It earns more than $200 million at the box office, while costing only about $5 million to make. 2003 – Spam, unsolicited email, becomes a server-clogging menace. It accounts for about half of all emails. 2005 – YouTube.com is launched. 2006 – Nintendo releases the Wii, a gaming system that lets gamers use the controller in new ways