- April 13
- Apple updates its line of high-end MacBook Pro laptops with faster Intel processors, better Nvidia graphics chips and longer battery life (8-10 hours). Prices start at $1199 for the 13-inch model. [2322]
- April 15
- Uzbekistan issues a postage stamp depicting personal computers. [2606.82]
- April 25
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A desktop computer appears, running a standard Windows lines screensaver. [2594]
- April 28
- Hewlett-Packard announces it will acquire Palm for US$1 billion in cash. [2501]
- April
- Sony announces it will cease Japanese sales of 3.5-inch floppy disks as of March 2011. [2659.8]
- April (month)
- We browser market share: Internet Explorer 53.26 percent, Firefox 31.83 percent, Chrome 8.01 percent, Safari 4.21 percent, Opera 1.83 percent. [2659.14]
- May 2
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the USA. A USB flash drive for Windows and Macintosh appears as a promotional give-away from a beer company. [2595]
- May 12
- Microsoft launches Microsoft Office 2010, including online versions for "cloud" computing. [2322]
- May 26
- Market capitalization of Apple (US$222 billion) passes Microsoft (US$219 billion) for the first time since December 19,1989. Apple stock is worth more than 10 times what they were 10 years ago, whereas Microsoft stock is down 20 percent over the same time period. [2322]
- May 28
- Apple begins sales of the iPad tablet computer outside the USA (Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Britain, Japan, Australia, and Canada). [2322]
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- July 1
- Comedy Central airs the Futurama TV show in the USA. An original Apple Macintosh appears. [2607]
- July 22
- Comedy Central airs the Futurama TV show in the USA. A sign on a Mexican building reads "ADOBE PHOTO SHOPPE", a play on the name of Adobe PhotoShop software. [2608]
- August 26
- Sweden issues a postage stamp depicting a laptop computer. [2604.93]
- September 26
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A laptop computer appears to access web sites. [2609]
- October 3
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A computer and wired mouse are used to access web sites. [2610]
- October 10
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A mock Apple laptop computer appears. [2611]
- December 12
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A laptop computer is used to show disguising a person in software. [2612]
2011
- January 9
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A mock Apple laptop computer is used for live interactive video through WiFi. [2613]
- January 23
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A desktop computer uses live streaming video. [2614]
- February 20
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A touch-pad computer resembling the Apple iPad is used. A scene from 1999 shows a room full of mini-tower computers, CRT and LCD monitors, keyboards. [2615]
- March 27
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A computer monitor, keyboard, and headset appear. [2616]
- January-March
- Personal computer unit sales world-wide for the quarter: Hewlett-Packard 15 million, Acer 10.9 million, Dell 10 million, Lenovo 9 million, Asus 4.5 million. [2647.55]
- May 8
- The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A computer monitor, keyboard, and mouse appear. [2617]
- April-June
- Personal computer unit sales world-wide for the quarter: Hewlett-Packard 15 million, Lenovo 11.2 million, Dell 10.6 million, Acer 9.2 million, Asus 4.5 million. [2647.55]
- July 13
- Serbia issues a 22-d postage stamp depicting six computer mouse pointing devices as petals of a flower. [2644.72]
- August 19
- Hewlett-Packard stock shares crash 20 percent, $12 billion of market value, the day after announcement of plan to spin off personal computer business and buy British software maker Autonomy for $10.3 billion. [2637.55]
- August 24
- Steve Jobs resigns as CEO of Apple. [2637.53]
- September 13
- At Microsoft's annual developer conference, Microsoft distributes 5000 Samsung tablet computers running a test version of Windows 8 operating system. [2322]
- July-September
- Personal computer unit sales world-wide for the quarter: Hewlett-Packard 16.1 million, Lenovo 12.5 million, Dell 10.7 million, Acer 9.4 million, Asus 5.7 million. [2647.55]
- November 25
- Serbia issues a 22-d postage stamp for the 130th Anniversary of Journalist Association depicting a laptop computer. [2643.149]
- October-December
- Personal computer unit sales world-wide for the quarter: Hewlett-Packard 14.9 million, Lenovo 12.7 million, Dell 11.8 million, Acer 9.5 million, Asus 6.1 million. [2647.55]
2012
- January-March
- Personal computer unit sales world-wide for the quarter: Hewlett-Packard 15.1 million, Lenovo 11.9 million, Dell 9.5 million, Acer 9.5 million, Asus 5.3 million. [2647.55]
- April-June
- Personal computer unit sales world-wide for the quarter: Hewlett-Packard 13.1 million, Lenovo 13.0 million, Acer 9.3 million, Dell 9.1 million, Asus 6.0 million. [2647.55]
- August 16
- Sweden issues a postage stamp depicting a laptop computer. [2645]
- July-September
- Personal computer unit sales world-wide for the quarter: Lenovo 13.9 million, Hewlett-Packard 13.8 million, Dell 9.1 million, Acer 8.9 million, Asus 6.2 million. [2647.55]
2014
- November 19
- The Philippines issues a 10-peso postage stamp depicting a laptop computer, commemorating the 110th anniversary of the Filipino-Chinese General Chamber of Commerce. [2652.81]
2015
- Year
- Market share of global personal computer shipments: Lenovo 21 percent, Hewlett-Packard 19 percent, Dell 14 percent, Apple 7 percent, Acer 7 percent. [2656.9]
2020
- August 19
- Apple becomes the first American company with a valuation of US$2 trillion. [2667.63]
2021
- November 9
- Spain issues a postage stamp depicting League of Legends Windows video game characters Aatrox, Nidalee, and Orianna. [2671.68]
2022
- June 15
- Microsoft ceases support for Internet Explorer. [2672.17]
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