The convergence of soap shows from radio to TV, and finally, to the Internet shows that even the most drab and mindless filth that writers can spawn for entertainment is capable of evolution from medium to medium; meaning that anything is possible.

1889 - Nintendo is founded in Kyoto, Japan by Fusijairo Yamamuchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. Even went into the brothel business for a short period of time.

1926 - The first television is made by John Logie Baird. Without the TV, no video game console would have existed.

1966 - Ralph Baer designs and drafts his original version of the Odyssey system, which is the first version of a video game console. Also, later he invented the first video game light gun.

1972 - Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney found Atari Inc. and housed their first office on Scott Boulevard in Sunnyvale, CA

1974 - Pong was set to be redesigned as a home version game. Being a hit at the bar it was initially tested at, Pong put Atari on the map as one of the fastest growing businesses.

1980 - Shigeru Miyamoto is sent to the US by Nintendo to design a game that would make up for the company's horrible loss of Radar Scope. With little programming experience, Miyamoto was able to design the hit Donkey Kong.

1985 - Codemasters was founded by the British Darling brothers, Richard and David. One of the oldest video game companies, it cracked the code to the Super Nintendo System and used it to release games of their own.

1985 - Alexey Pajitnov invents Tetris in the Soviet Union. Was then later able to produce for the NES console.

1989 - Sega releases the Genesis, also known as the Sega Mega Drive. While it was superior to NES in both graphics and audio, it failed to overcome Nintendo's huge market presence.

1989 - Nintendo releases the Game Boy. While the graphics were inferior to other systems out there, the system was paired with Tetris which helped it take control of the handheld market.

1991 - Interactive Studios is founded by British twins Philip and Andrew Oliver. The two started designing video games on their home computer as a way to spend time and gained fame for designing the serious of games after a character called Dizzy.

1993 - Doom is created by John Carmack. Thought to be the first successful computer game to use 3D graphics and network play successful, also, one of the original first person shooters.

1993 - NVIDIA is founded by Jen-Hsun Hsuang. Is one of the leading and best companies for computer graphics cards.

1994 - The ESRB was founded to rate and label all sorts of computer entertainment software. With ratings such as A, MA, TN, etc.

1994 - Sony releases the Playstation, one of the best selling consoles. To date it has sold over 100 million units. It was not the first system to utilize CD-ROM technology, but notably the first to implement it successfully.

1996 - The Nintendo 64 gaming console is released. It touted some of the best graphics scene to that date, even on the same level as super computers. Has since sold about 33 million units.

1998 - Sega releases the Dreamcast. A CD oriented console, it was ahead of its time, being able to connect to the Internet as well as other features. However, it did not gain enough support by the Playstation 2, and was thus beaten the market, also the last game console Sega would ever produce.

2000 - Sony releases the Playstation 2. The first system to utilize DVD discs to accommodate bigger games, it was far superior to anything that had been released before. It was the fastest selling console in history, it still beats its competitors, even the much more recent Xbox 360.

2001 - Microsoft merges into the console gaming market and releases the Xbox. It was also the first console to use a hard disk for memory storage.

2001 - Nintendo returns to the console market and releases the Gamecube, while it was the cheapest and better performing of the 6th generation gaming systems, it had a small market share with a limited amount of titles.

I see, video games reaching a plateau of graphics due to the limitations of current hardware. However, games will begin to become more edgy in order to keep up market momentum.

1969 - ARPAnet (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) was the first form of the Internet. It was utilized by the Department of Defense to send information via packets, one of the first forms of URLs.

1970 - Vint Cerf began working on the ARPAnet while attending UCLA. He is one of the first people to have created the Internet and TCP/ IP protocols. Cerf is also accredited with coining the term "surfing the net" while working on the ARPAnet

Early 1970s - Instant Messaging first forms as the PLATO system. Before the graphical interface of Zephyer was introduced in 1987, "IM" had a very MS-DOS appearance. AOL and MSN are the most popular clients for use of instant messaging available.

1971 - Ray Tomlinson implements what is considered to be the first system of e-mail. Using ARPAnet, Tomlinson also created use of the "@" sign in order to allow a person to access a message from any computer connected to the network.

1973 - Robert Kahn after working with Vint Cerf on the creation of the ARPAnet, he and Cerf finalized the TCP/ IP protocols which are vital to the function of today's Internet.

1975 - On April 4, Bill Gates along with Paul Allen found Microsoft in order to sell software for the Altair 8800. The name Microsoft is a portmanteau of Microcomputer Software. Not only has Windows been cited as the most popular operating system, Microsoft has had many company policies that were ideas of their own.

1976 - On April 1st of this year, Steve Jobs along with Steve Wozniak founded the Apple Computer Company. The first computer sold by Apple was called the Apple I. It sold for $666.66 and was followed by the hugely successful Apple II.

1983 - America Online was founded in 1983 by William von Meister under the original monicker of Control Video Corporation. Until 1991, before AOL was released for MS-DOS, it was predominately popular for selling online video games for Commodore 64.

1989 - The world prepares for utmost harror when Jake Thraen is born of March 18.

1994 - Considered to be the year the early forms of "blogging" took place. One of the earliest known bloggers is Justin Hall who began blogging in 1994 while in attendance at Swartmore college, and Brad Fitzpatrick, who is also the creator of one of the most popular blogs, LiveJournal.

1995 - eBay was founded Pierre Omidyar in San Jose, CA. It was supposedly started to help Omidyar's wife collect PEZ dispensers. The name originates from the ebola virus.

1995 - Web TV, now MSN TV, is launched. One of the most successful technological advancements to sell since satellite television, it allowed a young Jake Thraen to being browsing the Internet at the home of his grandparents.

1998 - On September 27, Google Incorporated was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page as students at Stanford University. Originally, it was a part of the Standford website (google.stanford.edu) and was named after a common misspelling, googol. Google has since changed online culture and experimented with many different services.

1999 - Jake Thraen gets the Internet in his home for the first time. Under the client AOL.

2000 - Wikipedia is started under the name Nupedia by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Based on the free-content idea started by a similar website, Everything2, Wikipedia has become a great way for people to find starting information in research.

2001 - Jake Thraen makes his first purchase on eBay, a Gibson Dobro Resonator Guitar.

2001 - iTunes is launched by Apple. iTunes has become one of the most popular media players to date. With iPod synchronization, the ability to purchase several different types of media through a built in online store, and an easy to use interface, iTunes is one of the best media players available.

2003 - Mozilla Firefox is started by David Hyatt and Blake Ross. Similar to that of Netscape Navigator, Firefox is a popular internet browser alternative to Mircosoft's Internet Explorer. It was released in 2004, and was named one of the best inventions of 2004, one place behind Gmail.

2004 - Jake Thraen after much research and disappointment from PeoplePC, switches for Verzion Online DSL, his first ever home connection with broadband Internet.

2005 - In February, YouTube was founded by three employees of PayPal, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. YouTube has since become one of the most popular sites because of its versatility, and flexibility of hosting videos online. Anything from video blogs to out takes of TV shows can be found on YouTube. In October 2006, Google announced it would buy YouTube for $1.65 billion.

Virus - Singular computer program that infects specified programs and hardware much like a biological virus. Needs a host like a conventional virus and can greatly damage the computer's memory by embedding its code into the computer's. This can lead to Trojans that can infect other computers.

Trojan - A program much like a virus that is disguised or hidden within a legitimate looking computer program, much like the Greek war tactic. However, the program needs to be triggered by the user much like the Greeks accepted the ill-fated gift. Trojans can change into other viruses in which the user needs to run again like the original Trojan in order for it to become infected

Worm - Worms are like viruses, however they do not need to infect a host program. They make copies of themselves and spread themselves across a computer network.