Internet

  1969: 
    arpanet

  1986:
    nsfnet 

  1992: 
    Ellen moves to Minneapolis Fed and discovers they have not heard of 
    the internet

  1993:
    Mosaic web browser version 1

  1994:
    World wide web consortium founded at MIT

  1998:
    security protocols (e.g., https) develop and aid e-commerce

  Intel Processor speeds (Doms, SF Fed):
    1984-mid 1997, 1.9 % per month
    1997- 2000 4.6 % per month
    2000- 2004, 2.5 % per month

Communications equipment (computer and cellular networks)

  Fiber optics:

    Before 1996: 1 channel (2.5 gigabits per second)
    1996: 8 channels (20 gigabits per second)
    2000: 20-fold increase (400 gigabits per second)

  LAN equipment

  Wireless networks
  
  Chips

Software