#Microsoft

The Encarta CD-ROM

An entire encyclopedia on one CD, with video clips that ran at postage-stamp size and a "Mind Maze" game nobody finished.

Windows 95 And The Start Button

Microsoft launched Windows 95 with a Rolling Stones track and shops opening at midnight, and people actually queued.

MSN Messenger

Where an entire generation did its socialising between four o'clock and bedtime, in front of the family computer.