- Steve Jobs announces iPhone first generation in January and the second one in June
- NASA launches Phoenix spacecraft to Mars
- MAC OS X 10.5 Leopard is released
- Microsoft Vista is released
- Halo 3 is released and beat all previous records in entertainment by generating $170M in the first 24 hours
- Final book of the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is released and sells over 11 million copies in the first 24 hours (fastest selling book in history)