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Some have begun to call it the Information Revolution. Technological changes brought dramatic new to Americans living in the 1990s. From the beginning of the decade until the end, new forms of entertainment, commerce, research, work, and communication became commonplace in the United States. The force behind much of this change was an innovation popularly known as the Internet. Personal computers had become widespread by the end of the 1980s. Also available was the ability to connect these computers over local or even national networks. Through a device called a modem, individual users could link their computer to a of information using conventional phone lines. What lay beyond the individual computer was a vast domain of information known as cyberspace. Upon its in 1983 the Apple "Lisa" computer — named for one of its developers daughters — was supposed to revolutionize personal computing. But interest in "Lisa" was minimal due to its nearly $10,000 price tag and the introduction of the much more "Macintosh" a year later.