What was invented in 1998?

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• The World's First Satellite Digital Television service
• Netscape Navigator was released, becoming the leader of the Web Browser market share.
• The Java Programming language was released from Sun Microsystems
• The Channel Tunnel, stretching from England to France, was completed, with 15,000 workers and over 7 years of build time.
• The Fighter aircraft "Eurofighter" makes it's inaugural test flight after 10 years of development.