Stories by: Benj Edwards

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    Can You Do Real Work With the 30-Year-Old IBM 5150? 13/08/2011 01:00:00

    When IBM released its first personal computer, the 5150, 30 years ago, it was deliberately drab--black, gray, and low-key. That's because IBM intended the 5150 to be a serious machine for people doing serious work.
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    A brief history of computer displays 03/11/2010 11:52:00

    From blinking lights and punch cards to LCDs and 3D flat panels, we trace the 70-year history of the tech that users rely on to see what a computer is doing.
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    Finding stuff online: 20 years of innovative search engines 13/09/2010 15:35:00

    Twenty years ago today, a student at McGill University and some friends launched what many people consider to be the world's first Internet search engine: Archie.
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    The world's worst game controller fails 16/07/2010 14:41:00

    When it comes to game controllers, there’s a fine line between clever and stupid. For every good step forward in controller design, there are a dozen dead ends. Some devices may work very well, but are destined for the dustbin anyway. This slideshow is dedicated to those oddball controllers that set out earn our amazement but only aroused our amusement, instead.
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    Inside the Amiga 1000 30/06/2010 10:58:00

    In July 1985, Commodore released an impressive new multimedia PC called the Amiga.
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    History of Video Calls: From Fantasy to Flops to Facetime 18/06/2010 08:56:00

    A visual history of the science and sci-fi of phone calls you can see. (And, no, it didn't start with The Jetsons.)
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    The evolution of video game media 04/06/2010 16:30:00

    From jumper cards to hard disks, these are the cards, cartridges, and drives that have shaped the world of gaming.
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    From paper tape to data sticks: The evolution of removable storage 04/06/2010 14:10:00

    Over the years, people have tried to transfer information from one computer to another in a dizzying number of ways. Here's a look at some of the best, along with others that time forgot.
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    From Paper Tape to Data Sticks: The Evolution of Removable Storage 12/02/2010 11:57:00

    Brave users of history's earliest computers programmed those massive electronic beasts through jumper wires plugged into arrays of sockets.
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    In Pictures: 3 decades of hand-held game systems 08/12/2009 11:39:00

    Three decades after the debut of Milton Bradley's Microvision, here's a look at how handheld video game systems evolved, from early flops like the Atari Lynx to the gaming innovations of the iPhone.
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    Inside the Atari 800 06/11/2009 08:57:00

    It's the 30th anniversary of this 8-bit PC classic. We celebrate the occasion as we always do, by tearing the product apart and showing you the pieces.
 
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