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In pictures: The history of mobile phones

Take a stroll down memory lane and see the evolution of the mobile phone, from its humble beginnings with the Motorola DynaTAC in 1983 to the Apple iPhone 3GS in 2009!

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Slideshow -- Tech of Yesteryear: Where Old Computers Find Their Final Resting Place

Max Burnet has turned his home in the leafy suburbs of Sydney into arguably Australia’s largest private computer museum. Since retiring as director of Digital Equipment Corporation a decade ago, Burnet has converted his interest in the computing industry into an invaluable snapshot of computer history. Every available space from his basement to the top floor of his two-storey home is covered with relics from the past. His collection is vast, from a 1920s Julius Totalisator, the first UNIX PDP-7, a classic DEC PDP-8, the original IBM PC, Apple’s Lisa, MITS Altair 8800, numerous punch cards and over 6000 computer reference books. And more. He happily opened his doors for CIO to take a look.

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News about history

Article | 30/12/2010 Computer History Museum to highlight storage
Computer History Museum to highlight storage
Article | 6/04/2010 MITS founder and Altair inventor Ed Roberts dies aged 68
Henry Edward Roberts, designer of the Altair 8800 personal computer that inspired Bill Gates and Paul Allen to enter the software business, has died a...
Article | 30/10/2009 The Internet at 40: History Began With Its First Crash
Why do we today celebrate today -- October 29 -- as the Internet's 40's birthday? Because on this day in 1969, what would later became known as the In...
Article | 7/07/2009 World's oldest Christian Bible goes digital
Time is never kind to paper manuscripts, particular those written more than 1600 years ago. Some 800 pages remain of the Codex Sinaiticus, a version ...

Features about history

Article | 25/09/2009 In pictures: The history of mobile phones
The mobile phone is one of the fastest growing and most popular pieces of technology in history. From Motorola's first prototype mobile phone, which w...
Article | 24/12/2008 15 events that changed technology history
There are certain key points that have shaped the way technology is today. We've rounded up the 15 most important milestones and explained why they ch...
Article | 24/11/2008 Slideshow -- Tech of Yesteryear: Where Old Computers Find Their Final Resting Place
Max Burnet has turned his home in the leafy suburbs of Sydney into arguably Australia’s largest private computer museum. Since retiring as director of...

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