May 2012
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A history of Windows: highlights from 25 years →
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Wonder what Windows 1.0 (1985) or 2.0 (1987) looked like?
This is a complete history of Microsoft’s most used product with plenty of screenshots and information, not surprisingly found on Microsoft’s website.
We’ve come a long way thanks to Microsoft, but will they remain a leader going forwards? They’ve stumbled a few times in recent years
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Paul Miller of theverge.com leaving the internet... →
Tons of respect for this guy. I wish him luck.
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April 2012
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Classic arcade game 'Star Castle' finally ported... →
But it needs donations on Kickstarter to happen.
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Video: "Download: The True Story of the Internet"... →
Stream It
“Download: The True Story of the Internet is documentary television series about Internet history. It is aired on Science Channel at US and Discovery Channel for other countries. It originally aired on March 3, 2008. The show was hosted by John Heilemann.
There are 4 parts to the documentary. These are
Part 1: Browser Wars
The rise and fall of Netscape and its battle against...
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Before Netscape: the forgotten Web browsers of the... →
A good history lesson on early browsers. Remember Mosaic?
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Retro Magazine: InfoWorld (Feb 29, 1988) →
Want to see some articles and computer ads from 1988? Check out this online issue of InfoWorld magazine on Google Books!
Highlights:
Being OS/2 compatible was apparently a big deal in this issue.
Now we’re rockin’ 386’s at over 20MHz clock speeds and 60MB hard disk drives!
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Video: C|NET Cyberlife Show - Onlive Traveler... →
3D Real Time Audio Chat!!!!
A look at one of the first uses of real time voice chatting in a virtual world. It looks so rudimentary now.
Here is also a intro segment of the same show. This one really hit home for me because the introductions of these old shows are usually what sticks in my mind the most. My best friend and I used to watch CNET Central all the time!
I think I actually...
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Regretfully, I am sad to say that I have never played any of the Monkey Island...
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We’ve come so far yet there is something pure about those days before the...
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del win.com
– The 90’s: Instant Hacker
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Retro Magazine: InfoWorld (Jan 8, 1996) →
Want to see some articles and computer ads from 1996? Check out this online issue of InfoWorld magazine on Google Books!
Highlights:
Gateway Ad $5,088 & $6,823 !!!!!
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Video: Net Cafe - Early Interview with Google... →
“Net Cafe (formerly Internet Cafe) was a US television series documenting the internet boom of the late 1990s. It was broadcast from 1996 to 2002 and hosted by Stewart Cheifet, Jane Wither, and Andrew deVries. The show was effectively a “spinoff” of the long running PBS series Computer Chronicles” - Wikipedia
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1990 was a momentous year in world events. In February, Nelson Mandela was freed...
– info.cern.ch
Read more about the world’s first-ever web site and web server at info.cern.ch
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Computer Chronicles - Your New Personal Computer (1994 ?)
Not sure of the date on this one exactly.
avdisco:
COMPUTER CHRONICLES is the bomb.
Highlights:
Besides the great intro by Stewart Cheifet, Compuserve, the size of those expansion boards, giant external CD-Rom drives, and joystick ports!
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Video: Net Cafe - Hackers in 1996 →
“Net Cafe (formerly Internet Cafe) was a US television series documenting the internet boom of the late 1990s. It was broadcast from 1996 to 2002 and hosted by Stewart Cheifet, Jane Wither, and Andrew deVries. The show was effectively a “spinoff” of the long running PBS series Computer Chronicles” - Wikipedia
“This is the very first episode of the Net Cafe...
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100 Things Your Kids May Never Know About →
From GeekDad at Wired.com
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