Sunday, 26 April 2020
Acorn Atom (1980)
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Acorn Atom Introduced 1980 The late 1970s saw the introduction of the first microcomputers that you could just take out of the box and u...
Monday, 20 April 2020
From the archives: Microsoft KIN, Nokia N70, N90, N91, N8, 5140i, 8800, BlackBerry Pearl 9100
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Some product launches are merely bad but the Microsoft KIN (2010) cratered so badly that you you could see it from space. On the other han...
Saturday, 18 April 2020
Fanta (1940)
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Introduced 1940 This year sees the 80th anniversary of the launch of Fanta – the fruit-flavour fizzy beverage that is one of the most pop...
Monday, 13 April 2020
RS-232 (1960)
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Mouse using a serial interface Introduced 1960 Known to many as just a “serial interface”, RS-232 is a surprisingly old communication...
Friday, 10 April 2020
Compaq iPAQ H3600 (2000)
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Compaq iPAQ H3630 Launched April 2000 PDAs had been developing rapidly in the around the turn of the millennium. Popularised by the icon...
Wednesday, 1 April 2020
Nintendo Game & Watch (1980)
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Nintendo Game & Watch - original "Ball" game Launched April 1980 Legend has it that one day Nintendo engineer Gunpei Yoko...
Saturday, 28 March 2020
Sony PlayStation 2 (2000)
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Sony PlayStation 2 Launched March 2000 Sony had been something of a late entrant into the games console, coming to market in the early 1...
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