Running Windows on Anything but a Computer
Just when we thought we've seen everything from Windows 95/98/XP, the retrocomputing community takes old software and old hardware and manages to make something new
11 Sci-Fi Movies that Predicted the Future of Tech
From early classics like Metropolis to 90s hits like The Matrix, these films have both reflected and influenced tech trends
The Rise and Fall of AltaVista: A Look at a 90s Web Pioneer
At its peak, AltaVista, the web's first full-text searchable database, received 80 million hits a day. And then it was acquired.
Video Calls on a 56K Modem
The Amstrad E3 brought video calling to households before they even had broadband
Tweeting Before Smartphones: Remembering the TwitterPeek
"No phone, no browser, no camera — and no apologies"
Bringing TV Channels to the Feature Phone: The Virgin Lobster 700TV
This bulky headset added 5 TV channels to users' pockets
The Pocket Surfer 2 downloaded webpages over pre-3G networks faster than any other phone
In the pre-3G era of smart phones, webpages were painfully slow to download outside of wifi. But the Pocket Surfer 2 was fast. How did it do it?
From Game Console to Movie Center: The Panasonic Q was Nintendo’s DVD Dream
The Panasonic Q (2001) was a hybrid version of the Nintendo GameCube, exclusive to the Japanese market
