CIS105

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    Technology in the 2000s

  • First Camera Phone: J-SH04

    First Camera Phone: J-SH04
    Developed by Japanese company Sharp, this handheld device was the first mobile phone to have a built-in camera. The phone itself is a small, rectangular object with an antennae protruding from the backside.
  • USB flash drive

    USB flash drive
    The USB flash drive was patented in 2000 but no confirmed inventor has been identified. It is a small stick-like object with a USB connector that you insert into a computer to read or write files.
  • Windows XP

    Windows XP
    Windows XP was created by Microsoft and released to manufacturing in August of 2001. It's a computer system operator that was used by most personal and business computers in the 2000s.
  • MySpace

    MySpace
    MySpace was developed in 2003 by Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson, and Jon Hart. It's a social networking website built to house profiles of various individuals and connect them via the internet.
  • Scratch

    Scratch
    Scratch is an open source programming language first made public in 2007. It's a simplified coding language used to teach children and other beginners to programming using blocks and text boxes.