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The Colossus
Designed by British engineer Tommy Flowers, the Colossus is designed to break the complex Lorenz ciphers used by the Nazis during World War II. A total of ten Colossi were delivered -
The Ethernet Computer Networking
Invented by Robert Metcalfe in 1973, the ethernet is a system for connecting computers within a building using hardware running from machine to machine. It differs from the Internet, which connects computers by a telephone line. Metcalfe was asked to build a networking system for PARC's computers. -
Apple 1
On April Fool's Day, 1976, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs released the Apple I computer and started Apple Computers. The Apple I was the first single circuit board computer. -
Apple 2
The Apple II was also based on the 6502 processor, but it had color graphics , and used an audio cassette drive for storage. -
Motorola DynaTAC 8000X
The Model T of mobiles. The device was birthed from a fierce race between Motorola and Bell labs to bring the first portable to market. -
Apple Lisa
The first personal computer with a graphical user border, its development was central in the move to systems for personal computers. -
yahoo
Yahoo! was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated on March 1, 1995. It is best known for its web portal, search engine, Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, advertising, online mapping, video sharing, and social media websites and services. -
Motorola StarTAC
While the DynaTAC may have been the first portable phone, MOTO's StarTAC, was the first that was actually pocketable. -
Toshiba TCP-6000
Significance: You may think Nokia's 8810 was the first GSM phone with an internal antenna. It wasn't. That distinction belongs to the TCP-6000, released as the Hagenuk GlobalHandy. Toshiba and Hagenuk teamed up to develop the phone, but it never came out in the United States where the GSM standard had yet to be adopted. -
Nokia 8810
By bringing the antenna inside, it paved the way for a generation of phones that were not only more portable, but also more durable. -
Sony Ericsson T68i
With Bluetooth wireless, two-way MMS and simple WAP web browsing -
Danger Hiptop
Prior to the iPhone and G1, Danger's Hiptop — more commonly known as the T-Mobile Sidekick -
Treo 600
The Treo 600 was the chocolate and peanut butter of PDAs and mobile phones.
