Retrospective
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The operating system that almost beat Windows (and why you've probably never heard of it)
The 1990s was the decade when Windows conquered the world. By the end of it, Windows was the most popular…
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Intel decided what motherboards look like in 1995, and we're still living with the consequences
If you’re rocking a desktop PC, there’s a good chance the motherboard it’s built around is based on the ATX…
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Before Wi-Fi and Ethernet, these 3 forgotten standards kept computers connected
Wi-Fi and RJ-45 Ethernet are relatively new inventions in the history of computing. But the idea of two computers talking…
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4 PC ports that outlived their inventors and still refuse to die
Hippocrates once said “art is long, life is short.” It’s a neat old proverb that, like many ancient Latin and…