Tech History

Feeling nostalgic about your first tech gadget or toy? Want to learn about tech's visionaries and trailblazers? If so, you've come to the right spot.

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Photos: 23 milestones in the history of the web
TechRepublic - Brandon Vigliarolo
30 years of the world wide web: What are we celebrating? Saying March 2019 is the 30th anniversary of the internet can sound arbitrary. After all, …
Mar 13, 2019
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Inventions
Photos: 20 most important tech inventions of the past 100 years
TechRepublic - Brandon Vigliarolo
A century moves fast Picture life in 1918: World War I was in its closing months, a Ford Model T cost $500, and home radio units were just coming …
Oct 24, 2018
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50 years of business computing: 1978-2028
TechRepublic - Evan Koblentz
A magical look back at IT news in 1978, 1988, 1998, 2008, and 2018, as well as ahead to 2028. Another year in computing is drawing to a close, and …
Nov 20, 2018
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Programming Languages
Photos: The 20 most influential programmers of all time
TechRepublic - Macy Bayern
1. Alan Turing Computer programs are constantly evolving. Here are 20 of the most influential figures that have shaped the computer programming …
Jul 4, 2018
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Patents
Photos: The women who created the technology industry
TechRepublic - Lyndsey Gilpin
The original computer scientists Image: U.S. Army Ada Lovelace, first computer programmer Image: Science and Society Picture Library (Wikimedia …
Mar 18, 2014