Page 7 - Home Computer News Today

>> these concepts of digital random access, mobile, portable, and cheap, had started to catch on. >> different ways to run a business. different ways to communicate with your friends. different ways to experience virtual worlds. i dont think weve ever seen a decade like that, frankly. >> there was realization that this kind of technology was going to be part of our lives. its where our work and entertainment and all of that is going to reside. >> i believe that what is happening today is truly a...

>> there is a lot of chat about technology in business. youd expect that. but some of the conversation might surprise you. it is not just tech talk. they are talking about sexy. >> what she does is she loads pictures, mostly x-rated pictures, into her computer, and then customers, anywhere in the world, can call up and say, on to their home computer, this list. 15,000 descriptions of notice in language thats not always suitable for tv. >> pornography is always the first to make money on any new ...

The SNES Mini comes out top

Technology in business. youd expect that, but some of the conversation might surprise you. it is not just tech talk. they are talking about sex. >> are you an adult? >> what she does is she loads pictures, mostly x-rated pictures, into her computer. and then customers anywhere in the world can call up lauras lair and see on their home computer this list. 15,000 descriptions of photos in language thats not always an suitable for tv. >> pornography is always the first to make money on any new tech...

A new rock music and pop culture website. Editorial independent music website offering news, reviews, features, interviews, videos and pictures

Man, we build these big machines. >> ibm did not realize it was essentially handing all this power to this little nerd. >> if you had stayed at harvard a few more years, would this computer revolution have passed you by? >> perhaps. things move very quickly in the industry, and it was really the urgency to get out there and be the first one to put a basic on the microcomputer that caused me to drop out. >> if you dont have one, you will be amazed what these little gadgets can do. >> the idea was...

Xerox had this booming copier business. it wasnt a personal computer company, but they opened up this lab called the palo alto research center. >> xerox park was xeroxs think tank. they were working on all these crazy, out-there ideas which included the mouse, overlapping windows and fonts and graphics on a computer screen. just to see if they could do it. >> steve jobs hears about some of this work going on at this lab, and he wants a look. >> xerox park was an innovation place, apple was an in...

>> for all of us, the computer revolution was really exciting. it was like, wow, this is wide open. >> it was a group of people who want to make a change in the world. >> and eventually, the two forces in silicon valley, the hobbyists and the button-down business guys, ended up coming together when the chipmakers realized the things that the hobbyists were doing could lead to this whole new kind of product called a personal computer. >> it was at a home-grown computer club where steve wozniak an...

In the early part of the 80s, the general image of the computer was always this giant machine with little things all over it. the mindset was the computer as the brain. and it was a threatening concept. >> the 1980s is a period of time when the big, impersonal, giant machine that lives in a huge, air-conditioned room someplace suddenly becomes something that sits on your desk. >> something is happening out there, something thats expanding your world. small computers are happening. >> as soon as ...

Exhilarating to watch the way technology evolved. >> the home minder has a memo pad. and it will beep. >> we are going to spend the rest of our lives around a telephones set. >> right. >> almost nobody would say we are going to take technology to this point. its much more chaotic. things rise, and bubble and fall back. and nobody can find a use for it so it goes away. it is a confluence of developments that are all happening at the same time. >> small and portable are the watch words for the 90s...