Japan has completely abandoned floppy disks only now. They were used until 2024 according to 1034 rules
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Floppy disks were particularly popular in the 1970s and 1990s for transferring data between computers not connected to a network.
The x86 architecture is almost 50 years old. Intel 8086 processor was introduced on June 8, 1978
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Introduced on June 8, 1978, the Intel 8086 processor began an era of Intel dominance in the world of microprocessors.
The Geneva Motor Show is closing. Annual car exhibition holds for 119 years
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The first auto show in Geneva took place in 1905, attracting 17 thousand visitors. After the economic crisis and the First World War, the exhibition resumed in 1923 and reached its peak in 2005 with almost 750 thousand visitors
3DMark developers show video cards performance growth since 2016
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UL Solutions collected all 48 million 3DMark Time Spy results over the past 8 years to demonstrate the increase in average graphics card performance over that period.
What is RCS and why is it the imposed future of all messengers, including iMessage?
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The history of messaging protocols can be boring, sometimes fascinating, but money and competition will sooner or later force everyone to submit to market standards.
History of the DotA game: from Warcraft 3 to Valve
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DotA collects the largest budgets in the industry at cyber championships and has captivated the minds of millions of gamers. How did this happen? We tell in our material about the history of the creation of DotA
Galvin SCR-536: the harsh ancestor of the mobile phone
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Providing reliable communications to the US Army in World War II, engineers at Galvin Manufacturing (the future Motorola) created a compact walkie-talkie. The development of mobile communications came from it.
Sony Walkman: Iconic Portability
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The first compact audio players appeared 35 years ago. But despite all the efforts of competitors who produced similar devices, it was Sony’s equipment that became the very basis of the portable audio device industry. Why are the devices of the Japanese company so popular with users?
Russian roulette: the amazing history and further fate of the creator of Chatroulette
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A new “disease” that has captured millions of Internet users is anonymous video chat with strangers Chatroulette. And it was an ordinary Moscow schoolboy Andrei Ternovsky who came up with this unique kind of fun, which is predicted to take place on Facebook and Twitter.
From the last century: the top 20 greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century
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How many things can we not imagine a comfortable existence without today? It would seem, without hundreds. Although if you combine them into general categories, it turns out that there are no more than 20 main ones. Over the course of the twentieth century, they have evolved greatly – and not without the help of high technology
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Acer Nitro V 15 ANV15-51-512A laptop test: popular games
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Acer Nitro V 15 gaming laptop can successfully cope with office tasks and entertain the owner with content and games. Let’s see how the reincarnation on the basis of the well-known chassis went
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LEGO and Epic Games will release 4 sets dedicated to Fortnite, priced from $15 to $100
games LegoLEGO announced four Fortnite sets: Battle Bus, Llama, Burger and Peely Bone. You will have to pay $100 for the bus and Peely Bone.
Poco F6 Deadpool Limited Edition by Xiaomi smartphone timed to movie release
Poco smartphone XiaomiXiaomi announced a special version of the Poco F6 smartphone called Poco F6 Deadpool Limited Edition. This issue is dedicated to the new movie “Deadpool & Wolverine”.