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PDAs of 1997
1997 was an amazing year for PDAs, with Apple, Psion and Palm releasing successor systems, while newcomer Windows CE's first generation systems fought…
Jan 11
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Jonathan Scott
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The HP 320LX
HP comes out swinging with its first lineup of Windows CE palmtops
Jan 11
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Jonathan Scott
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The Most Insanely Ambitious Macintosh Clone Ever Attempted: The Rise and Fall of NuTek Computers
How a tiny Cupertino startup in Apple's backyard spent four years and millions trying to build a from-scratch Mac-compatible OS — and then vanished…
Nov 23, 2025
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Jonathan Scott
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The Story of MacWrite
Aug 26, 2025
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The Rise, Fall, and Surprising Survival of dBase
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The Rise of Microsoft Windows Part 3: Windows 3.0
Jul 30, 2025
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A Tangled Web of Conflicting Accounts
Aug 7, 2025
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Psystar: The Rebels Who Sold Hackintosh Dreams
Oct 15, 2025
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Steve Jobs and NeXT Part 1
Nov 9, 2021
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Psystar: The Rebels Who Sold Hackintosh Dreams
From a Florida garage to a $2.7 million courtroom defeat—how two brothers' brash attempt to create and publicly sell Macintosh OS X clones rose and fell
Oct 15, 2025
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The Story of MacPaint
The rise and fall of the Macintosh's original graphics application
Sep 23, 2025
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The Story of MacWrite
The rise and fall of the Macintosh's original word processor
Aug 26, 2025
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A Tangled Web of Conflicting Accounts
Is it possible to know what happened between IBM, Gary Kildall, and Bill Gates that summer of 1980?
Aug 7, 2025
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The Rise, Fall, and Surprising Survival of WordPerfect
The story of the former king of word processors, its battle with Microsoft, and its surprisingly lengthy survival into the present day
Jan 15, 2023
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The Rise of Microsoft Excel: Part 2
Microsoft brings its powerful spreadsheet to the PC, the start of challenging the industry leader, Lotus 1-2-3
Dec 17, 2025
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The Rise of Microsoft Windows Part 3: Windows 3.0
Microsoft's unloved operating system finally starts to take off
Jul 30, 2025
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The Rise of Microsoft Windows Part 1: Windows 1.0
The long, bumpy road to the first release of Windows
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