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Trivia Tuesday: Microsoft's super-successful Xbox 360

Trivia Tuesday: Microsoft
  • Posted March 13, 2012, 2:00 PM by Steven Parker | Filed in Gaming, Hardware
  • Alongside their Windows operating system, one of Microsoft’s most successful ventures has been into the game space: first with the Xbox and then with the ever popular Xbox 360. Neowin has posted another of its Trivia Tuesday features with facts and…

Trivia Tuesday: Windows 95's golden days

Trivia Tuesday: Windows 95
  • Posted February 28, 2012, 11:30 AM by Steven Parker | Filed in Microsoft, Software
  • Did you know that Windows 95 had a beta program? Yep, users could pay to enter the Windows 95 Preview Program in the United States and they would receive a few 3.5” floppy disks containing the beta OS. It only cost $19.95, or around $30 now adjusted for inflation.

Neowin Trivia Tuesday: The many waves of Wi-Fi

Neowin Trivia Tuesday: The many waves of Wi-Fi
  • Posted February 21, 2012, 11:30 AM by Steven Parker | Filed in Hardware
  • Millions of people use Wi-Fi every day to connect wirelessly to the Internet through their home or work routers; I know I do, not only for some of my PCs, but also for my smartphone and other portable devices. It’s…

Trivia Tuesday: The beauty of high-speed cameras

Trivia Tuesday: The beauty of high-speed cameras
  • Posted January 3, 2012, 10:30 AM by Steven Parker | Filed in Hardware
  • High-speed photography offers an amazing glimpse at what can be produced when you simply slow down the world. Natural motion, such as frogs jumping, can look captivatingly beautiful when shot at thousands of frames per second, and can make nature…

Trivia Tuesday: Some facts about BitTorrent

Trivia Tuesday: Some facts about BitTorrent
  • Posted December 27, 2011, 10:37 AM by Steven Parker | Filed in Software, The Web
  • Torrenting is perhaps one of the favorite ways for internet users to download copyrighted material for free. It involves downloading a .torrent file and loading it into a torrent program, which then finds users around the internet (thanks to "trackers") who…

Trivia Tuesday: Apple invention misconceptions

Trivia Tuesday: Apple invention misconceptions
  • Posted December 20, 2011, 10:30 AM by Steven Parker | Filed in Apple
  • For the fourth Trivia Tuesday over at Neowin, this week they are exploring some of the things you might think Apple invented, but actually didn't at all. These invention misconceptions are just a brief collection of what people may generally…

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