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10 A grand price fixing scheme that took place between 1998-2002 involved over a dozen makers, of what PC component?
30 The PlayStation 4 was powered by a GPU roughly equal to what PC graphics card?
70 What was the first handheld game console to ship with a color display?
90 What was the first computer virus released in the wild?
90 Before changing its name to Seagate, the storage giant was known by what name?
80 All of these products eventually launched, but they were once feared to be vaporware, except for...?
70 What was the world's first digital and programmable robot?
10 How much storage did the first commercially available USB flash drive provide?
90 How many GPUs did a 3Dfx Voodoo2 have?
90 What was the first computer to be marketed as a "laptop"?
90 TechSpot was originally launched in the 90s as a tech blog called...?
90 Which of these motherboard form factors has the largest max dimensions?
30 What was the first Android mobile phone?
50 Which AMD CPU series was famous for getting its multiplier unlocked using a pencil?
80 What was the first ever web browser?
50 Before becoming the web's video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?
80 The first version of Internet Explorer "borrowed" source code from what other web browser?
80 Approximately how many feet of tape fit inside a standard T-120 VHS tape?
10 Charles Babbage is known for creating the first... ?
70 Mozilla Firefox originally launched under what name?
10 To fund the creation of Apple's first computer, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold...
30 Whitehouse.com once brought visitors to a site that hosted...
10 When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for AOL dial-up Internet?
50 In computing history, who were the "Dirty Dozen"?
30 These famous tech personalities are all college dropouts, except...
10 What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?
90 Before being known as PayPal, the company went by what name?
30 The original iPod had an Easter Egg accessed by holding down the center button for a few seconds on the "About" menu. What was it?
50 How long did it take Amazon to begin selling more ebooks than physical copies once Kindle launched?
80 Which of these statements was true of the QWERTY layout on typewriters in 1878...
70 What was the Mac's first web browser?
50 Google's first tweet on Twitter was a message encoded in binary that read what?
70 What was the first website to display banner ads?
80 What was the first cell phone ever to carry a built-in camera?
70 Which of these early portable computers is considered to be the first commercially successful?
70 What is Google's Android mascot unofficially known as?
90 Although the Sega Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001, which exclusive game received a DLC update in 2017(!)?
30 Released in 1989, the Psion MC-400 laptop was way ahead of its time, it included all of these features except one...
70 Quantum Link (AOL pre-1991) first provided online services for the owners of what computers?
50 Founded by three former Texas Instruments executives, the trio briefly considered opening what type of business before launching Compaq?
70 What was the first video game console to have a controller with an integrated mic?
30 Without actually typing it in, where does Relentless.com bring you?
50 Before being known as Adobe Photoshop, an early version of the software was called...
30 If you were buying a solid state drive, which of these would be the fastest, most durable type of NAND flash memory?
70 In 2010, Newegg sold 300 counterfeits of what processor?
50 Which one of these three computers was not a part of the "1977 Trinity"?
90 What was the first web browser available for Microsoft Windows?
10 Before becoming widely recognized the main character of Super Mario Bros., what was Mario named?
90 Set to be the Pentium 4 Prescott's successor, code-named Tejas and Jayhawk microprocessors were expected to ship with frequencies at or above...
70 "Polygon Man" was briefly the mascot for which game console?

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10 A grand price fixing scheme that took place between 1998-2002 involved over a dozen makers, of what PC component?

30 The PlayStation 4 was powered by a GPU roughly equal to what PC graphics card?

70 What was the first handheld game console to ship with a color display?

90 What was the first computer virus released in the wild?

90 Before changing its name to Seagate, the storage giant was known by what name?

80 All of these products eventually launched, but they were once feared to be vaporware, except for...?

70 What was the world's first digital and programmable robot?

10 How much storage did the first commercially available USB flash drive provide?

90 How many GPUs did a 3Dfx Voodoo2 have?

90 What was the first computer to be marketed as a "laptop"?

90 TechSpot was originally launched in the 90s as a tech blog called...?

90 Which of these motherboard form factors has the largest max dimensions?

30 What was the first Android mobile phone?

50 Which AMD CPU series was famous for getting its multiplier unlocked using a pencil?

80 What was the first ever web browser?

50 Before becoming the web's video juggernaut, what was the plan for YouTube?

80 The first version of Internet Explorer "borrowed" source code from what other web browser?

80 Approximately how many feet of tape fit inside a standard T-120 VHS tape?

10 Charles Babbage is known for creating the first... ?

70 Mozilla Firefox originally launched under what name?

10 To fund the creation of Apple's first computer, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs sold...

30 Whitehouse.com once brought visitors to a site that hosted...

10 When Verizon bought AOL in 2015, how many people were still paying for AOL dial-up Internet?

50 In computing history, who were the "Dirty Dozen"?

30 These famous tech personalities are all college dropouts, except...

10 What's the name of the landscape wallpaper that was a default on Windows XP?

90 Before being known as PayPal, the company went by what name?

30 The original iPod had an Easter Egg accessed by holding down the center button for a few seconds on the "About" menu. What was it?

50 How long did it take Amazon to begin selling more ebooks than physical copies once Kindle launched?

80 Which of these statements was true of the QWERTY layout on typewriters in 1878...

70 What was the Mac's first web browser?

50 Google's first tweet on Twitter was a message encoded in binary that read what?

70 What was the first website to display banner ads?

80 What was the first cell phone ever to carry a built-in camera?

70 Which of these early portable computers is considered to be the first commercially successful?

70 What is Google's Android mascot unofficially known as?

90 Although the Sega Dreamcast was discontinued in 2001, which exclusive game received a DLC update in 2017(!)?

30 Released in 1989, the Psion MC-400 laptop was way ahead of its time, it included all of these features except one...

70 Quantum Link (AOL pre-1991) first provided online services for the owners of what computers?

50 Founded by three former Texas Instruments executives, the trio briefly considered opening what type of business before launching Compaq?

70 What was the first video game console to have a controller with an integrated mic?

30 Without actually typing it in, where does Relentless.com bring you?

50 Before being known as Adobe Photoshop, an early version of the software was called...

30 If you were buying a solid state drive, which of these would be the fastest, most durable type of NAND flash memory?

70 In 2010, Newegg sold 300 counterfeits of what processor?

50 Which one of these three computers was not a part of the "1977 Trinity"?

90 What was the first web browser available for Microsoft Windows?

10 Before becoming widely recognized the main character of Super Mario Bros., what was Mario named?

90 Set to be the Pentium 4 Prescott's successor, code-named Tejas and Jayhawk microprocessors were expected to ship with frequencies at or above...

70 "Polygon Man" was briefly the mascot for which game console?