Top 15 gadgets since 1995

Article i based this on found here

http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=155233669&page=1

First up in this article by MSN

The Sony PlayStation launched in the 1994 (1995 to the UK)

The fifth generation of games consoles where Sony decided to move from classic computer cartridges and went to CD-ROMs. Having had talks over a period of time about this console it had a massive impact on the people who played them.

Second
Canon PowerShot – 1995

Don’t know much about cameras but i do know that to have 8.0 mega pixels back then it must have been some sort of break through

Third

Windows 95!! The article opens with “Remember what using a PC was like before Windows 95 arrived? ” no sorry i don’t 98 was my first computer , remembering the day it was set up and buying floppy drives to play games.

Windows 95 was a breakthrough in a simple Graphical user interface (GUI) to the average Joe.

Forth

DVD

1996 arrived the DVD player, quickly replacing VHS due to their larger storage capacity, better quality and let’s face it smaller forum factor. DVD’s were a brilliant invention back then…they still are 15 years on, they have yet to be replaced although this point could be argued.

Fifth

First flat-screen TV – 1998

Personally love these, all I’d say about this technology is that this is where cathode ray tubes were replaced with  Volatile displays such as plasma and LCD displays.

Sixth

The dawn of Google -1998

I remember trying to avoid Google at first with Dog pile and Ask Jeeves but when I finally gave in I realised Google was a much better choice.

Google, since its release has grown into many areas with Android (which I may post my paper on, depending on feedback) and Google Maps.

In due course, they transformed the name to Google, originating from a wrong spelling of the word “googol”, the number one followed by one hundred zeros, which was picked to signify that the search engine wants to provide large quantities of information for people.

Originally, Google ran under the Stanford University website, with the domain google.stanford.edu.

Seventh

The Nokia 3210 released in 1999, the first phone to feature an internal aerial….My first phone…what can I say it has the snake game and it did what phones do.

Eighth

WI-FI as the article says WI-FI was a bit of a pain to set up when it first came about. I remember trying pretty much everything to get it to work even pushing my computer desk down the hall, in the end I won though.

WI-FI is still very much alive and I think at last count 90% of the homes in the UK had some form of WI-FI within it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11 (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers standardize these technologies)

Ninth

Apple iPod – 2001

Never really been a music man even though I now have an iPod, however I can still see how Apple once again came up with a brilliant piece of kit (Proved with hindsight with the iPhones and iPads).

Tenth

Sky+ – 2001

SKY + well I’ve never been a fan of sky being that I hardly watch TV but I’d say SKY + has become Skys best brand because its realised we can only watch one thing at any one time and that we can only be anyone place at any one time. Which I believe was the grounding for this technology.

Eleventh

TomTom sat-nav – 2002

I like this quote from the article” immediately preventing a whole generation of couples from arguing over their map-reading skills.” Probably because it’s true. Great invention taping into a market that was needed but never successfully branded or marketed correctly, with a product that could deliver a reasonable level of navigation.

Twelfth and had to be on the list

FACEBOOK! 2004

Social media at its finest…created by Mark Zuckerberg student of Harvard university

Thirteenth but definitely not unlucky

The Apple IPhone released in 2007 once again showing apple come in with another well design product and blow the market away.

Fourteenth

I was surprised to see the Asus Eee PC released in 2007 on the list…so what did they say about it.

“Asus’ Eee PC was originally designed for educational use in developing counties. It was cheap to manufacture and ideal for children’s’ tiny fingers. Yet it very quickly established a new category in the laptop market in the west.

This was because netbooks such as the Eee PC and its many successors are super handy for adults. “You can carry them everywhere and they serve all your basic office and online needs,” says John Houlihan, editor-in-chief of the CVG games website network.”

Finally!

The Apple iPad as far as I know yet to be rivalled from reviews I have read but worrying on the new marketing focus Apple have taken over the last two year, however I don’t have any grounding to say anymore, because the fact is, if you create a superior product you should reap the rewards.

On a final note myself I think that the Xbox 360 new version should have been included or Windows Live simply because they are great inventions also.

Sources of information

http://tech.uk.msn.com/features/photos.aspx?cp-documentid=155233669&page=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlayStation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat_panel_display

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_Googles_original_name

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_was_the_original_name_of_Google

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Electrical_and_Electronics_Engineers

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg

 

Technology Worth Having

Wonder what a women really means when she says “Fine if that’s what you want to do”

Avatar

Made this about 10 months back after thinking about a conversation i had with my friend , the question was if you were an animal what would you be?

My friend she something like ” you…you would be some sort of big cat….probable a panther”

and after some messing about i created this avatar .

My First Blog

My First Blog……Hello World!! in traditional keeping with my subject area.

Firstly The name FearConcealedInCourage…first response of any normal person…”LOL!”

So with that in mind why still use it?

When I was a few years younger I found myself branding myself ready to join the E-Gaming World , so I needed a cool name that everyone could recognise me by….believe me this wasn’t the first. After going from name to name I came across a book on mythological beast which started me looking into Greek mythology, were my idea for this name came from.

Now if you break the name down

Fear – be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event; “I fear she might get aggressive” < please note I like the way the definition says she (I am in no way sexist for the record).

Concealed – not accessible to view;

In

Courage - a quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

So what I’m saying is fear should be concealed by courage which has long been my belief.

That covers my name choice, next why did I set this blog up.

Well around November 2010, I wrote an assignment comparing two operating systems coming to the end of that I thought “hmmm wouldn’t it be good if I put this out there for people to see, I could get some feedback on my work then”.

Following Virtual Enterprise Conference on the 24th of February 2011, I had made my mind up….I AM MAKING A BLOG!

This was following talks from

• Lauren Currie
• Rhys Gregory
• Alex Tew
• Andrew Gregson
• Paul Smith

http://www.virtualent.co.uk/

So what are the aims of my blog? Well as you can see I love to ramble on, however I am planning to publish my works from my BSc (Hons) Computer Network Management and Security just too simply see what other people think.