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Photos: The Apple mouse through the ages
Photo The rest is history. Lisa mouse Apple's Lisa of the early 1980s was among the first computers to sport a mouse - albeit a boxy and clunky one. The mouse paradigm was one of the key human-computer interface elements... [03 Nov 2009]
Photos: Computer history goes under the hammer
Photo This is the Lyons Electronic Office - LEOII/3 electronic programmable storage computer which was first demonstrated in 1958. Just 13 of the Leo II devices were built and it was one of the first commercially sold computers, used by the... [29 Sep 2009]
Photos: Medical tech of the future, from robo-pills to cyber-surgeons
Photo You can see the exhibition at London's Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England, which chronicles the history of medical treatment. While the debate over the future of technology in the NHS rages on,... [15 Sep 2009]
Photos: Apple's latest Mac OS Snow Leopard unveiled
Photo Visual history Here's a look at what's new in Mac OS. Expose Expose can now be accessed from the Dock. Simply click and hold down on an application icon in the Dock to bring up full thumbnails of open windows in an... [28 Aug 2009]
Photos: Do the moonwalk, Google-style
Photo Besides enabling users to see the surface of the moon in close detail, the application allows people to gather lots of information about the history of travel to the moon. On the 40th anniversary of the first moon walk,... [21 Jul 2009]
Photos: What's new in Firefox 3.5?
Photo Firefox 3 offered a Clear Private Data option for wiping cookies, history, and other browsing tracks in one hit. In the Clear Recent History option, which replaces Clear Private Data, users can search... [06 Jul 2009]
iPhone 3.0, holograms and the shed birthplace of Silicon Valley
Photo Intel Labs' researchers were also demonstrating some new technology at the Intel Research Day at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California.silicon.com sister site CNET News.com went along to take a look -... [03 Jul 2009]
Photos: Inside HP's garage - the Silicon Valley birthplace
Photo Anyone who knows the history of Silicon Valley knows that the region was already home to several important technology companies before Hewlett and Packard went into business together. In 1938, after returning from stints... [29 Jun 2009]
Photos: Intel's experimental tech unveiled
Photo Intel Labs researchers demonstrated some of its new technology at the Intel Research Day at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, on Thursday. This prototype system, pictured here, based on Intel's... [22 Jun 2009]
The top 10 alternatives to Google search
Photo Instead, it's designed to provide facts and figures, on anything from a country's gross domestic product to the frequencies of Christian names throughout history. Google is so firmly entrenched as most people's search... [16 Jun 2009]
Photos: 10 useful Android apps
Photo The app also has a 'history' feature so you can quickly refer back to find phrases you looked up previously. So did silicon.com's Natasha Lomas - and over the next 10 pages you can find more info on the ones she liked. [12 May 2009]
Tech-world wonders, cyber art and Windows 7...
Photo See how else technology is used to bring music history to life. The British Music Experience (BME) recently opened at the O2 in East London and provides a high-tech tour of UK music's rich and varied... [11 May 2009]
Photos: Tech strikes a chord at the British Music Experience
Photo The exhibition is divided into rooms for different periods in music history, where visitors can see rock memorabilia up close and learn more about the artists that defined particular eras. The exhibition is a high-tech... [22 Apr 2009]
Photos: Bowled over by high-tech cricket at Lords
Photo Despite the venerable history of the game, Lords is actually supported by a range of modern technology, including the huge LED screen to the left of the old pavilion. This is the main pavilion at Lords cricket ground in... [25 Mar 2009]
Photos: Google Earth - deep-sea dive and travel back in time
Photo The new history feature in Google Earth 5 lets you go back in time to see satellite and aerial imagery from the past. Google Earth 5.0, which was released on Monday, lets users travel underwater to see the sea floor. [04 Feb 2009]
