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- spiri, on 06/11/2009, -0/+40Just a quick tip: Click the "print page" link to view the complete list. Don't make us click through 10 pages...
- Ferros2600, on 06/11/2009, -1/+27Why vibrators aren't on here is beyond me...
- jezsik, on 06/12/2009, -0/+22http://news.digitaltrends.com/feature/116/10-most- ...
Desktop Computer
Video Cassette Recorder
Gaming Console
Modem
Computer Mouse
Laser Printer
Laptop Computer
Digital Camera
Cell Phone
Smartphone - lydiasky, on 06/11/2009, -0/+16Atari FTW!
Actually, it's amazing to see the contrast and how much technology has evolved. - christoast, on 06/12/2009, -0/+15No George foreman grill? C'mon, the fat just drips right off.
- pirategonzo, on 06/12/2009, -1/+10Print Page:
http://news.digitaltrends.com/feature/116/10-most- ... - TheBiochemist, on 06/12/2009, -0/+8Dugg for Zach Morris' cell phone.
- raptorlightning, on 06/12/2009, -1/+7No refrigerator, no cotton gin? Really?
- inactive, on 06/12/2009, -0/+6Spectrum ZX +2 - game changer!
- cerejota, on 06/12/2009, -1/+6No wireless? No small lightweight battery technology? No Ethernet? No Internet?
Several of these are redundant (cell/smartphone), and certainly the mouse is not a game changer, a GUI is (I dont use a mouse at work, I use a trackball). - MrSkills, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4That revolutionized last-minute christmas gifts.
- AndrewMoyer, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4But... my smart phone is all of those things (except for a laser printer, and who needs to print anymore...?)
- SangekiRein, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4Webcam maybe? We now can do video conferencing, hell even video phone calls! Then no credit to networking at all? Seriously I would suspect the router/switch to be on here at bare minimum. And why the hell is the mouse on here? Am I seriously so much of a "geek" that I am the only person that does primarily everything with my keyboard only?
- amorrise, on 06/12/2009, -2/+6The cell phone and the Smartphone? The iPhone didn't get its own category? /s
- grincz, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4Where is Walkman or iPod?
- Fredo521, on 06/12/2009, -1/+5I thought these were 10 specific products....not "the desktop computer", "the cell phone", "the digital camera", etc...buried
- ehaugan, on 06/12/2009, -1/+5No digg.com? Burried!
- Jhorra, on 06/12/2009, -0/+4I believe they overlooked a little something I like to call FIRE.
- Wandel, on 06/12/2009, -0/+3"that's where the modem comes in – turning all that data into ones and zeroes for transmission"
Wait, what? - covertbadger, on 06/12/2009, -1/+4Your smart phone can record video cassettes? Damn thing must be huge.
- krisrm, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2Dvorak might have been wrong about the mouse in general, but his comment was taken largely out of context. What he really meant was, "There is no evidence that people want to use something shaped like a hockey-puck".
(Yes, I realize that was a long time after the first Macintosh computers with mice, but I really hated those round mice) - rixbad, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2I guess this list depends on your definition of "tech". The mouse doesn't change things as much as television did, cellphones would have been truly revolutionary had there been no telephones or radios, and the phonograph let folks choose what they wanted to play and in fact allowed the first archiving of any music or spoken word. Yes these things did change our lives in the present but I wouldn't say most of them belong in the top ten list of lifestyle-changers or why we are where we are now.
You forgot duct-tape. - thisthatwhat, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2If digital discs such as CD/DVDs don't get listed (evolution of the video cassette recorder) then the smartphone which is just an evolution/enchancement/superset of the cell phone shouldn't be listed separately. And the laptop is really a portable desktop.
The modem led to inter-networking which lead to internet but the internet is such a major change that there's no way that should not get listed separately. - nightsweat, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2Buried for near Forbes-like insistence on one item per page. Ugh.
- CaviMike, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2What a boring list.
- xtreme571, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2thanks...saved me 10 pages of reading.
- Pizzini3000, on 06/12/2009, -0/+2buried for one item per page
- TheBigBad, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1You would think websites would learn. It doesn't matter if they put everything on one page or they put it on ten pages, they are still only getting one click out of me.
- bigfatdummy, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1Exactly, why would I print something when I can print to a pdf driver and email it to someone?
- stevelectric, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1lydiasky- The next "Most Influential" tech product has got to be the new "Netbooks" that make the Internet accessible to more Americans:
http://www.communati.com/redwriteblue/mini-net-boo ... - Myztry, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1The early 80's were an exciting time with so much innovation, choice and competition. Back when Microsoft was just a software parts supplier to the 'founding fathers' (well it still is - but the software parts now extend to the top tier).
Then came 'modern' computing in the mid 1980's. I remember the commercial release of the Apple Lisa in 1983 and Macintosh in 1984. GUI interfaces. Interesting stuff, except very few could afford them. They for the most part stayed out of the hands of the consumer but become popular with newspapers and the like where their single tasking monochrome graphics where fine. Then in 1985 came the computer that defined what is still very much modern domestic computing- The Commodore Amiga.
Designed from scratch right down to the custom chipsets, the Amiga offered 32bit pre-emptive multitasking, GPU accelerated rendering, multichannel stereo sound, DMA driven hardware, Object Orientated API, Dual (click/menu) button mouse, photorealistic display modes, memory independent multiple screens, interprocess communications (not just copy & paste), genlock video overlay capability, preference control panel, selectable fonts, variable size (animated icons) icons, [Amiga] 'super' control key, cased long filenames, per executable preferences, etc, etc.
I'm sure you notice most of these attributes on the computer in front of you. They've been around for nearly a quarter of century. They've been released as new ideas many times since. They aren't even remotely new, and it's good to remember where all this stemmed from. - bilbohicks, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1I prefer the Simon Weston grill:
"I'm so proud of it, I put my FACE on it!" - breckinshire, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1Keyboard? How quaint.
- dangson, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1I think they were going for products, not concepts.
- bilbohicks, on 06/13/2009, -0/+1What about all the other nationalities?
- diggerado, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1Oh god. So many pages.... My attention span isn't THAT short you know. You could have put 5 on one page at least!
- solid12345, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1"who needs to print anymore?"
Yeah those paperless offices are just everywhere nowadays! - jbmcb, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1Radio? The transistor? The record player? The X-Ray machine?
- solid12345, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1Cotton Gin practically freed the slaves, pretty goddamn influential
- antdude, on 06/12/2009, -0/+11 print page: http://news.digitaltrends.com/feature/116/10-most- ...
- solid12345, on 06/12/2009, -0/+1They forgot the gun.
- Wayfarer12, on 06/12/2009, -2/+2Dugg for iPhone reference under smartphone.
- jimmysilvs, on 06/12/2009, -1/+1where's the wheel or the discovery of fire?
- deema1, on 06/12/2009, -1/+1A top 10 list of the most influential tech products that misses the most obvious tech breakthrough. Nice try, Digital Trends.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUuwEq98ByM&eur ... - Rudegar, on 06/12/2009, -1/+1"Damn thing must be huge."
of cause otherwise it would not be a "Desktop Computer"
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