How 1980s computer games underpinned today’s gaming experiences
The influence of 1980s computer games continues to reverberate, influencing modern console design and online titles alike
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HTML5 and the battle for consistent online experiences
You’ve got HTML5 to thank for online content looking the same on every device you own.
Read: HTML5 and the battle for consistent online experiencesHow JPEGs became the world’s default image format
The JPEG file format has become the only one you’re ever likely to use for photographs.
Read: How JPEGs became the world’s default image formatWhat happens to old websites?
Read: What happens to old websites?What was dial-up internet like?
Looking back on the dial-up internet era demonstrates how rapidly domestic internet connectivity has advanced in the last two decades
Read: What was dial-up internet like?A brief history of British broadband
The history of broadband is fascinating, but it’s also littered with technological dead-ends and lessons for today’s consumers
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The very earliest websites illustrate how much the internet has changed since the mid-1980s
Save your old tech… it may become a classic!
You might be tempted to throw old technology away, but it may have value as a future example of classic equipment.
Read: Save your old tech… it may become a classic!Whatever happened to Ceefax and Oracle?
Ceefax and Oracle provided many people’s first exposure to interactive digital services, and their legacy lives on in unexpected ways
Read: Whatever happened to Ceefax and Oracle?Should broadband be free to all?
Read: Should broadband be free to all?How do data breaches occur?
Data breaches are one of the modern age’s greatest safety and security threats, but stopping them is almost impossible
Read: How do data breaches occur?How many people in the UK don’t use the internet?
There are homes without internet connectivity across the UK, for reasons ranging from fear and distrust to poverty and chaotic lifestyles
Read: How many people in the UK don’t use the internet?How website design has evolved since the 1990s
Like any evolving technology, website design evolution has been bumpy and unpredictable, with today’s websites owing little to their 1990s forefathers
How Sony’s PlayStation has evolved since 1995
The history of the PlayStation demonstrates how gaming has evolved over the last 25 years, through a series of significant technological advances
Read: How Sony’s PlayStation has evolved since 1995What are the differences between Cat 5 and Cat 6 cables?
As the only physical bridge between your router and web-enabled devices, the differences between Cat 5 and Cat 6 cables are worth understanding
Read: What are the differences between Cat 5 and Cat 6 cables?Video doorbells: do you need one?
Read: Video doorbells: do you need one?The growth of dial-up nostalgia
Twenty-five years has elapsed since the internet went mainstream, and dial-up nostalgia is taking hold among those who remember it
Read: The growth of dial-up nostalgiaDid anything exist before the World Wide Web?
It’s increasingly hard to remember life before the World Wide Web, but contrary to popular opinion, the internet wasn’t born in 1991
Read: Did anything exist before the World Wide Web?How did we end up with the QWERTY keyboard layout?
Read: How did we end up with the QWERTY keyboard layout?The best video chat platforms
Read: The best video chat platformsA brief history of search engine optimisation
Read: A brief history of search engine optimisationA beginner’s guide to SEO
Our beginner's guide to SEO can help anyone unfamiliar with this industry to develop and launch a site which performs strongly in search results
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