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7 tech sounds you can still hear in your head
The dial-up handshake. The Windows XP welcome. The iPod click. Seven sounds that told us what our machines were doing—and became part of growing…
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2001: the year digital life took shape
iTunes, Wikipedia, Game Boy Advance, Mac OS X, iPod, Windows XP and Xbox—seven launches that changed everyday habits before the smartphone brought them together.
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Hotmail at 30: the inbox that changed the web
From browser-based mail in 1996 to the Outlook.com era, Hotmail helped make an email address a lasting piece of personal identity.
TV & Movies 6 MIN READ
The DVD comeback: a shelf of your own
Menus, bonus features and a shelf of favorites give movie discs an enduring appeal. The collecting revival is real, but the market tells a…
Tech 6 MIN READ
The iPod comeback: music without the noise
Old iPods are finding new listeners who want a collection of their own and fewer interruptions. The appeal is real—but the model and its…
Music 6 MIN READ
Why CDs are finding new listeners
Streaming gives us access. A disc gives us a booklet, a shelf and a story: why the compact disc still has something to offer…
Tech 6 MIN READ
Why everyone wants a 2000s digital camera
The wrist strap, the bright flash, the folder full of unorganized photos: why an old compact camera can still make photography feel different.
Tech 6 MIN READ
MSN Messenger: when being online was an event
Display-name drama, custom emoticons and the impatient nudge: how Messenger became a social home, and why Microsoft eventually moved its users to Skype.
TV & Movies 7 MIN READ
How VHS changed movie night
The Record button, the rental-store shelf and the tape marked DO NOT ERASE: how VHS gave households a new relationship with television and film.
Tech 6 MIN READ
Windows XP: the desktop we never forgot
The green hill, the startup sound and a family computer full of open windows: how XP became the setting for an entire generation's digital…
Tech 7 MIN READ
MySpace: life before the feed
Profile songs, Top 8 drama and a page you could decorate: revisiting MySpace's rise, decline, lost music and proposed 2026 return.