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The first computer was called The Difference Engine and it was invented by a man called Charles Babbage. It wasn't actually made while Babbage was alive but it was made eventually. The Computer didn't have a screen but it could work out sums and other things like that.
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John Logie Baird invented the first actual colour screen after working on some ideas that Polish inventor Jan Szczepanik started. He used scanning discs.
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COBOL was created by six individuals: William Selden, Gertrude Tierney, Howard Bromberg, Howard Discount, Vernon Reeves and Jean E. Sammet. It is a Computing Language.
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This Cal-Tech was a prototype and was later developed into the first official calculator was Canon Pocketronic.
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The Magnavox Odyssey was the first home gaming console ever. It was designed by someone called Ralph Baer. There wasn't many games for it but these are some of the few games that were realeased: Baseball, Dogfight, Shootout and Wipeout.
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Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and is the world's largest software maker.
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Inkjet printers are used a lot for marking and coding products and pakages.
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The first Ipod was a bit bigger than the Ipods today but it still put 'a thousand songs in your pocket'. The first Ipod used FireWire instead of a USB cable but they used them USB cable a couple of models later.
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Amazon first released the Kindle first generation. It sold out in five and a half hours. It sold for $399.99 in the USA.
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The PSvita is newest hand-held gaming console from Sony. Its predecessor is the PSP Go. It has a rear touch screen and two analog sticks. It is said to be a portable PS3.
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Iphone 5 is the newest model of the Iphone series. Its predecessor is the Iphone 4S. Apple(the makers) say that it is much taller than the previous model and it fits the hand better. Iphone 5's slogan is 'The biggest thing to happen to Iphone, since Iphone'.
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This holographic computer will change the way we look at computers. It has a bendable back so you can twist it to where you choose. The keyboard is in the projector so everything is in one.