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January 24, 2009 This day 25 years ago, the Apple Macintosh Personal Computer went on sale. Two days prior, during Super Bowl XVIII, Apple aired its 1984 television commercial produced by Ridley Scott, creating massive public interest in the new product. It was the first commercially successful personal computer to feature a mouse and a graphical user interface rather than a command line interface. That’s the original Mac advert at right. Get well Steve!
After Editing or Managing over 50 print publications primarily in the role of a Magazine Doctor, Mike embraced the internet full-time in 1995 and became a "start-up all-rounder" – quite a few start-ups later, he founded Gizmag in 2002. Now he can write again. All articles by Mike Hanlon
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Apple planning touch screen tablet
30th August, 2008
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Apple to unveil OS X 10.7 Lion, iOS 5 and iCloud at WWDC
31st May, 2011
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Apple release ground breaking Power Mac G5
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ErgoSlider Plus+ is a groovy mouse alternative
10th January, 2011
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Douglass Engelbart - father of the mouse
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Apple iPOD mini announced
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