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Gadget for nothing: how low prices for modern technology will fall?
MP3 player. The first portable MP3 player appeared in March 1998 and was released by the Korean company SaeHan Information Systems. A device called Eiger Labs MPMan F10 had 32 MB of memory. Music lovers, who thought that this volume was not enough, could send the player to the manufacturer and for some 69 dollars get the player already with fabulous 64 MB. This memory was only enough for 12-15 songs. The price of the world’s very first MP3 player was $ 250. Today it is difficult to find a player with similar characteristics, but even the most modern iPod Nano with a 2.5-inch touch screen, only 5.4 mm thick and 16 GB of memory will cost 1,500 hryvnia.
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When was the first spam sent out?
There is a saying “A blessing in disguise.” I would reformulate it like this: “There is no good without a blessing.” Any invention is conceived for the convenience of mankind, but ultimately there are always individual “bright” personalities who turn the pros into cons.
Here, for example, e-mail. It is now one of the main services of the global network. It is used by all, even those who are wary of “these are your Internet.” E-mail once and for all deprived of work ordinary mail. The volume of letters in envelopes with stamps dropped dramatically several years ago and continues to decline. Perhaps a few more years will pass, and only special letters will travel in the envelopes, with acknowledgment of delivery, which are sent by state organizations or lawyers in order to record the fact of the letter being handed over. Continue reading