In 1975, while Computing Canada was busy being born, Bill Gates was scouring the pages of Popular Electronics and figuring out how to get software onto a minicomputer. In 1985, Cisco's router was conceived while North America reeled from Apple's Super Bowl ad ("1984") that validated a whole generation of Macheads. In 1995, while we were cautiously surfing the 'Net, a little Israeli-based company was dreaming up VoIP. This year, with the help of our Canadian IT industry experts (see list at left, Computing Canada was busy compiling a list — it's in alphabetical order — of the 30 most important technology innovations in 30 years. You may not agree with all of our choices, but we're sure they'll strike a chord. Oh, and we snuck in a few bloopers, too (see page 31).
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