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The Rise of the Nintendo Wii: How Nintendo Got Everyone Playing
When Nintendo released the Wii in November 2006, the video game industry seemed to be moving in one clear direction: more power,
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The Most Memorable TV Theme Songs of the 1980s
From Cheers and Miami Vice to Knight Rider and The Golden Girls, revisit the television themes that made 1980s opening credits unforgettable.
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The Year Was 1981: MTV Changed the Way America Discovered Music
On August 1, 1981, a new cable channel signed on with footage of the Apollo moon landing and the words, “Ladies and
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August 24th 1995 - Windows 95 Made the PC Mainstream
In 1995, personal computers were already finding their way into American homes, but they still had a reputation for being complicated machines
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The Day Nickelodeon Changed Cartoons Forever
On one Sunday in August 1991, Nickelodeon debuted Doug, Rugrats and The Ren & Stimpy Show—three wildly different cartoons that helped define a network and a generation.
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The Year Was 1994: What America Watched, Played, Bought and Listened To
From Seinfeld and ER to Donkey Kong Country, Power Rangers and “The Sign,” 1994 was a year when American pop culture seemed to fire on every cylinder at once.