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BonziBuddy (or "Bonzi Buddy") was a piece of internet spyware masquerading as a virtual assistant. It was created by Bonzi Software, a company that was once one of the most visited sites on the web but, through subsequent events, ended up meeting its massive downfall.

Do Mac computers get viruses? Many people tend to question whether Mac malware actually exists, but the Newton Virus made sure to remind everyone that it certainly did. In early 2008, word was going around on YouTube about a computer program that you could put on Mac OS X machines to make them cause chaos among users.

In 2007, Microsoft launched, to the general public, one of their most ambitious products: Windows Vista...and then it sucked. But Why? What exactly went wrong with Windows Vista? Why did it fail? After all, it included many overhauls to the Windows experience, and its entire structuring surrounded a concept that would also become a part of Microsoft’s marketing slogan: “bringing clarity to your world.” However, Mircosoft's marketing and how they approached Vista's development would show that this just wasn't enough.

It is the night of August 23, 1995. Everyone around you is excited for Windows 95. This is clearly a big deal! You got your JNCO jeans on, you brought your Game Boy with you because you have no idea how long this is going to take, and you and your friend are waiting in line at Best Buy with hundreds of other people, waiting for midnight to strike, because that is when the all-new Windows operating system will be available for purchase on store shelves. But do you even know why you’re here?

In 2000, Microsoft had no idea that their current project, Windows ME, would be such a failure in the computer industry.

This video covers the cultural phenomenon for why people seem to love Windows XP so much. The OS was released in 2001, and it was the product which followed the releases of Windows ME and 2000, but the main direction XP intended to take was simplicity, and this makes a lot of sense. Microsoft struck gold with Windows 95 six years prior, and were now very much on the mindset of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Windows didn’t need some game-changing layout overhauls. It just needed to be more secure, fresher, and easier to use. Although it was primarily meant to be a more nuts-and-bolts update of Windows, it introduced a new UI and a ton of new under-the-hood changes. Because of this, Windows XP had a warm welcoming energy, actually a little too welcoming for some people. A lot people initially criticized XP for its, at the time, unconventional “toy-like” appearance, calling it a “Fisher Price” OS.

The Twin Towers were only part of the World Trade Center, consisting of 7 buildings total. Yet due to their incredible size, they became one of the most influential and culturally significant buildings in US history. This video goes over the Twin Towers' role in the World Trade Centers, it's development history, and how these factors worked together to give America a whole new meaning.

In 2004, a website known as youareanidiot(dot)org rose to prominence across the internet, where it was home to what is now recognized as the You Are An Idiot computer virus (mostly known as "YouAreAnIdiot" or "Offiz"). However, many people first visiting the site had no idea what they were getting themselves into, and the story goes even deeper than that.

With its release in 2012, Microsoft's latest operating system, Windows 8, ended up becoming one of the most hated and controversial products that they had ever made, but why?

This video takes a deep dive into the peculiar events of the internet back in the 1990s and early 2000s that still haven't been solved today. It also covers topics which originated during this timeframe but did not become subjects of interest until much later. Video contains: - Disturbing Content - Jump Scares Viewer discretion is advised.

If you have been gaming for at least 10 years, there is no doubt that there is one game that comes to mind that is either one of your all-time favorites or one you’ve played at least once: Halo. It all started in 2001 with Halo: Combat Evolved, which was released as the launch title for the brand-new first-generation Xbox. It was one of the Xbox’s most iconic video games, and the Halo series has since become a symbol for early-2000s nostalgia and one of the highest-grossing media franchises in history. Really quite an impressive feat, but what if I told you that this almost never happened, and that Halo, initially, almost became a game for the Mac? Today we are going to be talking about easily one of the greatest plot twists of Silicon Valley: This is How Microsoft stole Halo from Apple.

If you were regularly using the internet in around 2006, there was a brief moment in time, where making one simple typo, would crash your computer, beyond repair. This typo was “Goggle.” The word had gone relatively under the radar for a couple of years, going unnoticed by most users just passing by, but as the world wide web continued to grow exponentially and more people started familiarizing themselves with a more respected website “Google”, more people started to notice it and saw just how devastating it really was.

The year 2000 was going to be very special, for a multitude of reasons. We were entering into a new millennium, a new era, a year that only existed in Science-Fiction stories. This was by no means a conventional New Year. It was finally the future, but maybe not the future everyone was anticipating. Millions of people around the world spent their last moments in the 1900s staring at the clock, but not for the reason that you think. Instead of celebrating, they were terrified, because as soon as the clock struck midnight, the world was going to end, and within the blink of an eye, the year 2000 would instead be a future now past.