Love ‘em, hate ‘em, or never heard of ‘em, here are c|net’s top ten digital gadgets — celebrating c|net’s first ten years of business (no small feat given all that’s transpired in tech-world since their launch).
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TEN — The Sims (2000) for breaking the barrier between gamers and non-gamers.
NINE — Sony Digital Mavica MVC-HD5 (1997) for ushering in the era of digital photography.
EIGHT — Apple iMac (1998) for reestablishing style and functionality as core values.
SEVEN — Motorola Startac (1996) for completing the transition from bricks to beauty in cell phones.
SIX — PalmPilot (1996) for changing the way we think about organizing personal information.
FIVE — Firefox (2004) for bringing open-source browsing to the mainstream and challenging Internet Explorer with nimble, secure, efficiency.
FOUR — Napster (1999) for firing the first shot that put everyone in the media business.
THREE — Google (1996) for changing the way we think about finding information as thoroughly as Kleenex changed the way people thought about wiping their noses.
TWO — TiVo (1999) for disrupting the broadcast model for good.
ONE — iPod (2001) for reinventing cool.
