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The 50 Greatest Gadgets of the Past 50 Years
Here's PC World's official (and entirely idiosyncratic) list of the top tech gadgets of the last half century.
Dan Tynan, special to PC World, and PC World Staff
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PC World's 50 Greatest Gadgets, by the Decade
Following is PC World's list of the 50 greatest tech gadgets of the last 50 years, organized by decade (gadgets released the same year are listed in alphabetical order). The number in parentheses at the end of the entry is the product's ranking on the list. We created the list after PC World editors submitted nominations. We then rated the nominated gadgets for usefulness, design, degree of innovation, influence on subsequent gadgets, and the "cool factor." (For more on our 50 Greatest Gadgets project, see the full story.)
The Top 50 Tech Gadgets
Introduction to PC World's 50 Greatest Gadgets, Plus the #1 GadgetGreatest Gadgets #2-#10Greatest Gadgets #11-#20Greatest Gadgets #21-#30
Greatest Gadgets #31-#40Greatest Gadgets #41-#50The Complete List of PC World's 50 Greatest Gadgets
PC World's 50 Greatest Gadgets, by Decade
Contributing Editor Dan Tynan writes PC World's Gadget Freak column. He is also author of Computer Privacy Annoyances (O'Reilly Media).
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