TECH

An advertisement for the <n>Apple IIc</n> personal computer, 1984.

1986 print ad for <n>Polarware</n>'s <n>Comprehend</n> series of interactive graphic novels.

Illustration by <n>Anna Lefkowitz</n> for <n>The Washington Post</n>.

A screenshot of the <n>Webshots Desktop</n> software, a popular wallpaper utility from the early 2000s.

'<n>Bliss</n>', the iconic wallpaper from <n>Microsoft</n>'s <n>Windows XP</n>, photographed by <n>Charles O'Rear</n>.

Advertisement for the <n>Hitachi B16LXS Super Station</n> personal computer featuring actor <n>Kumiko Goto</n>.

Illustration of a robot Santa by artist <n>Hajime Sorayama</n>.

A custom-built minilab named <n>Saturn V[U]</n>.

An advertisement from the <n>Sony Annual Report 1994</n> featuring <n>MDR-V600</n> headphones.

1987 print ad for the <n>Commodore 64</n>, offering free <n>GEOS</n> software and <n>Epyx videogames</n>.

<n>Byte</n> magazine's March 1980 cover, <n>Computers in the Laboratory</n>, illustrated by <n>Robert Tinney</n>.

The <n>Nokia 3210</n> mobile phone, first released in 1999.

The official <n>Half-Life</n> theme for <n>Windows 98</n> from 1999.

A screenshot of the <n>KDE 3.0</n> desktop environment from 2002, created by <n>cap</n>.