The ancient tale of David's victory over the mighty Goliath has become a symbol of how smaller competitors can rival larger ones using intelligence and determination. The story has repeated itself time and time again in the tech industry--think Microsoft and IBM, Google and Yahoo, and Facebook and MySpace.
Today you can find numerous upstarts rivaling their larger competitors. Here's a look at 15 interesting David vs. Goliath-like tech shake-ups going on right now.
These 18 technologies remain core to the computing experience for IT, engineers, and developers.
The tech industry has a long history of latecomers taking on dominant products and services. Think Microsoft Zune versus Apple iPad, Google TV versus Apple TV, Mozilla Firefox versus Internet Explorer. We look at some notable clashes of the past decade.
Behind the headlines, these firms help form the foundation of the IT industry. They aren't consumer focused; they aren't flashy or led by charismatic visionaries; they sell to people who sell to people who sell to you; and the modern world wouldn't work right without them.
Just imagine if instead of "Googling" something, you "BackRubbed" it.
Remember the go-go days of the 1990s, when dot-com domain names based on ordinary nouns and verbs were snapped up by hopeful companies? Here's a look at five very generic domain names, and where they've been.
What did YouTube look like in 2005? How ugly was the first BlackBerry pager in 1999? Remember Amazon.com when it just sold books? Even the greatest products have awkward beginnings. Let's take a look at your favorite websites and gadgets when they came into the world.
Cisco, Microsoft, IBM: They all started somewhere, what were the first products out of their doors?
The origins of iconic tech products. High-tech hotels. The top 10 cities for tech workers. The silliest BlackBerry accessories. Get it all right here and much, much more.
