The brains behind consumer tech's most popular products have borrowed top-secret code names from everything from cuddly animals to tasty treats, exotic locations and more.
So what's in a codename? Take a look at the following companies and their unusual naming conventions for products both past and present.
Penguins, Lizards and Apple's X Factor: How Famous OS Logos Got Started
Ronald McDonald and the NBC Peacock may get more TV air time, but today's operating systems have cool logos, too. Google, Apple, Microsoft and the Linux crowd crafted mascots ranging from cute lizards to circles of life. Here we look at the origins of the logos and look ahead to their future.
Cisco, Microsoft, IBM: They all started somewhere, what were the first products out of their doors?
Expensive cables are better! Defragging speeds up your PC! We put these and other claims to the test to find the truth behind tech's tallest tales.
From the first graphical user interface developed by Xerox in 1981 to the tablet-like, touch-screen interfaces of Mac OS X Lion and Windows 8, the tools to navigate a computer desktop have gone through drastic changes over the years. Let's take a trip down desktop memory lane.
Researchers at the MIT Media Lab's Fluid Interfaces Group are prototyping new, novel and more natural ways for people to interact with computers and access and store information. Their innovations have been designed to improve and enrich our personal and professional lives, making it easier to create, communicate, collaborate and even cook. Here are 10 inventions that enhance human-computer interactions, improve the in-store shopping experience, and even help us kick bad habits.
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.
