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Searching for "Microsoft" gave lots of results as expected. Check out some of the top buzz at the time on Microsoft:
"Video Hangs When Running 3D AGP functions on a Windows 2000-based computer"
""Microsoft is writing an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6)" -- Jettison to 2008, there still hasn't been a significant shift to IPv6.
"Microsoft Linux - The Premier Linux Distro"
"Are You a Microsoft Victim?"
"Boycott Microsoft"
A search for "Apple" yields:
Various links to OS X 10.1 sites
"Titanium PowerBook G4 Gets Standard Slot Loading DVD-ROM/CD-RW Combo Drive"
Googling just the generic word "technology" gives these hits:
"Analysts say Athlon bests Pentium 4"
Webopedia's Recently Added Technology terms included: "hot fixing", "malware", "service pack" and "crosstalk ratio"
Hot computer games at the time? Searches show: Spore, Nancy Drew and Warhammer: Age of Reckoning.
This look back at search results from seven years ago, is an interesting testimony to the constant and break-neck speed of technological evolution.
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