Technology in the 2000's

By BS3138
  • Playstation 2

    The Playstation 2 is called the PS2. The PS2 is the best selling gaming console of all time. In 2009, new games were still being made for it.
  • iTunes

    Itunes is for playing and downloading music. It manages the content on iPods, iPhones, and iPads. If you connect it to the iTunes Store, you can but music, music videos, TV shows (you can also rent), iPod games, audiobooks, podcasts, movies (you can also rent), and ringtones.
  • Wikipedia

    Wikipedia was created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Anyone can write anything on it. It can be in over 272 languages.
  • Microsoft Windows XP

    Microsoft Windows XP allowed automatic upgrades on the internet. It could have many different languages. You could also change the look of it.
  • iPod

    The first iPod classic was created. It was made by Apple. It's battery could last up to ten hours.
  • Xbox

    The Xbox was made by Microsoft. It had Xbox live mode, which allowed players to play online. It stopped being made in 2005.
  • Nintendo Gamecube

    The Nintendo Gamecube was the successor to the Nintendo 64 and was right before the Wii. It was the fourth Nintendo gaming console. It was the first gaming console to use mini discs for the games.
  • Safari

    Safari is a web browser made by Apple. It is the fourth most used web browser after Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome. A version of it is made for Windows.
  • Blue Ray

    It is called a Blue Ray because a blue laser reads the disc. It is against the DVD player. There is about 3,500 movies made in Blue Ray.
  • DVR

    The DVR that can be hooked to a TV is released. It was controlled by one remote instead of two. Some had bluetooth, so you could watch the things that you had on your phone.
  • Facebook

    Facebook is a social networking site that has more than 800 million active users. It was created by Mark Zuckerburg and his college roommates. It has been banned in many countries because they say that it is anti-Islamic.
  • Firefox

    Firefox is a web browser. It is the second most used web browser in the world. It can be in 83 countries and has 74 languages.
  • Youtube was Made

    Youtube was created by some friends that used to work for PayPal. The whole Youtube company is based in California. Youtube was bought by Google in 2009 for over a billion dollars.
  • Playstation Portable

    It is a handheld game console. It can connect to the Playstation 2, Playstation 3, other PSP's, and the Internet. It will be succeeded by the Playstation Vita in 2012.
  • Xbox 360

    The Xbox 360 was the follow up of the original Xbox. It has Xbox live, which allows you to play online with other people. It has been upgraded for better menu use.
  • Twitter

    Twitter is a social networking site that allows people to blog and follow other people. You can send little messages to others called tweets. It is in the top ten most visited websites.
  • Playstation 3

    It was the successor of the Playstation 2. You can play Blue Ray discs on it, and you can play with other players. It is also called the PS3,
  • Nintendo Wii

    The Wii was created. It had a wireless controller that can distinguish movement. It can play Gaecube games and have Gamecube controllers connect to it.
  • iPhone

    The iPhone was released by Apple, It can go on the internet, play music, take videos, and much more. The development began in 2005.
  • Kindle

    The Kindle is an ebook reader that you use on wireless connestions to buy books. There are also touch screen Kindles. You can access the internet on the Kindle also.
  • Smart Board

    The Smart Board was released. The Smart Board 800 allows two people to touch it at once. The Smart Board will allow every program on it if the program is on the host computer.