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4. Napster (1999)

No, we're not talking about the current Napster subscription service, which pretty much has nothing to do with Shawn Fanning's groundbreaking file-swapping software. Say what you will about how Napster facilitated copyright violation on a massive scale (it had 60 million users, at its zenith), but piracy was around well before Napster came along and continues without it. Rather, Napster is of critical importance not only for inventing peer-to-peer technology, but also for forcing record labels to play ball and work with tech companies to legalize the digital music industry.

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In Pictures: Highlights of the Best Tech Products

See photos and screen shots of some our choices.

4. Napster (1999)

2. Apple II (1977)

3. TiVo HDR110 (1999)

4. Napster (1999)

5. Lotus 1-2-3 for DOS (1983)

6. Apple iPod (2001)

7. Hayes Smartmodem (1981)

8. Motorola StarTAC (1996)

9. WordPerfect 5.1 (1989)

10. Tetris (1985)

11. Adobe Photoshop 3.0 (1994)

12. IBM ThinkPad 700C (1992)

13. Atari VCS/2600 (1977)

14. Apple Macintosh Plus (1986)

15. RIM BlackBerry 857 (2000)

16. 3dfx Voodoo3 (1999)

17. Canon Digital ELPH S100 (2000)

18. Palm Pilot 1000 (1996)

19. id Software Doom (1993)

20. Microsoft Windows 95 (1995)

21. Apple iTunes 4 (2003)

22. Nintendo Game Boy (1989)

23. Iomega Zip Drive (1994)

24. Spybot - Search & Destroy (2000)

25. Compaq Deskpro 386 (1986)