Those who lived and breathed technology in 1997, will remember a time where innovation was at a turning point, and many of the cool gadgets and technologies we take for granted today were barely transitioning from being a glimpse into the imagination of pioneers like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, to becoming the first prototypes of a bigger vision that would shape modern computing for decades.

Microsoft Surface tablets have been given the approval from the NSA, to be used by government employees, for top-secret tasks, such as data-mining, and intelligence gathering, as well as other high-level investigative applications.

There is speculation that the upcoming next-generation Surface Book will have specs capable of handling virtual reality’s demanding performance.

With no official word yet on a reboot of the aging Apple Mac Mini in 2017, fans of the mini-desktop Mac are running low of hopes, while hanging on existing rumors of a March relaunch.