You may be stuck in a new phenomenon that falls under the colorful moniker, Helicopter Parent. If you find yourself hovering over your kidult, attempting to protect him or her from lifes ups and downs, you fit the description. Is it technology - cell phones, ...

The first notebook computer available commercially was introduced to the public in 1981 and was named the Osborne 1. This notebook computer was understandably bulkier than the ones we get to see these days. Nevertheless, this revolutionary notebook computer -- which did not run on battery power and had to be plugged in for AC power -- took the business world by storm because of its portability, a feature that is notably absent in the heftier desktops. Then came the Compaq Portable first made public in 1983 and also ran on AC power rather than batteries.