It’s no secret that modern-day computers, portable devices, game-stations and even televisions have gotten faster, sleeker, more touchable and sexier in their overall design. In addition to their ability to act as a multifunctional production workhorse, one of the crowning achievements of modern work and entertainment devices is the degree of media and networking integration that has made its way into our collective consciousness in a way that has come to be universally known as the household buzzword multimedia.

The combination of working and playing with multimedia has found its way into modern media and computer culture through the use of various hardware and software systems that work in a multitasking ...

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