Five technologies that changed the publishing business - The speed at which information travels is directly related to the technologies delivering it.(Editorial)

Believe it or not, there was a time when news traveled slowly, even in technology circles. Print magazines like Computerworld and InfoWorld sprang up in the late 1970s and early 1980s to serve a need for more in-depth coverage of the technology industry than mainstream media outlets were willing or able to provide. For a long time, that meant fat weekly magazines that landed on desks with a thud and told readers everything important that happened the week before.

But rapid adoption of new technology changed the dynamics of that relationship. As InfoWorld prepares to publish its final print edition so that it can better focus its energies online, here is a snapshot of …