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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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On 12 August 1981, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan, IBM unveiled the company's entrant into the nascent personal computer market: the IBM PC. The personal computer vastly expanded the number of people and organizations that used computers. With that, the preeminent U.S. Press coverage of the announcement was lukewarm.

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2024 Lexus TX, GX satisfy 2 heavy wishes for emblem

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since 2002, is getting into its 3rd era with a ground-up redesign and 2 unutilized trims that bolster off-road personality and capacity. The GX will are available in Top rate, Top rate+, Luxurious and Luxurious+ trims, in addition to Overtrail and Overtrail+ trims, a primary for Lexus. The GX, which has been within the U.S.

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NTSB recommends nationwide ban on personal electronic devices while driving; also calls for modifications to the equipment and the completion of a NHTSA rulemaking on collision warning systems

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Following a Board meeting on a 2010 multi-vehicle highway accident in Gray Summit, Missouri, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) called for the first-ever nationwide ban on driver use of personal electronic devices (PEDs) while operating a motor vehicle. The NTSB’s full report will be available on the website in several weeks.

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SEC issues cease-and-desist order against split-cycle engine developer Scuderi Group for violations of Securities Act

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The family-owned company, which was formed in 2002, has, in conjunction with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), designed, modeled and prototyped a range of implementations of the Scuderi architecture, including naturally aspirated, air hybrid, Millerized and turbocharged versions. a more efficient internal combustion engine. million, or 4.3%

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A New Treatment for Arthritis: Vagus-Nerve Stimulation

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Monique Robroek once had such crippling arthritis that, even with the best available medications, she struggled to walk across a room. Koopman led a landmark 17-person trial that tested whether modulating the nervous system’s electrical-signaling patterns could tamp down inflammation and joint pain in RA.

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The Rise and Fall of 3M’s Floppy Disk

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If you ask the average person what the company 3M does, odds are if they have a few gray hairs hanging out on their scalp, they might say that the company makes floppy disks. This was around the same period that AT&T, still smarting from misadventures like the EO Personal Communicator , spun off Bell Labs as Lucent Technologies.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

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Intel microprocessors now power personal computers made by major manufacturers including Dell , HP , and IBM. The company created the first commercially available microprocessor, the 4004 , in 1971. In 2002 Moore received a U.S. Moore stepped down as CEO in 1987 but remained chairman until he retired in 1997.