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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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He was therefore perfectly positioned to be the author of the definitive corporate history of the company he used to work for, in a book entitled IBM: The Rise and Fall and Reinvention of a Global Icon , which was published in 2019 by MIT Press. James Cortada Timing is everything. IBM as well keeps shrinking while its competitors are growing.

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The Godfather of South Korea’s Chip Industry

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proposed the idea of the CCD , for which they would later win a Nobel Prize. His schooling in South Korea and at Columbia had primarily emphasized book learning and theory. The South Korean government had established the institute in 1971 with financing from the United States Agency for International Development and had invited.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. FROM HOMEPOWER MAGAZINE written by Fire engineer Matthew Paiss: Access, pathways, and smoke-ventilation space: Providing a 3-foot setback from the edges of the roofline. He was a geek.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

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"The whole idea is that this is technology you can adapt to any existing niche," he said. More How healthy are your finances? Photos First drive: Chevy Volt test A few laps behind the wheel of an early version of GMs electric car shows the strengths - and possible weaknesses - of the technology. 5.90 / 0.07% Nasdaq 1,673.07

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Xerox Parc’s Engineers on How They Invented the Future—and How Xerox Lost It

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The ideas developed at PARC found their way into a number of commercial products, companies, and publications, shown here as leafy branches. So almost everyone who joined PARC in its formative years had a different idea of what the center’s charter was. This had its advantages. Systems research requires building systems,” he said.

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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What weve got to get people used to is the idea that electric cars will become quite normal, quite usual," said Hoon. southern linc and southern telecom.fortune magazine. The scheme, which would be enforced by setting a ceiling for the amount of CO2 a car emits, will become operational in 2011. winchester, hampshire. 63,108 - £71,031.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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