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

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On 2 August 1985, Estridge, his wife, Mary Ann, and a handful of IBM salesmen from Los Angeles boarded Delta Flight 191 headed to Dallas. But it took more than a year and scores of meetings for IBM's contract and legal teams to authorize the terms. In December 2004, IBM announced it was selling its PC business to Lenovo for $1.75

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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As such, there are many reasons to be concerned about its use in the criminal legal system. Even something as simple as putting in an order at a McDonald’s drive-through in Illinois has raised legal questions about collecting biometric data without consent. In 2004, Singh fielded her first query about hoax callers from the Coast Guard.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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February also saw the publication of a Los Angeles Times interview with US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu ( earlier post ), in which he voiced concern that the effects of climate change could decimate California’s agriculture as well as its urban water supplies. “ Internationally, we reject legally binding emissions.

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