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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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NUS researcher links air pollution to increased residential electricity demand

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The study examined utility meter readings of 130,000 households—a 1-in-10 random sample of all households in Singapore—from 2012 to 2015. Cleaner urban air will reduce energy demand, as households engage in less defensive behavior, and this helps to mitigate carbon emissions. —Prof Salvo.

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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

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This year’s Index finds that 2018 greenhouse gas emissions—the latest year for which data are available—rose overall for the first time since 2012, driven in part by increases in the power and commercial sectors. MTCO 2 e per person in 2017—the third-lowest among the 50 states, behind New York and Maryland.

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Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

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million in 2011, and 2012 may bring an all-time high of 80 million or more vehicles, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service. million in 2012, writes report author and Worldwatch Senior Researcher Michael Renner. Worldwide light-duty vehicle production. Source: Worldwatch.

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E-Waste is a Cybersecurity Problem, Too

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You founded ERI because of the environmental concern, but you and your team quickly came to realize the cybersecurity risk as well: Many of these tossed-out devices contain sensitive personal and/or professional data. From those examples you can see how you need to protect your financial and personal data on an individual level too.

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Mayor of London proposes $1.4B cycling plan for the city; “Crossrail for the bike”

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The Mayor tay announced that the main cross-London physical legacy of the 2012 Olympic Games will be a proper network of cycle routes across the city. Above all, it will fulfill my aim of making London’s air cleaner. (The Westway is a 3.5-mile km) long elevated dual carriageway running from Paddington to North Kensington.

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Former EPA exec surveys the road ahead for US emissions standards

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Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. Under President Obama, we set the first set of standards [for model years] 2012 to 2016, and the second set for 2017 to 2025. Q&A with former EPA exec Margo Oge.

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