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The Secrets of Space Invaders

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This article was first published as "Space Invaders: the sound of success." of Chicago, Ill., which licensed Space Invaders for sale in the United States, these features of the game were accidental. It appeared in the December 1982 issue of IEEE Spectrum as part of a special report, “Video games: The electronic big bang.”

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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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This article was first published as “The longest survivor loses its grip.” Chicago Radio Laboratory established; later adopts as its trade name Z-Nth, the identification of an amateur radio station. manufacturers exhibit new models at the 1947 Chicago Furniture Mart. a Chicago-based picture-tube manufacturer.

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Electrifying Chicago’s Urban Residential Neighborhoods: 3 New Community Chargers

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3 New Community Electric Vehicle Chargers in Chicago. John’s charging station comes on the heels of two chargers recently installed at Plant Chicago , a collaborative community organization focused on cultivating circular economies. John’s and Plant Chicago, is optimistic about where things are headed. Illinois is all in.

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Bezos Bucks? Get Ready for Corporate Digital Currency

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In principle, Amazon could mandate that sellers had to accept amazons instead of dollars for sales in the Amazon marketplace. With its efforts on Libra, Facebook drew a compelling picture of the plight of those excluded from banking—not only in sub-Saharan Africa but also in South Central Los Angeles and the South Side of Chicago.

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Last year Oregon had also aggressively negotiated with the Chinese carmaker, BYD , to manufacture its line of plug-in hybrids in the state for sale in the U.S.) I also wrote an article about cars and what’s good and not good. So why has Oregon become a hotbed of activity for electric vehicles all of a sudden?

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