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

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And in 2005, the Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group purchased IBM's PC business. But it took more than a year and scores of meetings for IBM's contract and legal teams to authorize the terms. The cost of performing a calculation on a PC dropped so much that it was often significantly cheaper to use a little machine than a mainframe.

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

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April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., Climate change projections authored by Chinese scientists indicate that China’s annual mean air temperature is likely to rise by 1.3 “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook. ºC in 2020, and 2.3

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A closer look at minimizing AC charging losses: From the breaker to EV (Part 1)

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In this article we’ll be taking a closer look at ways to minimize charging losses that are under the control of either the manufacturer or the owner of the EV (in other words, excluding things like changing the electrical generation source from coal to nuclear or solar, as helpful as that would be).

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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This article discusses: (a) why the focus should have been on the transfer of proven renewable energy technology from developed to developing countries; and (b) how this technology transfer can be financed with currently available funds. The Chinese can promise to do this because they’re modernizing their economy. Scenario No.

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

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Before we launch into this episode, I’d like to let listeners know that the cost of membership in IEEE is currently 50% off for the rest of the year. My primary appointment is at the law school where I teach legal philosophy. So it was from 1600 to 2014, about whether you’re allowed legally to go to war. What about cyber war?”

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