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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

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That device, now known by a variety of names—including memory stick, USB stick, flash drive, as well as thumb drive—changed the way computer files are stored and transferred. Good-bye, floppy disk Before the invention of the thumb drive, computer users stored and transported their files using floppy disks. It was called the ThumbDrive.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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This article was first published as “Of Mice and menus: designing the user-friendly interface.” The Mac’s success during the 1980s spurred Apple Computer to pursue legal action over ownership of many features of the graphical user interface. It appeared in the September 1989 issue of IEEE Spectrum. In March 1989, U.S.

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

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May, 2007 : An international team of researchers concluded that the ability of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide had slowed by about 15% per decade since 1981 ( earlier post ), and projected that at the present rate of deterioration, it will have lost two-thirds of its ability to store carbon by 2050.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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This article was first published as “Marcian E Hoff.” His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye.

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When New York City Was a Wiretapper’s Dream

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Squibb, were at the time locked in a nasty legal battle over the commercial rights to the antibiotic tetracycline. In the course of the ensuing criminal trial, Shannon, Asmann, and Ruh were all granted immunity in exchange for testifying against Broady, who emerged as the brains behind the operation. The two firms, Bristol-Myers and.

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Why Cyberwarfare Is Overhyped

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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. And how does it relate to legal and ethical questions we have? Schneider: Before we talk about your book, tell me a little bit about yourself. What about cyber war?”

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