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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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Kinetic Green ropes in Piyush Pandey to re-create ‘Chal Meri Luna’ magic | Autocar Professional

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Bookings for the e-Luna will open on January 26th and is likely to be formally launched in February in Delhi in the presence of Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, said sources. The company is also looking to introduce a 1.5

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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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Census, the mainframe computer, legitimizing the person computer, and developing the software that beat the best in the world at chess and then Jeopardy. Joining me to talk about it—and IBM's other pivots, past and future—is a person uniquely qualified to do so. Steven Cherry Jim, IBM wasn't the first to personal computers.

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Riding the TVS iQube Electric Scooter : Initial Impressions

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The booking can only be done through the website, but the experience has to be taken at the dealership. You cannot book the vehicle at the dealership - for that you have to go Ather or Chetak style - online. You cannot book the vehicle at the dealership - for that you have to go Ather or Chetak style - online. Wonder why?

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The Essential Vannevar Bush

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During World War II, as personal science and engineering adviser to President Roosevelt, he led all research by civilians for the military and organized the Manhattan Project. Engineers Are Pioneers The physical world is limited but the world of ideas without boundaries; and there are seemingly no limits especially in technology and science.

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Labrador Addresses Critical Need With Deceptively Simple Home Robot

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Items that are used regularly, like water or books or medications or whatever, can live semi-permanently in the storage area in the middle deck of the robot, and in total the robot can handle up to 25 pounds (11kg) of whatever you can fit on it. In-home care from humans is expensive.

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PHEVs Are A Great Solution For Many — But PHEV Incentives Need Fixing

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Current federal and state incentives reduce the effective cost of a PHEV and some states may reward drivers with HOV lane access — but do not have any method built in to hold drivers accountable to actually plug in their vehicles. But again, our approaches to incentives can help address this behavior. Using behavioral economist John A.

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