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Eugene H. Spafford: Malware Nemesis

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Spafford ’s more than three decades as professor of computer sciences at Purdue University , in West Lafayette, Ind., Indeed, the field didn’t really exist when he graduated from the State University of New York at Brockport with a bachelor’s degree in math and computer science in 1979. During Eugene H.

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Lewis H. Latimer: A Life of Lightbulb Moments

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Emblematic of the hope, faith, perseverance, and drive to overcome systemic legal and social barriers the song encapsulates is the life of self-taught technical genius Lewis H. Then, at night, he read books on technical drawing and reproduced sketches he had seen at the office.

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Granville T. Woods: Smartest Guy in the Room

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Davidson, are the subjects of Black Inventors in the Age of Segregation by Rayvon Fouché (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003). Now a professor of communication studies with a dual appointment in the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Ill., Edison lost—and immediately offered Woods a job.

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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

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In the 1990s, he became known for his long-running legal battle against Universal Manufacturing Corp. He attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, majoring in journalism, and got his first job in radio, working on a local children’s show. Eventually, they filed for a U.S. patent for the new and improved device.

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ASML’s threat to leave uncovers deeper concerns in Netherlands Inc – ET Auto

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After corporate tax increases and protests and court cases against Shell and others in recent years, populist parties booked big gains in 2023’s national elections. That has prompted companies to speak out against policies that would discourage immigration and force them and their investors to shoulder more taxes.

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Your Life As A Digital Ghost

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Wong describes the new digital afterlife industry in a chapter of her new book from MIT Press, We the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age. Wendy is a Professor of Political Science and Principles Research Chair at the University of British Columbia. Do they need a different classification for legal, political, and social purposes?

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. The University of Texas at Austin It was the first of many false starts for the rechargeable lithium battery. But he found no takers. Sony, however, did more than “confirm” it.