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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. Other companies, including Apple and Tandy Corp.

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I bought Harley’s new electric motorcycle. Delivery was a hot mess, but still awesome

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The company brings an interesting mix of high-tech startup energy and a lumbering century-old motorcycle legacy that results in both an impressive (and growing) range of electric motorcycles but also a series of growing pains. And so the company started Project LiveWire. It also carried an equally high price tag of nearly $30k.

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Green Friday | Black Friday

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Many larger companies are generating this hysteria and stirring up this sense of urgency, for which customers feel the urge to go on wild shopping sprees, often regretting the outcome. We can’t buy these moments online or staring down aisles awash with cardboard and plastic. Follow, Like, Tag, Share… HOW TO ENTER .

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

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After a year of speculation based on little more than a person in a robot suit combined with some optimistic assertions made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk , many roboticists tuned in to the event livestream (or attended in person) to see what Tesla’s approach to humanoid robotics would turn out to be. First, the team did a good job.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in March 2024

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If you like the idea of a low-cost US-based company like Lectric eBikes but want something with more power than their XP LITE, consider the $999 Lectric XP 3.0. The company also has longer-range batteries for the XP 3.0 That also allows them to offer more customization options than any other e-bike company out there.

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Here are the best electric bikes you can buy at every price level in January 2024

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Even though the holidays are behind us, many e-bike companies are still running incredible sales coming off an ultra-competitive e-bike selling year in 2023. If you like the idea of a low-cost US-based company like Lectric eBikes but want something with more power than their XP LITE, consider the $999 Lectric XP 3.0. The XP 3.0

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50 Years Later, We’re Still Living in the Xerox Alto’s World

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PARC, a Xerox company Rather, it’s half-century-old hardware running software of the same vintage, meticulously restored and in operation at the Computer History Museum’s archive center. The riches that resulted made it easy for the company to bankroll this new R&D laboratory focused on forward-looking projects. billion U.S.

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