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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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IEEE Honors Pioneering Engineers

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MADNI University of California, Los Angeles “For pioneering contributions to the development and commercialization of innovative sensing and systems technologies, and for distinguished research leadership.” The awards are presented on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors. IEEE FRANCES E. IEEE THEODORE W.

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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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Annual average concentrations of fine particulates from US sources of combustion emissions from (a) electric power generation; (b) industry; (c) commercial and residential sources; (d) road transportation; (e) marine transportation; (f) rail transportation; (g) sum of all combustion sources; (h) all sources. Source: MIT. Click to enlarge.

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8 Incidents in 2 Weeks: What’s Going on With United’s Planes?

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The mishaps were not the result of “systemic problems,” said Robert Sumwalt, a former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board who now heads a new aviation safety center at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. carriers, in addition to other accidents involving commercial and mass transit operators. Currently, the N.T.S.B.

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Foraging on Public Lands Is Becoming More Limited

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Although most national parks ban commercial foraging, about three-fourths allow people to explore and collect their favorite crops for personal use. Some leading foragers, for both personal and commercial food, say more public lands are being declared off limits, especially in places where wildfires have devastated the forest lands.

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Why These Members Donate to the IEEE Foundation

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While he was an engineering professor at the University of California, Los Angeles , Samueli helped found company in San Jose, Calif., Hei received the 2021 IEEE Founders Medal for “leadership in research, development, and commercialization of broadband communication and networking technology with global impact.”

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Princeton Engineering Dean Hailed as IEEE Top Educator

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So it’s surprising to learn that she almost dropped out in her first year of the engineering program at the University of California, Berkeley. “By The importance of mentors Growing up in Los Angeles, Goldsmith was interested in European politics and history as well as culture and languages. She has been granted 38 U.S.

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