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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

Cars That Think

make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. Mr. Jobs became interested in the Macintosh project, and, possibly because few in the company thought the project had a future, Mr. Jobs was made its manager. He was looking for his niche.” Each block map represented one volume of disk space.

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Sometimes bipartisanship can work

Electric Auto Association

Putting the brake on regional pollution Also in December, Massachusetts, along with Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Washington D.C., announced the launch of a groundbreaking program that invests $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices and healthier communities.?

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). current year and/or future year vintages). a third-party vendor has successfully run auctions on behalf of federal or state agencies at low cost.

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