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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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Here, Steve Jobs introduced the Apple II, with a price tag of US $1,298 (about $5,800 today), while rival Commodore unveiled its PET. How secure was the data in these machines? Whimsical ads for the PC starred Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp and carried the tag line “A Tool for Modern Times." Tom Munnecke/Getty Images.

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Clean Tech - GigaOM - Salon.com

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With a price tag of roughly $22,000, BYD’s F3DM — available only to fleet operators at this point — is too costly for companies to go for it en masse. Tags: evdriven. But there’s a bit of a Catch-22: Prices remain high for mass adoption in China. Think it’s a bad trade? The floor is yours.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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Credit: GM) General Motors and Segway plan to take a two-wheel concept vehicle for a spin around New York City on Tuesday. The two-wheeler is meant to address the mounting problems of urban car transportation, according to the two companies that plan to unveil the vehicle at an auto show in New York. Look at it this way.

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

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It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). To ensure the program is founded on sound emissions data, mandatory emissions monitoring will commence in January 2010. Overview of WCI.

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