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The Day the U.S. TV Industry Died

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But at about $1000, the flat tube is not a consumer product and instead is benefiting Zenith’s latest focus of interest-its relatively new and highly profitable personal computer business. of New York City, each holding over 20 percent of the domestic market. Then, the Glenview, Ill., company tussled for the No.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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In 1984, the low-cost Macintosh from Apple Computer Inc., brought the friendly interface to thousands of personal computer users. The combination of windowing displays, menus, icons, and a mouse that is increasingly used on personal computers and workstations. New York City and London, 1980), reprints his 1963 Ph.D.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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Busicom had hired Intel to develop a set of custom chips for a low-cost calculator and had sent three engineers to Santa Clara to work on the chip designs. and New York City. From 12 Chips to One Microprocessor One group of customers with whom Hoff made contact were from Busicom Corp., Cambridge, Mass.;

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