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    • 1984 is a television commercial launched by Apple Inc. in 1984 to promote the Macintosh personal computer in the United States. Directed by Ridley Scott, the commercial first aired on January 22, 1984 during a break in the third quarter of Super Bowl XVIII. The ad showed an unnamed heroine (played …

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    • … Olivier Chaine has put up this Tweet (earlier yesterday I had suggested, in response to his request for smartphone Twitter client recommendations, that he look at Slandr.Net as a mobile platform Twitter client): First I would suggest that the mini-computer industry died many years ago, to be replaced …

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    • … — we’re boarding the Millennium Falcon and heading back to a virtual galaxy far, far away. The Internet’s First Dot-Com Let me set the scene for you: The year was 1985. MS-DOS 3.0 was the PC operating system of choice, most commonly run on the top-selling Tandy 1000 personal computer. A newly formed …

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    • Instrument is probably the best term to describe this nifty little device. It packs a lot of functionality, probably more than you’ll ever use. The best way to describe it is a multifunction wristtop computer (term borrowed from Suunto) suitable for extreme conditions that can actually help you …

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    • … the message on CD that is, but it’s great! I love being able to listen to the message on my computer, and then file the CD away for later remembering. I’m glad that they’re making the transition from tape to digital forms of communication and look forward to future mailings on CD from them. As always …

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    • … but in general, I love all food. TRAVEL: The Best: none. The Worst: That there were no personal vacations in 2008. We just could not afford to go away with rising costs of everything and less coming in. There was just less money available to spend on non essential items. Best KIDS SHOWS As Voted By My …

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    • … jobs.” Tips from Woz (Steve Wozniak). I confess that I have to thank Kathy Griffith for getting me intrigued with the Woz. But, Guy includes a section of outtakes from a book about Woz called “ iWoz: Computer Geek to Cult Icon – How I Invented the Personal Computer, Co-Founded Apple, and Had Fun Doing …

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    • … it is essentially a commercial, but it also offers content that is very relevant to this topic, and I think very interesting. Looking at my computer right now, I am connected to the rest of the world through four different e-mail addresses all channeled into my Gmail account, AIM, Facebook …

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    • … are being annoying even though the documentation isn’t clear.‭ ‭Now, I personally got started on a Timex Sinclair computer when I was ten years old, ‬and I started using the BASIC programming language and creating text based games not unlike the‭ “‬Choose Your Own Adventure‭” ‬child book series.‭ ‬I …

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    • … companies? Disclosures: Long MSFT and GOOG. No other positions in IBM, DELL, AAPL, HPQ, GLD or SLV. Copyright © 2008. This article was published on http://www.RunToGold.com by Trace Mayer, J.D. on December 21, 2008. This feed is for personal and non-commercial use only. Applicable legal information …




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