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IBM Introduces PC-XT

IBM Introduces PC-XT

1983

IBM introduces the IBM Personal Computer XT, which stands for eXtended Technology. For a price of $4,995, it features a Intel 8088 processor, a 10MB hard drive, eight expansion slots, serial port, 128 kB RAM, 40Kb ROM, a keyboard, and one double-sided 360kB floppy drive.

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#TECH-CEO-INTERVIEWS

How to Start a Technology Business That Can Attract Clients From the Fortune 500 List

March 8, 2024

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What Is a 51% Attack?

William • The Wordsmith

William • The Wordsmith

March 8, 2024

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Induced Magnetic Field in Accretion Disks Around Neutron Stars: Conclusion and References

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

March 8, 2024

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Induced Magnetic Field in Accretion Disks Around Neutron Stars: Discussion

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

March 8, 2024

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Induced Magnetic Field in Accretion Disks Around Neutron Stars: The Solution for the Induced Field

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

March 8, 2024

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Induced Magnetic Field in Accretion Disks Around Neutron Stars: Main Equations

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

March 8, 2024

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Induced Magnetic Field in Accretion Disks Around Neutron Stars: Model of Disk and Neutron Star

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

March 8, 2024

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Induced Magnetic Field in Accretion Disks Around Neutron Stars: Abstract and Introduction

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

Magnetosphere: maintaining habitability on Earth

March 8, 2024

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#EMBEDDED-ANALYTICS

How to Unleash Insights for Everyone: Multi-Tenant Architecture for Embedded Analytics

March 8, 2024

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#ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE

What Does Google Want With Troop's Tissue Samples?

March 8, 2023

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#ADVENTURE-FICTION

Pan-at-lee

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs

March 8, 2023

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Analyzing Decentralized Ecological Credential Products Bridging the Web2 and Web3 Gap

March 8, 2023

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What it’s Really Like to Be Elon Musk’s Neighbor

March 8, 2023

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A year had passed since the two Swedes had been driven

Edgar Rice Burroughs

Edgar Rice Burroughs

March 8, 2023

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#WEB-DEVELOPMENT

How to Authenticate With OpenID Connect and Apache APISIX

Nicolas Fränkel

Nicolas Fränkel

March 8, 2023

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#WEB-DEVELOPMENT

How to Master Nested CSS Selectors: Tips to Get Started

March 8, 2023

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POWER LEADER: Lifekey founder Jason Kintzler sees a smartphone-less future

March 8, 2023

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Sofary Lighting Founder on Why Staying Close to Technology Is the Key to Success

March 8, 2023

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A CyberSecurity Mindset May Involve Being The Guy With The Most Negative Attitude

March 8, 2021

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#KNOW-YOUR-CUSTOMER

Banking System is Designed To Exclude 98% of the World From Investing

March 8, 2021

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Top 5 Privacy Coins To Watch Out For in 2021

March 8, 2021

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5 New NFT Projects On The Rise

March 8, 2021

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Rebutting MIT's Paper on Blockchain Voting - In A Completely Decentralized Manner

March 8, 2021

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Goodhart's Law is Killing Free Journalism and Calls For a Third Business Model of the Internet

March 8, 2021

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The One Data Science Project Idea That’ll Impress Interviewers

Nate at StrataScratch

Nate at StrataScratch

March 8, 2021

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#CORPORATE-CULTURE

Virtual Corporate Events and Meetings as a New Trend in the HR Industry

Yurii Filipchuk

Yurii Filipchuk

March 8, 2021

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#CORPORATE-CULTURE

Virtual Corporate Events and Meetings as a New Trend in the HR Industry

Yurii Filipchuk

Yurii Filipchuk

March 8, 2021

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Forget a Savings Account, I’m Giving My Kid Social Media

March 8, 2016

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