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Where VR Gaming Took a Wrong Turn

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Sega Visions Magazine promoted Sega VR in its August/September 1993 issue. Conversely, casual games can be learned quickly, are forgiving of mistakes and cheap or free, and can be played for either longer or shorter periods of time, depending on one’s schedule.”

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A Cheapskate in Monterey

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“For the last five years, some of our leading chefs have abandoned fine dining and opened artisanal food businesses,” said Deborah Luhrman, the editor and publisher of the food magazine Edible Monterey Bay , who recommended both bakeries. I passed a landscape painter and jaw-dropping Pebble Beach mansions before coasting into Carmel.

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The Rise of Groupware

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He wrote (with Harvey Lehtman) in Byte magazine in 1988 : The emergence of the personal computer as a major presence in the 1970s and 1980s led to tremendous increases in personal productivity and creativity. In the mid-1990’s, it was common for magazines to publish stories about how Notes reshaped businesses large and small.

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Powered By IEEE Program Saves Startups Money

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Running a startup isn't cheap. Participants receive a US $10,000 credit toward the purchase of software from Freshworks , which provides customer-relationship management tools. Participants receive a US $10,000 credit toward the purchase of software from Freshworks , which provides customer-relationship management tools.

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?How a Design Battle Between Chip Engineers Led to Polaroid’s Revolutionary SX-70 Camera

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In contention was the contract for the electronics of Polaroid’s secret project—a pioneering product introduced in 1972 as the SX-70, a camera eventually purchased by millions of people. Still, though the parts were not cheap, costing Fairchild approximately $20 or $30 each, they were manufacturable. Cambridge, Mass. To probe further.

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Creating the Commodore 64: The Engineers’ Story

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You waste a little bit of silicon, but silicon’s pretty cheap. Jack [Tramiel] made the bet that by the time we were ready to produce a product, 64K Rams would be cheap enough for us to use,” Charpentier said. The freedom that allowed us to do the C-64 project will probably never exist again in that environment.” ?Postscript

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. Furthermore, changing the battery pack on say a Toyota Prius often costs a fortune, at least in most European countries, so such cars better be VERY cheap, but they’re not.

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