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The Altair 8800 is generally believed to be the first "Personal Computer". It was designed by Ed Roberts and introduced by MITS in April 1974 at some of the "home-brew" computer clubs that were formed in what is now known as Silicon Valley as a build it yourself unit with chassis, power supply, system PCB, and loaded with 256 bytes of memory. It had been previously announced in Popular Electronics and MITS received some 4000 orders for the machine BEFORE it was available. There were no I/O devices, didn't have a monitor or a keyboard and there was no Operating System available. You programmed the system from the front panel (octal) switches. This first desktop computer spawned the idea that computers could be built small and developed without the resources of IBM, Univac, Burroughs and the other mega powers of the computer business at that time.

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SURVIVOR IN CYBERSPACE
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COULD TECHIE TERRORISTS TEAR DOWN THE NET?
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MP3.COM SETTLES WITH SONY
Napster's not the only song-swapping service being dragged into court. MP3.com has been embroiled in several legal battles of its own, but has chosen to settle them out of court and get a legitimate license for the music they distribute. Net Culture Guide Donna Howell has the details of their new agreement with Sony.
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WHY WEARABLE COMPUTERS CAN SAVE THE WORLD
If a cell phone and a laptop are penetrating your personal space, then a wearable computer must be worse, right? "Not so," says Guide Steve Mann. The inventor of the wearcomp explains how this exciting new technology can be used to empower individuals and protect their privacy.
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If there's one thing I dislike most about computers, it's the amount of time they take to load your programs and data. Fortunately, using a RAID system allows you to have multiple hard drives working on the same task at the same time. Learn how to create a RAID array on your PC with Peripherals Guide Rick Russell:
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No one is perfect. If, over the course of a year, you make hundreds or thousands of client visits, there are going to be times when you just make a mistake. The articles in this issue of "Value-Added" are all about the dynamics of consulting, and specific consulting skills you can use to keep control of the client engagement.
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In order to take advantage of the full power of the Internet, Microsoft has created the Microsoft .NET initiative based on Internet standards like XML and SOAP. The fundamental idea behind Microsoft .NET is... (Continue)

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Symantec has withdrawn the latest update of its antivirus software after some people found it caused their computers to become unresponsive. Through its "LiveUpdate" feature, Symantec's Norton Antivirus program can update... (Continue)

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