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TwitterManufactured by the Nippon Electric Company (NEC, 1960), the drum-based machine was one of the earliest transistorized Japanese computers. It was used for business, scientific and engineering applications.This is just one of the many computers that existed nearly 50 years ago. It’s amazing that just 10 years ago I owned a computer in college that had a 1.2 GB hard drive and it cost over 2 grand.
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A Cool Gallery of Vintage Computers
July 9th, 2009 
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Comments OffResistance To Flu Drug Widespread In U.S.: Study
March 3rd, 2009 admin A flu shot is prepared in Chicago, Illinois. US President Barack Obama has vowed to fight for his budget proposals that include investments in clean energy and healthcare as he faces a tough battle moving the measures through Congress. (AFP/Getty Images/File/Tim Boyle)From Yahoo News/Reuters:WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Virtually all cases of the most common strain of flu circulating in the United States now resist the main drug used to treat it, the U.S.
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