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This Day in Computer History: November 6
Today marks the anniversary of the signing of the contract that started Microsoft down the road to fame and fortune. Read about the contract and more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer, ecommerce, and software industries on this day in history.

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Who Makes the Smallest Laptop?
Computers continue to get smaller and smaller with every passing year. It is incredible to see how small computers have become in such a short time. But who makes the smallest laptop today? What has this trend of miniaturization created for us in terms of usable little laptops? Here's your answer.

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Who Invented the Personal Computer? A Brief History of the PC
They may be much more powerful today but computers in the distant past were based on much the same logic. Storage, memory, and processing worked then much as it works now.

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This Day in Computer History: December 27
Today marks the anniversary of Time magazine naming Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos "Person of the Year." Read more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer, ecommerce, and software industries on this day in history.

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This Day in Computer History: December 26
Today marks the anniversary of the Time Magazine awarding the personal computer its "Man of the Year" award. Read more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer, ecommerce, and software industries on this day in history.

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This Day in Computer History: December 25
Today marks the anniversary of the first test of the early internet by Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau. Read about its and more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer, ecommerce, and software industries on this day in history.

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This Day in Computer History: December 24
Today marks the anniversary of the announcement that the patent on the GIF format would be enforced, sending ripples through the software community. Read more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer, ecommerce, and software industries on this day in history

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This Day in Computer History: December 23
Today marks the anniversary of the first demonstration of the point contact transistor and the launch of YouTube's Channel for the Queen of England. Read more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer, ecommerce, and software industries on this day in history

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This Day in Computer History: December 21
Today marks the anniversary of the Children’s Internet Protection Act being signed into law to protect children from sexual content online. Read more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer, ecommerce, and software industries on this day in history.

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This Day in Computer History: December 20
Today marks the anniversary of the beginning of Apple's acquistion of NeXT Software. Read about it and more in "This Day in Computer History", a chronology of notable events in the computer, ecommerce, and software industries on this day in history.

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