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Alexander Graham Bell

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL 1910 Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on the 3 March 1847. His father was Professor Alexander Melville Bell. Alexander Graham Bell had two brothers. He was an...

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Father to Son - You don't measure up

It's hard to believe Thomas Watson, Jr, a man that made it to the top as Ceo of IBM felt the sting of a father's rejection. For more than thirty years I interviewed some of the world’s most famous people....

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Bad Quotes

"Computers in the future may weigh less than 1.5 tons." -Popular Science 1949 forecasting the future of computer science "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." -Thomas Watson, chairman...

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IBM and the Holocaust

In February 2001, Edwin Black, son of Polish survivors from concentration camps, published a book "IBM and the Holocaust" in which he reveals the commercial ...

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