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Companies, radio shack, apple, and commodore, grabbing three-quarters of the market. this personal computer costs about $1,400 and fits nicely on a desk corner. duplicating its performance five years ago would have cost $75,000 and involve the unit the size of a large refrigerator. >> when the average american thought computer, they thought ibm. it made these mainframe computers that ran pretty much everything. >> ibm was one of the most powerful corporations in america. and in technology, it was the most powerful company that had ever existed in technology. >> because of this activity in pers...

Get twice the computer. >> the reason we are attracted to computers is it is a power tool that gives me power that i feel i should have had, but nature left me without. and i can now exploit more of my potential with a computer.

So great that each fair virtually outdates the previous one. >> well, it is lower prices that have helped the tremendous boom in home computer sales, about one home in ten will have a computer by the end of this year. by 1990, the number could be two out of three. >> we knew that the personal computer was getting serious when the competition started. because when you have competition, innovation gets stimulated. >> compaq. >> atari home computer. >> kaypro gives you the complete computer. >> this is the one. >> higher resolution. great other expandability than ibm's pc. >> ibm's entry heated u...

>> are you an adult? >> what she does is she loads pictures, mostly x-rated pictures, into her computer. and then customers anywhere in the world can call up laura's lair and see on their home computer this list. 15,000 descriptions of photos in language that's not always an suitable for tv. >> pornography is always the first to make money on any new technology and not just technology since computers. i mean, since the beginning. >> laura's customers pay to transfer these photos from her computer through the phone lines to their computer. >> okay. here it comes. >> how do i know? okay. so they...

Nature of his writings appear to reflect the very significant threat to the safety of our community, particularly given the position of trust that he held with the united states government. >> lieutenant with the coast guard, but served in both the marine corps and the u.s. army. files on his home computer showed that he targeted democratic lawmakers including two presidential hopefuls as well as prominent journalists and tv personalities. his google search history also showed that there were countless hours tracking down his targets. prosecutors said in reports that it was all of the pieces t...