I'm Bob Cringley, 我是Bob Cringley 16 years ago when I was making my television series Triumph of the Nerds, I interviewed Steve Jobs. 16年前(1995)我制作《书呆子的胜利》时采访了乔布斯 That was in 1995, 10 years earlier Steve

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SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, launched a top-secret spy satellite for the US Department of Defense early last Monday morning. 上周一清晨,埃隆马斯克创立的航天公司SpaceX为美国国防部发射了一颗高度机密

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China boasts a total of 7.566 million square kilometers of vegetation cover, while buildings cover 153,000 sq km of land, the State Council Information Office unveiled at a press briefing last Monday. 国务院新闻办公室上周一在新闻发布会

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China's large amphibious aircraft AG600 last Saturday successfully conducted its first glide test in Zhuhai, Guangdong, as it is preparing for its maiden flight. 我国大型水陆两栖飞机AG600于上周六在广东省珠海市成功进行了首次地

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China-developed commercial airliner C919 has edged a step closer to takeoff after the plane's developer put it through the first high-speed taxi test last Sunday morning at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. 上周日上午,我国自主研发的商

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公司老板Jerry召集手下Lisa和Ken开会,商量公司上市的问题。Lisa问Jerry,是不是真的下定决心了。 L: But Jerry, have you really thought this through? You would essentially be giving up the company that your great-grandfat

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SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- A listed Chinese herbal medicine maker on Thursday said its compound flu formula has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for clinical tests. The decision has paved the way for Chinese h

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Not only can young Japanese women look forward to a longer life than their male peers, now they also make more money. Income for single women under 30 hit an average of 218,156 yen ($2,680) a month in 2009, edging above the 215,515 yen ($2,640) of th

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Thursday ' s Solar Eclipse Should Provide Dramatic View David McAlary Washington 20 Jun 2001 02:44 UTC The first 1)solar eclipse of the new millenium occurs Thursday, June 21. It will give millions of

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Oil prices on both side of the Atlantic have pushed above $50 a barrel for the first time this year as investors weigh the impact of supply disruptions and US figures showing a decline in crude inventories. 大西洋两岸的石油价格今年以来首

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Addressing each other as Mr, Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou agreed that the cross-straits ties had reached its best period since 1949. After a historic handshake lasting for some 70 seconds, Xi Jinping told Ma that history has proved that no force could

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Universities from Chinese mainland have broken into a global top 100 index in an annual ranking for the first time as Harvard retained its No 1 spot for the 14th consecutive year. 近日,中国大陆的高校历史上首次入围全世界一百强,

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LONDON, March 14 (Xinhua) -- King's College London Monday announced that a team of roboticists, engineers and surgeons at the college have for the first time operated on a human body using a soft surgical robot as part of keyhole surgery. Under the g

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WASHINGTON, July 10 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Navy's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) drone on Wednesday completed its first-ever carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush off the coast of Virginia, the Navy announced. By evolving an

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China's unmanned lunar probe Chang'e-5, set to be launched around December 2017, will bring lunar soil samples back to Earth, says Wu Yanhua, deputy chief of the China National Space Administration. 国家航天局副局长吴艳华近日表示,我国

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OTTAWA, April 15 (Xinhua) -- The National Arts Centre (NAC) Orchestra of Canada, led by renowned Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, will stage concerts in Chinese cities in October for the first time as part of the mutual cultural activities organized

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Saudi Arabias first international debt sale has generated so much interest from Asian investors that the kingdom is weighing a full pipeline of bonds to follow a $15bn initial auction as early as October, according to bankers briefed on the sale. 知情

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IPhone sales have fallen for the first time, as the global smartphone market grew at its slowest rate in eight years. 目前全球智能手机市场发展速度呈现八年来最低,而苹果手机销量也首次出现了下滑现象。 Sales of Ap

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday decided to raise benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, the first interest rate increase since 2006,marking the end of an era of extraordinary easing monetary policy. Given the co

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North Korea conducted a 'successful' hydrogen bomb test, Pyongyang has confirmed. The thermonuclear weapon triggered a massive 5.1 magnitude earthquake when it exploded at 10am local time on Wednesday. 平壤方面已经证实,朝鲜成功的进行了

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