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  2. Motorola MicroTAC - Wikipedia

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    The Motorola MicroTAC is a cellular phone first manufactured as an analog version in 1989. GSM-compatible and TDMA/Dual-Mode versions were introduced in 1994. The MicroTAC introduced a new "flip" design, where the "mouthpiece" folded over the keypad, although on later production the "mouthpiece" was actually located in the base of the phone, along with the ringer.

  3. Motorola StarTAC - Wikipedia

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    The StarTAC is a series of mobile phones released by Motorola starting in 1996. It is the successor of the MicroTAC, a semi- clamshell design first launched in 1989. [2] Whereas the MicroTAC's flip folded down from below the keypad, the StarTAC folded up from above the display. The StarTAC was among the first mobile phones to gain widespread ...

  4. Micro-Star International - Wikipedia

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    Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. (commonly known as MSI; Chinese: 微星科技股份有限公司) is a Taiwanese multinational information technology corporation headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan. It designs, develops and provides computer hardware as well as related products and services, including laptops, desktops, motherboards ...

  5. Elite (video game) - Wikipedia

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    20 September 1984. Genre (s) Space trading and combat simulator. Mode (s) Single player. Elite is a space trading video game. It was written and developed by David Braben and Ian Bell and originally published by Acornsoft for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in September 1984. [1]

  6. D* - Wikipedia

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    For the subatomic particle, see hexaquark. D* (pronounced "D star") is any one of the following three related incremental search algorithms : The original D*, [1] by Anthony Stentz, is an informed incremental search algorithm. Focused D* [2] is an informed incremental heuristic search algorithm by Anthony Stentz that combines ideas of A* [3 ...

  7. Theodolite - Wikipedia

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    Theodolite. A direct-readout theodolite, manufactured in the Soviet Union in 1958 and used for topographic surveying. A theodolite ( / θiˈɒdəˌlaɪt /) [1] is a precision optical instrument for measuring angles between designated visible points in the horizontal and vertical planes. The traditional use has been for land surveying, but it is ...

  8. List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs - Wikipedia

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    Of those, 103 are main sequence stars: 80 red dwarfs and 23 "typical" stars having greater mass. Additionally, astronomers have found 6 white dwarfs (stars that have exhausted all fusible hydrogen), 21 brown dwarfs, as well as 1 sub-brown dwarf, WISE 0855−0714 (possibly a rogue planet ). The closest system is Alpha Centauri, with Proxima ...

  9. Micro Star v. FormGen Inc. - Wikipedia

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    17 U.S.C. § 103, § 106, § 107. Micro Star v. FormGen Inc. 154 F.3d 1107 (9th Cir. 1998) is a legal case applying copyright law to video games, stopping the sales of a compilation of user-generated levels that infringed the copyright of Duke Nukem 3D. Micro Star downloaded the Duke Nukem 3D levels and re-packaged them as Nuke It, after seeing ...