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The minicomputer returns to a Web site near you

January 10, 2006 Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pays homage to a much-loved old friend, DEC's PDP, in all its guises. TAGS: Paul Allen, minicomputer, Digital Equipment Corp., information technology, HP, Microsoft Corp.

Albuquerque extols its role in PC revolution

July 31, 2007 This city played an integral role in computer history, even though it eventually lost out when it came to housing Microsoft.Photos: Albuquerque's PC roots TAGS: exhibit, Paul Allen, revolution, Bill Gates, city, PC, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., laptop computer

Commercial space travel to take flight?

September 27, 2004 Pack up your Tang. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic and a Paul Allen venture aim to send tourists to the stars. TAGS: Paul Allen, SpaceShipOne, flight, spaceship

Paul Allen funds wireless chip start-up

October 1, 2004 Ember, a start-up developing chips for ZigBee, gets money from Paul Allen's venture fund. Bob Metcalfe comes aboard as chairman. TAGS: ZigBee, Bob Metcalfe, Paul Allen, Honeywell International Inc., HomeRF, wireless chip, specification, IEEE 802.11, chairman, start-up

SpaceShipOne: Flights of fancy

October 4, 2004 With two short trips to the edge of space, the little rocket that could may have ushered in a new era in high-tech travel. TAGS: SpaceShipOne, Paul Allen, flight

Geeks in space

October 6, 2004 Paul Allen was first. Amazon's Jeff Bezos is in the wings. Why do tech luminaries want off Earth? TAGS: Paul Allen, Jeff Bezos, entrepreneur, Elon Musk, SpaceShipOne, passion, Amazon.com Inc., co-founder, information technology, telecommunications, founder

This week in the FCC

April 8, 2005 FCC's new chairman says he will favor deregulation to foster change in the telecom industry and will make media indecency a high priority. TAGS: Paul Allen, chairman, co-founder, telecommunications, conference, broadband, TV

How to marry a billionaire? Start with Forbes list

September 22, 2006 To even make the magazine's annual survey of richest Americans this year, you had to have at least $1 billion. TAGS: billionaire, Paul Allen, Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Steve Ballmer, founder, survey, Microsoft Corp.

Private industry moves to take over space race

October 1, 2007 The space race taking shape in the private sector today is due in large part to boyhood dreams of astronauts. TAGS: Paul Allen, Elon Musk, founder, Jeff Bezos, moon, Del.icio.us, exploration, men, Digg, space, U.S.

SpaceShipOne: A giant leap for high-tech vets?

September 29, 2004 Paul Allen's galactic baby flies briefly toward outer space as it begins the first phase of a historic endeavor. TAGS: SpaceShipOne, Paul Allen, flight, aircraft, entrepreneur, co-founder

Will historic flight launch space tourism?

September 30, 2004 With Richard Branson poised to go galactic, the days of right-stuff heroics could be long gone. Photo gallery: SpaceShipOne's historic flight TAGS: SpaceShipOne, Mike Melvill, flight, Paul Allen, New Mexico, launch
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