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Often considered the iPhone s grandfather, John Sculley first used the term PDA to describe this device. In fact it was one of the primary projects that Apple was working on till Steve Jobs returned. On his return, he promptly cancelled the project because of cost overruns and because of its strong association with John Sculley who d ousted Steve Jobs from Apple earlier. Name the device?
Apple Newton
When Henry Ford died, amongst his last possessions was a test tube containing something from a famous friend of his. What did it supposedly contain? Today, it is now The last breath of Thomas Alva housed in the Henry Ford museum. Edison In the scientific world, his fame rests on two achievements. His 1869 contribution revolutionized a branch of science. In 1871, he published Osovy Khimi, a textbook of chemistry that went into several editions and was also much translated. He is revered in his own country as the man responsible for setting up the petroleum industry in the Black Sea area. Who? Dmitri Mendeleev This feat was first achieved in 1875 and was not repeated till 48 years later. It is often described as a battle of brain and brawn against tide and temperature. Statistics released by the CSA, the governing body, reveal that only about 7% of those who attempt this feat are able to complete it. What feat are we talking of? In 2005, researchers at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York have changed the name of POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic gene (a gene found to cause cancer) to the more unobtrusive Zbtb7 due to legal pressure from which company? Robert _______, the Scottish Patriot, and "Mad" Anthony ________, the American revolutionarywar general lent parts of their names to a fictional character whose creation was primarily inspired by Leonardo da Vinci's work. Which character? The logo is a bind rune merging the Germanic runes (Hagall, analogous to the modern Latin letter H,) and (Berkanan, like B). What are we talking about?
Bruce Wayne / Batman Bluetooth logo ( for Harald Bluetooth, theDanish king)