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How 6 Memorable Tech Companies Got Their Names

We've tracked down the inside scoop on six of tech's most unforgettable company names. Some of them have pretty surprising backstories -- like a well-known Web giant that was almost called "BackRub"

posted by ITworld staff | Feature | Business | 09/07/10 at 12:40 pm | Yahoo, Apple, Asus, fark, GoDaddy, Google

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The IFA consumer electronics exhibition turns 50
Albert Einstein opened the 7th Great German Radio and Phonograph Show, the forerunner to today's IFA, in Berlin in 1930. The show marked the public debut of a prototype 'television receiver.' Since then, some products, like the 3DTV, were ahead of their time. Others, like the MiniDisc...well, just never got off the ground. Here's a look at IFA's storied past.

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