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Published daily in Bend, Oregon, by Western Communications, Inc. Copyright 2007.
By John Markoff / The Bulletin
May 20, 2008
Thirty-six years ago, Alan Kay, a computer scientist, published a rough sketch of his Dynabook portable computer, establishing the ideal of ever more intimate personal computers.
During the next decade, Kay’s tablet design, at 9 inches by 12 inches by ¾ inch, morphed into....