It's on my computer under lock and key.

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So why does the personal computer still have such a lock on our imaginations?

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In particular, analysts say Apple will lock down its dominance of the touchscreen computer market, moving more of its iPad tablet devices through retail partners, including Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

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With its lock on making the microprocessors for the dominant personal computer it seemed positioned to stay on top forever.

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When you find out that your Kryptonite bike lock can be opened with a Bic pen or that a bug in Java lets malicious websites take over your computer, the fix is in your hands: You send in your lock for a replacement or disable Java in your browser.

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On the hardware side of the tech business, gurus were eager to lock in some profits on some big-name winners such as Dell Computer and Motorola.

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It involved moving mountains and eradicating disease and inventing and constructing by far the hugest locks and lock gates ever conceived at the time and even a 1914 General Electric computer system to run it all.

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On the hardware side of the tech business, gurus were eager to lock in some profits on some big-name winners such as Dell Computer (nasdaq: DELL - news - people ) and Motorola (nyse: MOT - news - people ).

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