IBM's iconic machines

Through its 100-year history IBM has helped shape the workplace with its technology. Here are photos of some of the company's most important past achievements.

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IBM's Alex Bernstein (standing) created a chess-playing program for the IBM 704 in 1957, 40 years before IBM's Deep Blue computer defeated chess master Garry Kasparov.
By Jessi Hempel, writer

Last updated March 03 2011: 7:06 PM ET
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