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Bill Gates: PC Genius, Internet Fool
Bill Gates, who for years was the richest man in the world, is also one of the smartest. But even he couldn't figure out how to beat the Internet-how to transition his grand old monopoly software company, Microsoft, into a business that thrives on the Net. And so he begins his retirement today from Microsoft as the PC era's biggest winner, and the Web era's most spectacular casualty.
People:Bill Gates Steve Ballmer Source:(Time)
2008-06-30
US, China firms sign whopping 13.6 billion dollar deals
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland (AFP) - American and Chinese firms signed deals worth 13.6 billion dollars ahead of a high-level meeting here Tuesday that could formally endorse talks for a bilateral investment treaty, officials said.
Nations:U.S. People:Henry Paulson Ben Bernanke Activities:China-U.S. Trade Ties
2008-06-17
May We Have Your Attention, Please?
It's official: The average knowledge worker has the attention span of a sparrow. Roughly once every three minutes, typical cubicle dwellers set aside whatever they're doing and start something else -- anything else. It could be answering the phone, checking e-mail, responding to an instant message, clicking over to YouTube (NasdaqGS:GOOG - News), or posting something amusing on Facebook. Constant interruptions are the Achilles' heel of the information economy in the U.S. These distractions consume as much as 28% of the average U.S. worker's day, including recovery time, and sap productivity to the tune of $650 billion a year, according to Basex, a business research company in New York City.
Nations:U.S. Source:(BusinessWeek)
2008-06-13
EU pushes open-source standard as 'smart business'
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The EU's top antitrust official called Tuesday on member governments to use open-source software, an apparent jab at Microsoft Corp.'s proprietary technology.
Source:(AP)
2008-06-10
Scientists develop fastest computer
Scientists unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer on Monday, a $100 million machine that for the first time has performed 1,000 trillion calculations per second in a sustained exercise.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-06-09
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- Bill Gates: PC Genius, Internet Fool 2008-06-30
- US, China firms sign whopping 13.6 billion dollar deals 2008-06-17
- May We Have Your Attention, Please? 2008-06-13
- EU pushes open-source standard as 'smart business' 2008-06-10
- Scientists develop fastest computer 2008-06-09
- Corporate political ties impact share prices: study 2008-05-26
- Tech tops financials in S&P; energy on the rise 2008-05-24
- Tech execs see green profits at work and home 2008-05-22
- HP to buy EDS for about $12.6 billion in cash 2008-05-13
- HP in talks to buy EDS to compete with IBM 2008-05-12
- IBM launches "green energy" tools for data centers 2008-04-30
- Humans lived in tiny, separate bands for 100,000 years 2008-04-25
- Dollar's plunge becoming lynchpin in 1Q earnings 2008-04-19
- Earnings remain key as Dow nears turnaround 2008-04-19
- IBM raises full year earnings target 2008-04-16
- Federal ban on contracts with IBM lifted 2008-04-04
- US attorneys probe IBM-EPA interaction 2008-03-31
- Second Life avatars and Brazilians: the same carbon footprint 2008-03-07
- Apple tweaks iPhone for business uses 2008-03-07
- IBM CEO says he has no plans for a mega-merger 2008-03-06
- At CeBIT tech show, a green undercurrent 2008-03-03
- Microsoft kicks off CeBIT tech fair with green message 2008-03-03
- Stocks fall sharply on economic worries 2008-02-29
- Microsoft enters virtualization with Windows server 2008-02-27
- IBM brings back-to-the-future mainframe to present 2008-02-26
- IBM board authorizes $15 billion share buyback 2008-02-26
- IBM buyback, energy gains lift stocks 2008-02-26
- Georgia State Adds New IBM Supercomputer to Keep Pace With Demand 2008-02-25
- Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standard 2008-02-25
- EU regulators wary of Microsoft's shift 2008-02-22
- Microsoft opens up, EU is skeptical 2008-02-21
- Brain-reading headset to sell for $299 2008-02-20
- Google, Yahoo software moves may fuel Microsoft bid 2008-02-05
- Amazon's hot new item: its data center 2008-02-01
- Microchips everywhere: A future vision 2008-01-26
- IBM stock looks cheap: Barron's 2008-01-20
- Wall St. drops as Bush rescue plan disappoints 2008-01-18
- IBM issues strong 2008 profit outlook 2008-01-17
- IBM to add software for Apple devices 2008-01-15
- Multinationals drive rebound on IBM's strength 2008-01-14
- IBM early results beat estimates 2008-01-14
- IBM pension freeze has ripple effects in retirement system 2008-01-13
- IBM acquires Israel-based XIV for undisclosed sum 2008-01-02
- Samsung, Hitachi sign license deal on hard drives 2007-12-21
- Toshiba to join IBM, others on chip development 2007-12-18
- IBM breakthrough heralds supercomputer on chip 2007-12-06
- Dow surges 331 points on rate cut expectations 2007-11-28
- Toshiba and NEC to team up on 32-nm chips 2007-11-27
- IBM in big push to build data centers for clients 2007-11-15
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