The growing use of handheld devices and social media among students is creating a technology tipping point for schools that could completely break down the barriers between teaching platforms within five to 10 years, Bill Gates said ...
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has spoken out about his dissatisfaction with the pace of innovation at the company he founded in the 1970s. Gates handed over the role of CEO to Steve Ballmer in January 2000 and has been blamed for a number ...
Six years after its long-delayed but well-publicized release, Windows Vista now accounts for less than 6% of all Windows machines, a metrics company said earlier this month. According to Net Applications, Vista's usage share of all ...
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Steve Ballmer should be replaced by a CEO from outside of Microsoft in order to bring fresh ideas to the firm's leadership, an ex-senior VP of Microsoft has told Computing. Joachim Kempin, who worked at Microsoft for two decades ...
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Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates recently took part in a question-and-answer session on popular message board site Reddit. Gates’ Ask Me Anything (AMA) session garnering more than 18,000 comments shortly after it ended. ...
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In a characteristic moment of humility, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recently admitted that late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was “always cooler” than him. During an interview on US political comedy show The Colbert Report, ...
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Oracle must dramatically step up its security game, security experts said this week, following the release of a number of very public vulnerabilities in Java, many of which still remain unpatched. “Oracle should just take a mulligan ...
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Beset by some very public vulnerabilities in Java, and apparently unable to properly patch those bugs, Oracle must dramatically step up its security game, experts said Monday. "Oracle should just take a mulligan and redesign Java before ...
In his second inaugural address, President Barack Obama on Monday argued with certainty and forcefulness about the dangers of climate change and the role of technology in fighting it. It wasn't just a moral point for Obama, but a jobs ...
Steve Ballmer is not the right choice for Microsoft CEO, and is holding onto a power base by removing those who may challenge his position. So alleges ex-senior vice-president Joachim Kempin. A day ahead of the release of a tell-all book ...
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Ten years ago Monday, Apple co-founder and then-CEO Steve Jobs introduced Apple's first, and so far only, browser for OS X, according to the former head of the Safari team. Don Melton, who retired last year as Apple's director of ...
Infoworld - If you're searching for a fountain of youth, the easiest way to get that feeling of continual rebirth is to hang around a few tech product launches. Every new rollout comes with the fresh, unabashed feeling that this has never ...
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Craig Mundie has left his role as Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer to become senior adviser to the CEO, as he winds down before retirement. Mundie had led strategy since founder Bill Gates stepped down from full-time work ...
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The path from birth to death is filled with choices about where to work and what kind of work to do. Sometimes the world is nice enough to allow us some input. These days, developers have a lot more say in their employment, thanks to rising ...
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he is donating nearly $US500 million ($A476.5m) in stock to a Silicon Valley charity to focus on health and education issues. The gift of 18 million Facebook shares is valued at $US498.8 million, based ...
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