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Charles Simonyi: From Microsoft Word to outer space: Charles Simonyi is on his way to the International Space Station aboard Expedition 15, which blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 17:31 GMT April 7. Along with other crew members, Charles is slated to rendezvous with the space station on April 9 at 19:15 GMT. He...; Tags: General; Blog posts 2007-04-08
Charles Simonyi: Space cadet: Charles Simonyi: Space cadetIntentional progressDan, it is great to see your continued interest in what we are doing at Intentional. I am incredibly enthusiastic about the progress our team is making. As for my space adventure, it is far in the future and takes very little of my...; Tags: Microsoft Office, Development tools, Microsoft Excel, Charles Simonyi, Intentional, Space Cadet, Microsoft Word, Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2006-04-03
Charles Simonyi: Space cadet: I've been following the work of Charles Simonyi since his early days Xerox Parc, Microsoft days Word and Excel and now Intentional Software days. In fact, I've been waiting for some news that Intentional, where Simonyi is President and CEO, has come up with the breakthrough technology to transform the...; Tags: matter expert, subject matter, subject matter expert, programmer; Blog posts 2006-04-03
Father of Word and Excel shoots for three-peat with Intentional Software: Like the blockbuster movie producer or director who works behind the scenes but whose celebrity is often confined to Hollywood insiders, Dr. Charles Simonyi is a giant among giants here at PC Forum in Scottsdale, Ariz. If you strike up a conversation with the easily approachable, mild-mannered, Hungarian-born software...; Tags: Intentional Software, Simonyi; Blog posts 2005-03-22

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Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for me: Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meI have to agree: The flat Earth thing is funny.Unlike Vista, no one changed the Earth in an attempt to prove the common belief wrong.Microsoft's "flat Earth" ad falls flat for meTom Servo!Crow!The ads aren't that bad, it's just retro.RE: Microsoft'si mentioned all...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), App£e, Microsoft Windows Vista, advertisement, flat-Earth, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-22

EIC podcast: Apple-Psystar; Intel; High tech in Israel: In this week's EIC squared podcast Dan remains on vacation. Luckily, News.com's always chatty Charles Cooper was around. Coop and I talk about the Apple-Psystar lawsuit, Intel's earnings and the technology landscape in Israel. This week's podcast is a spin-off of the usual banter Coop and I...; Tags: Israel, Intel Corp., Coop, Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Oracle's BEA strategy: reassuring the market: Â Earlier today, Oracle outlined its strategy regarding the recently acquired BEA portfolio. If I hadn't known it was supposed to be a customer and partner webinar, I'd have thought we were listening to a more detailed re-run of the latest earnings call with Charles Philips talking...; Tags: BEA Systems Inc., Oracle Corp., Sales Strategy, Public Relations, Strategy, Sales, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Daily Debrief: Yahoo turns the page: News.com's Charles Cooper and Dan Farber discuss the aftermath of the company's long-awaited reorganization news.; Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Page, News, charles cooper, dan farber, yahoo, jerry yang, susan decker, microsoft, bill gates, steve ballmer; Videos 2008-06-27
Daily Debrief: How to break the P2P logjam: CNET News.com's Charles Cooper speaks with Webware Editor in Chief Rafe Needleman about what one of the founding fathers of the Internet is doing to resolve the growing problem of peer-to-peer transfers.; Tags: Peer To Peer (P2P), News, charles cooper, rafe needleman, internet, p2p, data packets, broadband, traffic; Videos 2008-06-27
How many people does it take to fill Bill Gates' shoes?: How many people does it take to fill Bill Gates' shoes?What's that about a camel?It will be interesting to see what kind of "horse" they come up with; I suspect that there will be ample confirmation of "apre Bill, le deluge." That, or Brooks was right all along.RE: How...; Tags: Bill Gates, Torre, Charles Torre; Discussion threads 2008-06-23
How many people does it take to fill Bill Gates' shoes?: In a new video interview posted to Microsoft's Channel 9 Web site on June 23, Chairman Bill Gates adds a third group of folks to the list of those who will be filling his shoes after he leaves Microsoft as a full-time employee this month. Gates told Channel 9's Charles...; Tags: Ray Ozzie, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., DeWitt, Flake, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Web Site Development, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-06-23
Daily Debrief: Can the SS Yahoo steer past the shoals?: After a series of high-profile resignations at Yahoo, Charles Cooper and CNET News.com's Editor-in-chief Dan Farber assess how senior management is likely to respond.; Tags: Editor-in-chief, News, Daily Debrief, Charles Cooper, Yahoo, Microsoft, Delicious, Joshua Schachter, Jerry Yang; Videos 2008-06-20
Googlenomics, Shrugged: Come the morning of September 7, you'll probably go to the Google search box and find a fun-loving in-house artist has replaced the first "o" in the company name with a symbol that looks like a "1" and the second "o" with a slightly altered version...; Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Operational Accounting, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld; Blog posts 2008-06-20
Daily Debrief: Honda's FCX Clarity: CNET News.com's Charles Cooper talks to Editor at Large Brian Cooley about Honda's FCX Clarity, the first commercial hydrogen car on the market.; Tags: Honda Motor Co., Hydrogen, News, daily debrief, charlie cooper, brian cooley, cars, Honda, FCX Clarity, green; Videos 2008-06-19
News to know: Firefox 3.0; iPhone apps; Yahoo; LinkedIn; Millennials: Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: My most anticipated announced iPhone applications Nate McFeters: Fresh off the press: iPhoneDbg toolkit hotness Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 final - First thoughts. Gallery right Ed Burnette: Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., LinkedIn, Web Browsers, Data Centers, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Daily Debrief: How long before a truly 'social' Web?: CNET News.com's Charles Cooper talks with Rafe Needleman of Webware about how trends now coming to the fore in social networking may soon change how we think about the social Web.; Tags: Social Web, Rafe Needleman, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, News, daily debrief, charlie cooper, rage needleman, twitter, social networking, web; Videos 2008-06-17
Apple finally goes RIA: Apple finally goes RIAPlease convince me.How can RIA and privacy coexist? I mean, the same people who are delusional about the patriot act live on myspace, youtube, and facebook where privacy is valueless.i likeits a great start, I think Apple is going in right direction.RE: Apple finally goes RIAThis...; Tags: rich Internet application, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-17
Debrief: Windows XP era draws to a close: CNET News.com's Charles Cooper and Ina Fried discuss the impending departure of Bill Gates, and the company's announcement that it will cease selling Windows XP mostly.; Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, News, daily debrief, charlie cooper, ina fried, microsoft, windows XP, bill gates; Videos 2008-06-17
Apple finally goes RIA: I shouldn't say finally. The writing has been on the wall forever but most people couldn't figure out what the writing said. It turns out it has a name, SproutCore, an open source Javascript framework that has been getting some buzz because it may be powering the Mobile Me suite...; Tags: Rich Internet Application, Apple Inc., SproutCore, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-06-17
Google's Brin plots space jaunt; Is this a problem?: Google's Brin plots space jaunt; Is this a problem?Other IT space tourists......include Microsoft Word creator Charles Simonyi and Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth.To infinity and beyondWhy not? Risk taking is hard-wired into many of the folks that are creating wealth in this industry. And the track record for space flight so...; Tags: Insurance, Investment, Financial Planning, Risk-taking, Brin, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-06-11