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Gates Foundation expands library project

Gates Foundation expands library projectGates Foundation expands library projectMore of that excellent news coming from the Gates Foundation. I love to hear when people donate to worthy causes like this and who better to lead the pack than Bill and Melinda Gates. Keep up the great work and...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Benefits, Warren Buffet, Mellinda Gates, Microsoft Healthcare Division, Gates Family, Gates Foundation, library project, physician, Drugstore

Discussion threads 2006-12-01

House approves health data technology bill

House approves health data technology billAh Zik See StrategyI suppose Zdnet is less aware of Microsoft's strategy than it should be. A fellow named Newpert has long been associated with the Gates crime family, most recently returning to Microsoft after working at Drugstore.com, a company controlled on paper by...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Neupert, Microsoft Corp., health care, strategy, Gates Crime Family, technology bill, Gates Family

Discussion threads 2006-07-28

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Google to demo Chrome OS; Detail launch plans

the windoze killer has arrivedChrome OS will put the final nail in M$ coffin!You really can't be seriousyou have to be a fake or something.Your posts are allways way off the mark.By like a continent or two.Windoze? Grow up, manI hope Chrome is good - because it will make...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Google Inc., operating system, Chrome OS, Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Paul Allen diagnosed with cancer

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with cancer, according to a memo sent on Monday to employees of Vulcan, Allen's company. Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has been diagnosed with cancer, according to a memo sent on Monday to employees...

Tags: Paul Allen, Ina Fried CNET News

News items 2009-11-17

What do Bill Gates and other billionaires see as the world's #1 problem?

It's not peak oil and it's not war. But it is a greentech issue. It's population growth. But without unbridled population growth it's very hard to maintain economic growth. This issue strikes at the very heart of 21st Century business and politics. That's why we...

Tags: Bill Gates, Population Growth, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Dell sells discounted Zune HD before it hits stores

waitfirst thing im going to do tomorrow is head out to best buy and try this thing out. the one thing i care about a lot is the browser, if the browser is as good as safari in the iphone then I might just on this. I browse...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Microsoft Zune, Zune HD, Dell Computer Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-14

(Microsoft trains Best Buy Linux assassins)

despair?Are MS in despair?..Linux has better hardware support than windows.They forgot wine too. This disgusts me. The day Gates comes near me and holds out his hand expecting me to shake it is the day I rip it off.Keep in mindThat the users that these best buy employees will be...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Best Buy Co. Inc., wine, Microsoft Corp., Best Buy Linux, Best Buy Linux assassin, assassin

Discussion threads 2009-09-09

Frugal Friday: Media Outrageousness, Snow Leopard Woes, Mac Virtualization, VMWorld 2009, EU kiboshes Oracle/Sun, Brocade

Filling time with white catsEven though it's a humor book, let me just ponder its suggestion that when Seinfeld and Gates visited that suburban family, we were seeing 100% solid street. You know what I'm saying?As I suggested in the talkbacks to the earlier post, Apple has not, to my...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Apple Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-05

Goodbye, Pre. It wasn't you. It was me.

Palms' First Try Good, But Still More Work NeededAbout month ago I went to Sprint to get me a smart phone to add onto the wife's plan. Either a Pre or Blackberry. I played with the Pre for a few minutes. After reading all the crap online...

Tags: Keyboards, Engineering, Palms, Pre

Discussion threads 2009-08-17

Apple???s Q3 2009: best non-holiday quarter in company history

Apple???s Q3 2009: best non-holiday quarter in company historyOh, my.It appears that quite a few "Laptop Hunters" (maybe those who weren't paid off by Microsoft) have been hunting for non-PCs.Wow! Is it ever quiet in here! It will be interesting...to compare these results to those of the BloatFarm. Unlike...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Apple Ad, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., netbook, advertisement

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

Microsoft to change default browser setting option in IE 8

Microsoft to change default browser setting option in IE 8I hope FireFox follows suitAfter installing FireFox 3.5, not only did it hijack the default browser setting - but even after setting it back, it's STILL the browser being selected when clicking on a link in Trillian.The ONLY reason I have...

Tags: Web browsers, Government, Microsoft Internet Explorer, default browser setting, university education, IE8, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium

Microsoft to offer Family Pack for Windows 7 Home Premium3 Full copies or 3 Upgrade copies?The hard thing about comparing OS X with Windows is that you can only compare the Windows Upgrade version to the OS X in the retail chain because Windows Full, unlike OS X or Windows...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 Home, Windows 7 Home Premium, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-07-01

Microsoft, Mississippi settle over software pricing

Microsoft, Mississippi settle over software pricingWhat a huge waste of moneyI cannot believe that the state of Mississippi spent the $ necessary to get some of it's residents a few dollars refund. We'll never know but I bet after factoring in the cost per taxpayer for the lawyers fees...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Pricing, Investment, Personal finance, Microsoft Corp., software pricing, software, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Bad time to be accused of H-1B visa fraud

Bad time to be accused of H-1B visa fraudYou are rightThe level of h-1b should be tied to the unemployment rate.When it crosses a threshold there should be no more application approved.Also the burden should be on the fraudsters to prove there were no Americans able to do the jobs.H1-b...

Tags: H-1B visa, H-1B, H-1B visa fraud, free trade

Discussion threads 2009-05-28

Americans do not agree on global warming

Americans do not agree on global warmingFamous Lenin quote...Yes, the Communist Leader Lenin is known for this quote; 'A lie told often enough becomes the truth'....Obama is nothing more than a closet Communist, he wants Americans to suffer, look at the damage he has done telling GM & Chrysler to...

Tags: global warming, survey

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?

How many Intel CPUs will fail the XP Mode test in Windows 7?Want to do the same post ...... for AMD CPUs? :)nope :/I just bought a Quad Q8300 a few weeks ago. I didn't put much thought into VT. My dad has a Core 2 Duo that...

Tags: Processors, Desktops, Intel Corp., XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, CPU, Microsoft Windows, processor, Intel Core 2 Duo, PC

Discussion threads 2009-05-03

AMD says "Fusion" chip looks good, but is 2011 too late?

AMD appears to be on track to release its first "Fusion" processor that combines an x86 CPU core with a graphics processor on a single silicon chip sometime in 2011. The first so-called APU, or Accelerated Processing Unit, is code-named Llano and will be manufactured using 32nm process technology. ...

Tags: Notebook, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, Intel Corp., Chip, GPU, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2009-04-21

A single Windows platform for phones and PCs: Can it be done?

Some see Android as the biggest looming competitor to Microsoft's Windows Mobile. In fact, Android is more than that: It is a potential threat to both the Windows Mobile and Windows client platforms. So does it stand to reason that Microsoft is planning a single line of...

Tags: Windows Platform, Phone, ARM, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Mobile, PC, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Corp., Android, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-04-07

Steve Jobs appears at Disney shareholder's meeting; re-elected to board.

Steve Jobs appears at Disney shareholder's meeting; re-elected to board.RE: Steve Jobs appears at Disney shareholder's meeting; re-elected to boardYes, I can confirm he was there. I even got a pic after. He looks a lot better.http://alturl.com/w4zDisney is a HUGE supporter of DRMOnce again showing that Jobs is...

Tags: Corporate governance, Financial accounting, Steve Jobs, Disney Corp., Disney shareholder, shareholder, board

Discussion threads 2009-03-10

Apple products banned from the Gates household

Apple products banned from the Gates householdiPod Nano $ 149.00, iPod Touch $ 229.00, 16GB iPhone $ 299.00 "Mrs. Gates admits that she?s been tempted by the iPhone" - PRICELESS!!!Stealth iPhoneSomeone should come out with a protective skin for the iPhone that would make it look like a Windows Mobile...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Operating systems, Wireless and Mobility, Billg, Apple Inc., Apple Products, Apple iPhone, Microsoft Zune, Gates household

Discussion threads 2009-03-02