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Open to the future
Monday, March 27, 2006 1:43 PM

The New Zealand Herald ran a profile about Bill Gates in his current state. It's a pretty interesting read. You know, I always wonder... the people who hate him... do they really think he is evil?

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Gates on Web 2.0
Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:24 AM

Bill Gates did a great interview with CNET. Sheds light on his thoughts and where Microsoft is heading. What I like about the interview is that it seems to be done in a very candid tone.

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Go, go, Gadget, go!
Thursday, March 23, 2006 11:12 AM

Anyone start playing with the Microsoft Gadgets yet? They can be used in Windows Vista and on Start.com (and another version of them for mobile devices). If I were an independent developer, I'd think about creating a few nifty gadgets and then selling

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Another handheld? And Gates at Mix...
Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:06 AM

My oh my, what do we have potentially brewing in the engineering offices of Redmond... a handheld game player? And over at Mix, Gates wooed web developers as well as talked a little bit about how we both partner and compete with some of the same companies

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The end of spyware?
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 1:49 PM

Well I certainly hope this comes to fruition. ZDNet Asia saying that Windows Vista could kill off Spyware. And over in Las Vegas, we're kicking off our first ever Mix conference. Let's see what Microsoft's technologies for Web 2.0 are.

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Made in Express Contest
Wednesday, March 15, 2006 1:52 AM

"Do you like to use technology to build cool and useful stuff? Do you think you could do it with Visual Studio Express and/or SQL Server Express? Would you like $10,000 cash? Well then we have a contest for you! Learn more at www.MadeInExpressContest.com.

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The Vista Marketing Push...
Thursday, March 09, 2006 10:05 AM

The Vista Marketing Push is coming I wonder what the Singapore team has planned... I think they could get creative in their marketing as S'pore is a rather small country (or city for that matter), so maybe they should do some carpet-bombing type

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Software to help the illiterate
Monday, March 06, 2006 11:36 AM

One of the applications being shown at Microsoft Research's TechFest is software to help the illiterate find work. This is an interesting observation: 'For example, Reddy said, if you give someone in a remote area a telephone, car or television, you'll

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Xbox 360 in Asia and Origami
Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:54 PM

Xbox 360 plans in Asia-Pacific And rumors are flying about what the Origami project is. And for PC gamers... good news! Hmm, I personally prefer playing first person shooters and strategy games on the PC while leaving sports, racing, and fighting

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