Woman's secret Santa turns out to be Bill Gates
One woman's secret Santa this holiday season turned out to be one of the richest men in the world: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates.
Internet
Dec 19, 2013
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Researchers report nanoscale energy-efficient switching devices
By relentlessly miniaturizing a pre-World War II computer technology, and combining this with a new and durable material, researchers at Case Western Reserve University have built nanoscale switches and logic gates that operate ...
Nanophysics
Dec 9, 2013
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Food-tech startups aim to replace eggs and chicken (Update)
The startup is housed in a garage-like space in San Francisco's tech-heavy South of Market neighborhood, but it isn't like most of its neighbors that develop software, websites and mobile-phone apps. Its mission is to find ...
Biotechnology
Dec 8, 2013
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Broadband in schools gets boost from tech gurus
The effort to get high-speed broadband in every school is getting a boost from the philanthropy of two technology gurus—Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates.
Telecom
Dec 4, 2013
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Gates chokes up at Ballmer's shareholder goodbye
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates choked up while reading from prepared remarks during Steve Ballmer's final shareholders meeting as chief executive.
Business
Nov 19, 2013
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On-chip quantum buffer realized
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. has realized a quantum buffer integrated on an optical waveguide. The buffer is based on the "slow light effect", where the propagation speed of a pulsed light in a special optical waveguide ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 13, 2013
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LG introduces secure, enterprise-ready mobile platform for business sector
LG Electronics today announced the release of LG GATE, an enterprise-grade technologies package that simplifies access to, and enhances the security of mobile enterprise solutions. With LG GATE, on-the-go employees can conveniently ...
Software
Oct 2, 2013
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Novell loses appeal on case against Microsoft
A federal appeals court is throwing out Novell Inc.'s complaint that Microsoft Corp. undermined the WordPerfect writing program in favor of Microsoft's own Word program with the Windows 95 rollout.
Business
Sep 24, 2013
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Carbon nanotube logic device operates on subnanowatt power
(Phys.org) —Researchers have demonstrated a new carbon nanotube (CNT)-based logic device that consumes just 0.1 nanowatts (nW) in its static ON and OFF states, representing the lowest reported value by 3 orders of magnitude ...
Outgoing Microsoft CEO most regrets lapse in smartphones
Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer said his biggest regret is missing the boat on smartphones—but he said the software giant should not admit defeat just yet.
Software
Sep 20, 2013
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