Posted: September 28th, 2004 | Author: Vitor | Filed under: World | No Comments »
Our Billy Gates friend is (again) the most rich american as you can read on Yahoo! Finance/Forbes. In the “dropoffs” category, Michael Eisner (CEO, The Walt Disney Co.) takes the lead and in the “fashionistas” we have Philip Knight (Nike) .
There are also women - but very far from the $48.0 billion Bill Gates net worth. Abigail Johnson (Finance, Fidelity ) with 12 billions net worth is the richest female american.
Posted: September 28th, 2004 | Author: Vitor | Filed under: Internet | No Comments »
That´s one way to deal with the problem:
Microsoft will release a low-price version of Windows in Russia by the end of the year, an effort to wean consumers in that country off pirated software and Linux.
Source: CNET
Also in the news:
In addition to providing a search engine, Google is now offering Web mail. It acquired photo-storing/sharing vendor Picassa. And in the not-too-distant future, Google could add a browser to its repertoire, as well.
Source: eWEEK
And an intersting article about New Wave Browsers:
While Internet Explorer has remained largely unchanged for years, alternative Web browsers like Opera, Apple Computer’s Safari and especially Firefox are wowing users with innovative features and the promise of increased protection from hackers.
Firefox rose from the ashes of Netscape, the first popular Web browser, which kick-started the dot-com boom before being vanquished by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer. Netscape was then purchased by America Online, which donated the software’s code to the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.
Source: YahooNews