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...Gates:There are tons of great people here at Microsoft who are always coming up with ideas. I go off for a week every six months and read hundreds of papers from people who are telling me about big advances, and their ideas about things they think we should do. Take a simple concept. You're a parent and your kid is growing up. How do you collect all the photos, email, video, calendars- all those things-and make it so that sharing it with relatives or going back 10 years later and finding some neat moments are very easy...
...already anticipated the needs of a multitasking, on-demand and highly mobile consumer population. As you cogitate on what's next technologically, and the role the PC will play, what do you see now as you look ahead-what will we need, what will we want and how will Microsoft products deliver...
Apple is finally joining the battle for the living room, having arrived a bit later than rival combatants Microsoft and Sony. Apple fired its first salvo last week when it unveiled its iPod Hi-Fi and Macs with its updated media networking system Bonjour...
...enthusiasm and, possibly, a $19 DVI-to-video adapter, to get the thing hooked up to the sound system and TV. But if Apple were to sell a $300 version with no hard drive and built-in TV connectivity - and maybe some higher-definition video at the iTunes store - Microsoft and Sony will surely snap to attention...
...Middle East, growing at a 16% annual clip and diversifying well beyond oil (which accounts for just about 6% of GDP). Dubai's ports and free-trade zones bustle. The government has built high-tech centers, including Dubai Media City and Dubai Internet City, attracting companies from Microsoft to IBM. A research park called DuBiotech is luring drug companies. The Dubai International Financial Center, a "financial free zone," aims to lead the region's securities exchanges, although there will be plenty of competition for that honor...