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...Microsoft President Steven A. Ballmer '77 returned to Harvard yesterday for the dedication of Maxwell Dworkin, the new computer science and electrical engineering building he helped finance...
...much do the big guys want this technology? Check out the balance sheet. Firefly, one of the earliest bots, was swallowed by Microsoft for an undisclosed sum last year, as was CompareNet.com six months ago. Excite snapped up Jango.com for $35 million in stock. Lycos employs the services of a bot start-up called Frictionless...
...guys? Have they no shame? Then again, maybe I'm just jealous. Ever since I overdosed on Tetris in the early '90s, there just haven't been any games that thrilled me for more than an hour or two. Until now. The elegant and addictive Pandora's Box (Microsoft; $35)--which, not coincidentally, was created by Tetris designer Alexey Pajitnov--has kept me up until 2 a.m. and turned 15-minute coffee breaks into 2 1/2-hour obsessions. Consisting of some 10 different puzzle types that morph into 350 unique games, Pandora's Box combines problem-solving fun with the visual...
What?s in this for Bill Gates? Plenty, although you wouldn?t know it from Microsoft research veep Rick Rashid, who told the Associated Press, "Microsoft views education as one of the great frontiers where information-based service and advanced technology can improve people?s lives." Lofty sentiments aside, Microsoft researchers will have access to MIT's facilities and the brainpower of its faculty and students, and, most important, will also get first options on patent innovations arising from the project...
...Microsoft-wary TIME Digital editor Josh Quittner doesn?t see any need to panic over Gates?s latest move. "It?s hardly unusual that the private sector and a big university are teaming up to create new technology," he says. And don?t worry about absent-minded academics being hoodwinked by Gates and his gang. "MIT is filled with bright people," says Quittner, "who can weigh the risks versus the benefits of this deal better than anyone...