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Bill Gates, who for years was the richest man in the world, is also one of the smartest. But even he couldn't figure out how to beat the Internet - how to transition his grand old monopoly software company, Microsoft, into a business that thrives on the Net. And so he begins his retirement today from Microsoft as the PC era's biggest winner, and the Web era's most spectacular casualty...
...only to see the Internet eat their business plans? We live in a media age and the media industry is Exhibit A in the murder trial. Newspapers, magazines, music, television, movies - all of the traditional models are dead or dying as bloodied moguls everywhere scramble to survive. But the Net has brutalized old-line business across most industries - retail, telecom, financial services - and the technology industry itself, is, ironically, no exception...
...complicated operating systems such as Microsoft's latest, Vista, aren't necessary in the Web Age, where applications are delivered for free and on demand - often without users' even being aware of it. The Net is where the money is, and it's the one place that Gates - like so many others - hasn't left his mark...
...deep positions behind them. Lahm got taken to the cleaners on Turkey's first goal, when Sabri Sarioglu went around him in a drive that ended with a rebound shot from Ugur Boral. His awkward, sweeping attempt fooled Jens Lehmann, and the German keeper fumbled it into his own net...
...Although Germany seemed to wake as the second half progressed, it never seemed threatening, aside from a couple of Hitzlsperger rockets that flared wide. But Turkey was tiring, backing up, and in Rüstü, the second-choice keeper, the net was vulnerable. So it seemed almost inevitable that Germany would strike with a long ball to Miroslav Klose in the 79th minute that Rüstü completely botched and Klose didn't. His header put Germany in front, but as it has been most of the tournament, falling behind is merely a signal to Turkey to start...