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...Gates:We think about software running on the Windows PC but also on phone, in TV, in your car, across all these devices helping you get things done in a user-centric way. And you have to think about it from both ends: What would people like to have done for them? And you have to think about what can technology do. Inside our organization we have people who are particularly strong at one or the other. We find ways to bring those together. The best thinkers actually understand both sides of that. Some things that people would like...
...using images, rather than keywords. The wi fi camera sends images to the PC which uploads it to a server that then tries to recognize the picture by searching through a database of images. The server does all the search work and sends the results back to the user's cell phone. "They always say a picture is worth a thousand words," says team member Larry Zitnick. "So imagine I'm at the grocery store, if I'm looking at a product from the shelves, like cereal, and I want more information about it, I take my cell phone...
...When the stakes got higher, Bonds ramped up his drug use, the authors say. Bonds started using steroids after the 1998 season, when Mark McGwire, another suspected user, hit 70 home runs, breaking Rogers Maris? record and mesmerizing the nation. Bonds allegedly dismissed McGwire?s accomplishments- ?They?re just letting him do it because he?s a white boy,? he allegedly told his mistress, Kimberly Bell. But he didn?t dismiss McGwire?s hulking physique, and soon connected with Anderson, known for his access to steroids. The authors say that the San Francisco Giants knew of Anderson?s background...
...worried about supply." "If the company is German, it will experience any shortage or blackout from a distance," he says. "But [the blackouts] will happen in Spain. And blackouts are political issues. They cost votes." But even a safe supply needs to feel like good value to the end user. In truth, it is far from clear that energy consolidation benefits the European economy or the consumer. Yes, theoretically it's an improvement if energy suppliers can easily shift their gas or electricity around the region. But the market needs enough competitive players to make it work. So while Brussels...
...very much enjoyed your article on the Google empire [Feb. 20]. But did TIME's reporters walk out of the Googleplex, the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., really understanding why Google is so successful? Google's triumph lies in its enormous user base. Growing that base to infinity plus one is far more important than ad revenues. Once you have the most wanted product in the universe, you have a googol (1 followed by 100 zeros) possible ways to make money...