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In a slightly unusual move for the Redmond software giant, Microsoft has introduced a beta of a new free service called Microsoft Hohm, designed to help educate consumers about their power and electricity use and provide recommendations to help them save money on their power and utility costs. The beta service is free to anyone in the U.S.—but to gain access, users must surrender their email addresses, follow Microsoft Hohm on Twitter, or become Hohm’s “friend” on Facebook.
It was a dream team, a panel of real experts discussing the rapidly escalating threat of cybercrime. Imagine Microsoft’s chief research officer, Craig Mundie, along with Mozilla chairwoman Mitchell Baker, McAfee chief executive Dave Dewalt, Harvard law professor and Internet expert Jonathan Zittrain, as well Andre Kudelski of the digital security Kudelski group, and Tom Ilube, head of web protection company Garlik. These are people who know their business.
Davos rules prohibit attribution of comments, but according to the BBC, they discussed cybercrime, the system, cyber warfare, and possible solutions.
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates announced today that he plans to step back from Microsoft’s day-to-day operations over the next two years to focus on charitable, global health, and educational work through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
“This was a hard decision for me,” Gates added. “I’m very lucky to have two passions that I feel are so important and so challenging. As I prepare for this change, I firmly believe the road ahead for Microsoft is as bright as ever.”
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