Tag archive: Rich

It's one thing to be told that money isn't everything by someone who has never had any. It's quite another when the person giving the advice is the wealthiest man in the world.  This lesson was recently learned by a lucky group of computer science and engineering students at the University of Washington, who had the opportunity to listen of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, a native of UW's hometown of Seattle, give his… Read More

Nearly a fifth of all adults in the United States have made a Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) call on the Internet, according to a new survey by Pew Research. Among Internet users (a majority of the population), that number is 24 percent and on any given day 5 percent of Internet users go online to make phone calls. The number is a big increase from the 6 percent of U.S. adults who made Internet phone calls in 2007. Among them, only 2… Read More

These days, most of us don't have enough expendable cash to just go out and buy every hot new gadget that suits our fancy. It turns out, however, that that might not be such a bad thing for our general happiness. According to a recent study, affluent members of society feel that the more electronics they purchase, the more complicated their lives feel. The study comes from research firm Ipsos Mendelsohn, which surveys households that earn… Read More

Some folks might still be thinking that the idea of mobile applications is just a flash in the pan, but there's a reason Research in Motion, Microsoft, Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and other industry players are all hustling to get their own application stores up and running: in the year since Apple introduced its App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch, users have downloaded more than 1.5 billion applications. Like the iTunes Store before… Read More

At its second annual “Searchology” event at its Mountain View California headquarters, search engine giant Google showed off new tools and capabilities it hopes will augment its almost universally-used Internet search feature, enabling users to get the information they want more quickly, whether that's fast facts, the latest information, or producing automated search reports. First up, Google unveiled Search Options, a… Read More

In an interview published yesterday in The Wall Street Journal, Apple boss Steve Jobs confirmed that Apple has the ability to remove applications from users’ iPhones. However, he insists, it’s all for the good and would only be used in extreme circumstances – if, for example, the company inadvertently sold a malicious program through it’s App Store. "Hopefully, we never have to pull that lever, but we… Read More

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said he'd “never seen anything like this in my career for software” when describing the first month of sales via his company's new App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. And what is he seeing? According to Jobs, users have downloaded more than 60 million programs during the App Store's first month, with total sales so far of about $30 million… Read More

AIM Mail will be available to Internet users first through the AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) service and will be available on the new AOL.com Web site in the coming months. The new Web Mail service introduces the AIM.com e-mail domain, which is based upon one of the most popular Internet communication brands available today. AIM Mail provides industry leading spam and e-mail virus protection, giving Internet users the protection they need for a… Read More

IGN's new software and services will enable developers and publishers to manage their online game content throughout the game lifecycle, as well as execute in-game advertising campaigns. Advertiserswill be able to develop cross media programs that include in-game and online ads and promotions as part of IGN Entertainment's overall media offering. “Our In-Game technology is already proven in over 300 games, and includes online… Read More

Bill Gates announced during a keynote address this yesterday, the name for Microsoft's integrated communications client, Microsoft Office Communicator 2005, formerly code-named “Istanbul,” and announced timing for its delivery. Microsoft also announced updates to the award-winning Microsoft Office Live Communications Server (LCS) 2005. These include a service pack (SP) and public instant-messaging (IM)… Read More

Based on core technology from the award-winning RADEON X800, MOBILITY RADEON 9800 is a powerhouse visual processor that blends the best of the desktop and mobile graphics world, to the ultimatebenefit of the user. MOBILITY RADEON 9800 is available from Dell on the Inspiron XPS in North America and the Inspiron 9100 in Europe. “Thanks to the new Mobility RADEON 9800, the Dell Inspiron XPS is the first laptop in the world with the power to… Read More

From Roxio's press release: Consumers wishing to explore the next wave in DVD burning technology need look no further than Roxio's comprehensive digital media suite, Roxio Easy Media Creator 7. Roxio today released a downloadable update to its best-selling suite that will immediately enable DVD Double Layer (DL) data burning capabilities and allow consumers to nearly double the amount of valuable personal data they can record… Read More