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End of an era as Bill Gates leaves microsoft and Announces Retirement plans

Bill Gates will retire from his day job as chief software architect of Microsoft

Gates said he is leaving gradually in order to smooth the transition of his duties to the two men who will assume them–chief technical officers Ray Ozzie and Craig Mundie, who have been named chief software architect and chief research and strategy officer, respectively, effective immediately.

analysts say Bill Gates will be remembered as one of history’s great businessmen.

LOOKING BACK MOVING AHEAD.. Take a look at some interesting old memories. SOURCE

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Dual-display e-book concept. Makes sense?

Researchers at Maryland and Berkeley Universities developed a prototype dual-face, modular e-book reader that allows readers to fan pages to advance in a book or via trackball. If you’re doing some serious research, the displays separate from one another, allowing one to display in landscape mode while the other runs in portrait.

Hmm. Dual displays :P I really cannot say if they would be practical in real life usage. I mean, this makes sense while reading a book, but two displays? :/

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Nominations for Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine’s Eighth Annual 2008 Best Software Awards Ready for Public Feedback

Smartphone & Pocket PC magazine’s 8th annual Best Software Awards helps users select the best Windows Mobile applications, utilities, and games, while honoring companies that produce outstanding software.

Throughout June, Nominations Manager, Werner (“Menneisyys”) Ruotsalainen, and the 2008 Board of Experts , developed the nominations list. Now, the preliminary list of Windows Mobile Windows Mobile nominations is ready for public viewing and comment.

End-users and Windows Mobile developers are welcome to make nominations suggestions from through July 16, 2008. The list will change daily (products may appear, disappear, and be re-categorized) until nominations are frozen on July 21.

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RC Turbo Module Dual-Fan RAM Cooler for ARCTIC RC

The Swiss low noise cooling solution provider ARCTIC COOLING launched their latest RAM cooler ARCTIC RC earlier,providing a revolutionary RAM cooling solution for enthusiasts.To reinforce the cooling capacity of the ARCTIC RC,the company launched the RC TURBO MODULE on 17/06/2008, a dual fan cooler that reduces the RAM temperature even further.

RC Turbo Module Dual-Fan RAM Cooler for ARCTIC RC

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