DescriptionThe latest issue of Technology Review explores the future of computing as the industry moves beyond silicon. Columns zoom in on specifics. In "The People's Computer, " Michael Dertouzos learns how easy-to-use machines will interact with people through speech and gesture. With the emergence of e-books, "Intellectual Capital" argues that copyright should be returned to its original purpose: regulating publishers, not readers. "Inside Innovation" asks whether Bill Gates will be able to doff the silicon handcuffs of his past success. And "Benchmarks" looks into the search for smarter searches.
DescriptionInvestor and businessman Warren Buffett stunned the world when he announced he was giving most of his fortune to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Charlie Rose is the only broadcast journalist with access to Buffett and Gates on their friendship which resulted in this historic announcement. In this three part series, we'll hear about Warren Buffet: the Man, the Business, and the Gift.
DescriptionFrom the pages of Scientific American, this is the January 2007 cover story "A Robot in Every Home" by Bill Gates. Gates is the co-founder and chairman of Microsoft. In this article, the leader of the PC revolution predicts that the next hot field will be robotics.
DescriptionThis story has all the ingredients of a modern legend, representing nothing less than the proverbial American Dream - writ extra-large. It is a story of hard work and brilliance, of extraordinary commitment and overwhelming desire. And these are the story…
DescriptionThe Internet Revolution, like all great industrial changes, has made the world's elephantine media companies tremble that their competitors will get to new terrain first and seize its commanding heights. In a climate in which fear and insecurity are consi…
