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News.blog: How tech billionaires live

News He lives about 50km south of San Francisco in an estate styled as an imperial Japanese palace. He lives in a 3,000-square-metre hilltop mansion in Austin, Texas. Ever wanted to be a fly on the uber-mansion walls of Bill Gates, Larry Ellison, Steve...

12 December 2005, 10:37

Ballmer wants shorter wait for Windows

News There really is a Sony that lives inside us, and there is an aspiring Yahoo or Google that lives inside of us," he said. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer wrapped up a meeting with financial analysts on Thursday by promising that the company...

28 July 2006, 10:31

Microsoft tries 'concept-car' Singularity OS

News Computing impacts every facet of our lives, from the way we work to the way we learn and live," said Our job in research is to continuously advance technology to make our lives better in tangible ways.

Tags: research, architecture, operating systems, lives

12 March 2008, 9:02

Robot car tech shifts into high gear

News We've been working on the war on cancer, but with this technology we're a lot closer to saving more lives -- young lives -- through accidents, by giving attentional aids," said Gary Bradski, a machine-learning expert at Intel who worked on Stanley.

19 October 2005, 10:31

Gadget girls won't take pink for an answer

News They need it for their personal lives, their friendships, their family, all of these things. Most of the women I know play a lot of different roles in their lives, and they're all very important to them," said designer Steffi Card.

11 July 2006, 13:03

Australia to outlaw suicide Web sites

News Minister for Justice Senator Chris Ellison said in a statement that the legislation would assist in preventing the use of the Internet to disseminate information that would encourage "vulnerable individuals" to take their own lives.

27 June 2005, 10:08

Site blows cover of alleged secret MI6 agents

News But a Foreign Office representative condemned its publication for potentially putting lives in danger. The Foreign Office is slamming an anti-secrecy activist who listed online alleged spies and secret agents.

31 August 2005, 10:16

Tech not a concept to youngsters

News Young people don't see tech as a separate entity -- it's an organic part of their lives," said Andrew Davidson, vice president at MTV Networks International. Talking to them about the role of technology in their lifestyle would be like talking to...

25 July 2007, 11:14

Dell offers real-life PCs in 'Second Life'

News Dell plans to sell virtual PCs to Second Life residents, but it will also allow them to order new PCs for their first lives, all the better to run the demanding Second Life application. Contrary to the old axiom, Dell's getting a second chance to...

15 November 2006, 9:29

Police shame 999 timewasters on YouTube

News Now Avon and Somerset Police have turned to YouTube to shame timewasters for tying up a line where delays can cost lives. Chief superintendent Dave Hayler, head of communications for Avon and Somerset Police, said: "We made the decision to put...

Tags: services, youtube, lives, police

30 July 2008, 10:07

Digital living room still a dream, say tech execs

News Too few consumers are buying into the notion that a "digital home" can improve their lives and the electronics industry has only itself to blame, say executives from electronics firms who spoke at the Digital Living Room conference on Monday.

6 December 2005, 9:40

Microsoft's digital home hub uncovered

News With Windows Home Server, Microsoft aims to bring order to consumers' messy digital lives -- and to define a new product category. Company chairman Bill Gates launched the personal server push during his keynote speech at CES on Sunday, saying that...

9 January 2007, 10:05

News.blog: 'Second Life' helps Asperger's

News Sometimes, asserted Philip Rosedale, creator of Second Life, an online massively multiplayer world where people create their own products and lead imagined lives. Can online avatars help you? In one experiment, a small island was set up for...

13 March 2006, 9:34

News.blog: Frag Dolls auditions, day two

News It was Sunday 2 April, and some of the best videogame players in the world were getting ready for a tournament that could affect the rest of their lives. Check out our pictures. This was day two of the all-weekend auditions for a new member of the...

3 May 2006, 10:44

Two men jailed for £6.5m phishing fraud

News Douglas Havard, 24, a US citizen who lives in Leeds, was sentenced to six years in prison, and Lee Elwood, 25, of Glasgow was given four years in jail. Two men have been jailed for conspiracy to defraud and launder money in an international...

29 June 2005, 10:23