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Happy Birthday Bill Gates

As I mentioned on my show "Day in Tech History", today is Bill Gates Birthday. He was born in 1955. Of course, we all know the history of Bill and Microsoft. 30 years later (1985), Gates puts Microsoft up for Initial Public Stock Offering. Happy 54th birthday Bill!

Wear Your Email Safety Helmet

Whenever I want to feel fearful and depressed I usually visit one of the news websites. Earthquakes, murder, war, theft, snoops, kidnappers, recession, depression, corruption, and all other sorts of horrible news. When I read the news sites I'm reminded of how unsafe the world is. Soon I tire of the bad news and move on to investigate the net

GNC-2009-10-02 #516 Taking the Show on the Road

Next stop Washington DC and the start of nearly a month of the show on the road. Crazy busy here getting ready to head out and know that time here in Honolulu will be severely limited but I have clients that I have to work with in person. Ongoing support by these fine sponsors keep the lights on your support

Potentially the Worst Microsoft Marketing Idea Ever.

You too can throw a Microsoft Launch Party.  Unless you live in the US where they have already met their quota.  Presumably with a mix of Microsoft employees and people that signed up ironically.  If you haven't seen the instructional video with its politically correct mixing of presenters look no further. YouTube Link The whole event seems to be outsourced

GNC-2009-09-29 #515 Do you hear the Buzz?

Very weird one folks first 40 minutes I had a buzz I could not track down. At the 40 minute mark it simply went away. Very annoying.. I share with you the launch of the Travel Cast Network and my battle with a car dealer on Saturday and of course a super large helping of Tech News! Ongoing support by

Google can help, Google can hurt

There are many great things that Google has come out with in the last couple years. I have been all for what they accomplished, even if I don't use everything. But the last couple ideas haven't been warmly accepted by the IT populous.We'll take a look at a few of the ideas, Good, bad and indifferent. The Good We'll start

Less is More – The Microsoft Spin

Less is more.  Less trouble equals more value.  Lower learning curve equals increased value.  That would be the theory of Microsoft in the recently leaked training notes for their operating system (as covered by www.appleinsider.com).  To install Microsoft Windows 7 means that the PC user has less to learn compared to switching to a Mac, making it is more valuable.