... at least one hour per day because of overload. The web wasn't designed to handle graphics, animation, audio, and video. It was first developed for E-mail (electronic mail) and transferring text files, but web page designers want their pages to look the best so that people or for ... or sites should have big enough capacities to handle the amount of people that visit. Slow servers will lose a lot of business. Internet providers and businesses should look at future capacities and not just to current loads. As in the case of doomsday, more and more fears ... into cyberspace are beginning ...

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... program, and the following year, it released a word processing program, Microsoft Word. In 1984 Microsoft was one of the few established software companies that had developed application software for the Macintosh, a personal computer developed by Apple Computer. Microsoft's early support for the Macintosh resulted in tremendous success for it's Macintosh Application software, including Word, Excel, and Works (an ... made by Netscape Communication Corporation. The suits also challenged some of the companies contract's and pricing strategies. In June 1998 Microsoft released Windows 98, wh...

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... or MITS, which were was the makers of the Altair system, and told the company that he and Paul Allen had developed a BASIC (which was first developed by John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz at Dartmouth College in the mid-1960s) that could be used on the Altair. But of ... PC company: IBM took the public by storm and Bill eventually was able to license his MS-DOS software to IBM. In 1983, Microsoft developed a graphical user interface called Windows, and was to be used on their MS-DOS operating system and compatible computers. The concept for Windows came ... version were being sold a month. In...

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... now the battle is on to control all the world's food and textiles through genetically modified seeds and animals. The internet in its current form was developed as a free exchange of information, unregulated by any one government or owned by any one person or company. ... powerful search engines, and trade can commerce between two individuals who would otherwise never have met. The internet dissolves national boundaries, and the consequences for cities that have developed as centers of administration and trade will be disastrous, if they do not embrace the technological advances ... in ...

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... first major use for a computer in the U.S. was during the 1890 census. Two men, Herman Hollerith and James Powers, developed a new punched-card system that could automatically read information on cards without human intervention. This caused many other people to develop ... completely re-arranged the advertising business. Before computers companies used to advertise only on magazines, billboards, and T.V. The internet has spawned a new world for advertising. If anyone has ever been on the Internet; they know that it is a major contributor to this. Instead of companies paying around 1 mill...

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... age that will break us apart. The way that new products are being developed each day in the next 10 to 20 years almost everything will be automated and many being will be out of a job doing nothing. The Internet is now one of the biggest things in the world today with the help ... soon no one will leave their home especially with newer technology coming out everyday. Computers are the wave of the future and with modems and the Internet and now teleconferencing many more people will be staying at home while they work. New inventions like processing chips that can run billions of commands...

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... age that will break us apart. The way that new products are being developed each day in the next 10 to 20 years almost everything will be automated and many being will be out of a job doing nothing. The Internet is now one of the biggest things in the world today with the help ... soon no one will leave their home especially with newer technology coming out everyday. Computers are the wave of the future and with modems and the Internet and now teleconferencing many more people will be staying at home while they work. New inventions like processing chips that can run billions of commands...

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... one thinks of computer software, one must think of Microsoft. In fact if you use a computer, chances are that you will have some type of program on there that is developed by Microsoft. The CEO, chairman, cofounder, and owner of 147 billion shares of Microsoft is Bill Gates. William Henry Gates III was born in the midst of a scenic Seattle on ... light bulb- part innovator, part entrepreneur, part salesman and full-time genius." Gates is the "Edison" of software. If it wasn't for him we wouldn't have Windows 95, Winword, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or countless others. In August, 24, 1...

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... for technology to enhance and enrich people's lives. We're really just getting started." The whole company started with just a small napkin of thoughts by former CEO Bill Gates, and developed into a global giant in the technology industry. Microsoft excels in many areas but the areas we found most successful were cutting edge technology and truly terrific benefits. Cutting edge technology ... more than 50,000 people in more than 50 countries. Some of these jobs include programming languages and operating systems to Internet services and games. The next step for technology is the "Digita...

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... he had his hand in the computer industry. In 1975 Bill went on to college at Harvard where he continued his computer programming with his friend Paul (Gates 3). They together developed an operating system for the first personal computer, the Altair 8800. The operating system wasn't anything like we have today; it was a black screen with a white blinking line where you ... . Windows 95 debuted in 1995 and had a much easier GUI to it that people liked (Windows 3). The main new features in 95 were the better multitasking and Internet access. Before this operating system the Internet was one...

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... mother was a school teacher. 4. At the age of 13 Gates enrolled in Lakeside School a preparatory school. 5. In 1973 Gates attend Harvard College where he met Paul Allen. 6. At Harvard Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC. 7. Around junior year Gates left Harvard to concentrate on Microsoft. 8. In 1975 Microsoft became the largest computer software program in the world. B. Leader Decision ... individuals was Gates greatest quality and this helped Microsoft to go through no less than two noteworthy innovative moves from programming to graphical registering, and from...

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... become such a mammoth company. Their whole organization is based upon creating products that the customer wants and needs. Making it as simple as possible. With that in mind they have developed the company that it is today. Microsoft is constantly investing in research and development of new and better products. "At Microsoft, it's our belief that the true measure of our ... become such a mammoth company. Their whole organization is based upon creating products that the customer wants and needs. Making it as simple as possible. With that in mind they have developed the company that it i...

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... processing and multitasking is uncanny. When watching him at his desk you see that he works on two computers, one with four frames that sequence data streaming in from the Internet and the other handling the hundreds of E-mail messages and memos that extend his mind into a network. He could be so rigorous as he processed the data that it seems ... about to explode, and that someone would need to make software for the new machines. Within a few days, Gates had called the company, MITS, and told them that he had developed a Basic programming that could be used on the Altair. This was a li...

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... work but when he was thirteen years old, he wrote his first software program. Later when he entered Harvard University more studying he had to accomplish. Through his studies, Bill developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer. Later on, guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool in every office desktop and in every home ... very popular and successful. Now they are best sellers. Right now, Bill Gates is the chairman and chief software architect of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet techno...

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