Tag: Bill
Bill Gates joins Twitter
The world's richest man and founder of Microsoft, Bill Gates has finally joined Twitter. With a nod to his programming roots, he kicked off proceedings with a first tweet of "hello world". There have been plenty of fake accounts set…
CES 2010: Final Thoughts
The Consumer Electronics show, the behemoth of tech, the Valhalla of gadgetry, has come and gone for yet another year. But this time, rather than arriving with a bang, it slinked into sight with something more like a whimper. CES…
CES 2010: Day 1 Round-Up
With CES 2010 now well under way, it can be pretty tough keeping track of all the latest announcements. Here's Tech Digest's round-up of the of best Day 1 at CES 2010 so far, including all the news from the…
CES 2010: Microsoft to unveil new HP built tablet?
An unnamed source has revealed that Microsoft may well be planning to unveil a brand new HP-built tablet PC during their keynote conference at CES 2010. Ashlee Vance of the New York Times states that:"My sources say that Mr. Ballmer…
British Gas ready EnergySmart meter-reading iPhone app
British Gas are set to release Energy Smart, an iPhone app designed to help customers avoid estimated bills. Rather than have a meter-man visit your home, Energy Smart lets users submit gas and electricity meter readings straight to British Gas…
£6 a year broadband tax heading to UK households
A £6 a year tax will be added to your landline telephone bill, Chancellor Alastair Darling has revealed today. A further 50p per month will be added to the bill for each extra phone line installed in residents' houses. Following…
Zunes for Democrats and Republicans
Just to rub it in your face that you can’t get a Zune in the UK yet, and following the Joy Division Zune, the team at Microsoft behind the world’s third favourite MP3 player have launched some special-edition Zunes for “Green Delegates” at the USA’s Democratic national convention. These are delegations who “demonstrate the highest level of commitment to offsetting their carbon footprint from attending the convention”…
Daily Tech Hotlinks for 02-Aug-07: Brian May, iPhone, Super Mario Bros virus, Second Life, WoW
– Brian May of Queen submitted his astrophysics thesis, soon to be Dr. Brian May, Astro-physicist! (Yahoo)
– Two weeks of international roaming on iPhone lumps man with $3,000 bill (Wired)…
