Technology
Let’s not forget, Bill Gates hasn’t always been the good guy… – The Guardian
A quarter of a century after the launch of Windows 95, it’s striking to remember the philanthropist we know today as a mogul hellbent on world domination
Twenty five years ago last Monday, Microsoft released Windows 95, its first operating system based on the Wimp (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointer) interface that had been developed at Xerox PARC in the early 1970s and, er, borrowed by Steve Jobs for the Apple Macintosh that he launched in 1984.
Few geeks who were around and sentient at the time will forget the hoop-la that surrounded the launch of the Microsoft system. It included a commercial that had the Rolling Stones Start Me Up as a soundtrac…
-
General13 hours agoMildura man given 28 years to pay $73,000 in unpaid fines and tolls
-
General16 hours agoAustralia’s race to rewire the country amid a global transmission boom is not unique
-
General21 hours agoPrincess Diana enters Paris waxwork museum in ‘revenge dress’
-
General15 hours agoGold Coast and Noosa councils scammed out of ratepayers’ money