Year: 2006

Bill Gates to Transition From Day-to-Day at Microsoft

Posted by | Jun 15, 2006 | , |

Microsoft Announces Plans for July 2008 Transition for Bill Gates

Working full time at Microsoft through June 2008, Gates then will continue
as chairman and advisor while increasing Foundation efforts; Ray Ozzie and
Craig Mundie to assume expanded roles.

REDMOND, Wash. — June 15, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. today announced that
effective July 2008 Bill Gates, chairman, will transition out of a
day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and
education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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LaCie announces Two Big Compact 2-Disk SATA II RAID bundle

Posted by | Jun 15, 2006 | |

LaCie today announced it will bundle a next-generation SATA II PCI-Express (PCIe) card 2E with its compact Two Big two-disk RAID system. The new LaCie SATA II 3Gb/s PCI-Express Card 2E has two ports and provides a native x1 host bus interface for use with Power Mac G5s or PCs with PCIe architecture. The LaCie Two Big with PCIe card bundle is available for the lowered price of US$449 (500GB) or $879 (1TB).

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OWC drops prices on Mercury Bus-Powered USB 2 solutions

Posted by | Jun 15, 2006 | |

Other World Computing (OWC) today announced reduced pricing on its line of Mercury On-The-Go 2.5″ USB 2.0 Portable Storage Solutions, with prices as low as US$104.99. The Mercury 2.5″ USB 2.0 solutions come packaged with USB Connecting Cable, EMC Retrospect, Intech HD Speedtools utility suite, carrying case, and a one year OWC warranty. The drives are bus powered off any available USB 1.1 or 2.0 port for maximum portability.

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Caribbean Mah Jong released

Posted by | Jun 15, 2006 | |

Gamehouse has released Caribbean Mah Jong, a new tropical game from the makers of Aloha Solitaire. “Take a fabulous Luxury Cruise and visit 12 exotic islands while collecting attractive keepsakes and quirky postcards. Or be footloose and fancy free, and Island Hop to any layout with no commitments. No matter how you tailor your island experience, it will be a luscious treat for your eyes!” Caribbean Mah Jong requires Mac OS X 10.2 or later, and is priced at US$19.95.

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