Some stuff in brief - Time magazine recently announced its Persons of the Year - Bill and Melinda Gates and U2 rocker Bono. Bill Gates, the richest man in the world, and his wife Melinda, along with Irish rocker Bono, were chosen for making a difference in different ways. The Managing Editor of Time said the three had been chosen as the people most effective at finding ways to eradicate such calamities as malaria in Africa, HIV and AIDS and the grinding poverty that kills 8 million people a year. Gates, who topped Forbes magazine's list of richest people again this year, were named for their work in the Gates Foundation.
The charity is one of the world's biggest with $29 billion in funding allocations. The organization funds hundreds of projects around the world primarily focused on public health, from vaccinating children to developing new drugs. Bono and fellow musician Bob Geldof spearheaded a popular campaign to tackle poverty in Africa through canceling the debts, Bono was described as the “rocker who has made debt reduction sexy.”
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Predictions and stuff to look forward to in 2006
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- Rise of video-enabled devices
- Microsoft Vista more on this..
- Robotic toys more on this..
- RSS-ing everything
- Playstation 3 at E3 more on this..
- HD-DVD or Blu-Ray? more on this..
- What's in store for Apple?
- Broadband TV more on this..
- New wireless technologies (Wi-Fi, WiMax and Bluetooth)
- DTS-HD and Dolby TrueHD more on this..
- Fuel cells more on this..
- Multiple cores, multiple choices in processors more on this here and here
- Movies - Superman, DaVinci code, Spiderman 3, X-Men 3
- Take 2 on 1080p and HD-TV more on this here and here
- Will I go .com ?
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