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Microsoft founder Bill Gates opened his speech to a crowd of 3,000 people in
Jakarta, Indonesia, on Friday by exploring the rapid changes of Information
and Communication Technology (ICT).
TODAY'S TOP Gates cited the global growth in the number of
STORIES personal computers (PCs) available, up from 241
million in 1996 to 1.1 billion in 2008, in the number
Dangers of a 'Bush III' of broadband bandwidth subscribers, up from 0.1
Presidency million in 1996 to 264 million in 2006, and in the
Equestrian Events Under percentage of cellular subscribers, up from only 1
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percent in 1994 to 41 percent in 2006.
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Jordan River Valley Peace He also mentioned how the capacity and the
Park capability of PCs have doubled every two years over
The Rockabilly Dancers the last decade. He underlined that these advances in
of Harajuku Park ICT would not slow down.
Return to Narnia... And Gates then illustrated his speech with slides, showing
Bring a Pillow how the next wave of business productivity would
involve unified communication, social computing,
FROM THE SECTION enterprise search and business intelligence. He also
congratulated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Turning Coal Ash Into for improving ICT infrastructure in Indonesia but
Carbon Credits reminded the country of the need for improving
Gates Addresses 3,000 skills and continuing to prepare the national plan for
People in Jakarta economic development.
New Moms in Africa As for Microsoft advances, Gates told the crowd that
Fight Postpartum his giant company was now preparing natural user
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watching, and gestures. In addition, Gates assured
the audience that in the next decades TV
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'Everyone Connected Day'
Before closing his speech, Gates showed the crowd Give Us Your Input
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how do we fit humanity issues into
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The lecture also provided a half hour exceed 50,000 China reports
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When a student asked about the recipe for progress in a giant software of Iraq by 2013
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underlined that students should finish their studies first in order to have a
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