Traff-O-Data was the first company that Bill an Paul Allen found in 1975 to sell software for  measuring traffic data. But soon after the first MIPS ALTAIR 8800 came along the vision of these two, especially of Bill Gates changed like anything, leading to the formation of a global enterprise and himself being the richest man for about 13 years. So here is my tribute to one of my ideal’s, who you have to agree has changed our lives phenomenally. The Early Years Born on Oct. 28, Continue Reading

I last covered a full review of the Firefox 3.0 beta 2 browser way back in December 2007 (Read Here) Mozilla has announced that June 17 is the official date of the much-anticipated Firefox 3 release. Developers and open source software enthusiasts are planning parties all over the world to celebrate the occasion. Mozilla is encouraging users to participate, too, by helping the Firefox team set the record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. The total number of unique downloads that Continue Reading

Adobe has tied together its online office suite with the beta of Acrobat.com and the user interface is the big pump up. What remains to be seen is whether online office users care about aesthetics. On Monday, Adobe unveiled Acrobat.com, a suite that allows you to create word processing documents, share files, convert PDFs and hold Web conferences. Simply put, Acrobat.com is the best looking online office suite on the block. Google Docs, Zoho and other entrants look fine, but don’t exactly stretch Continue Reading