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After got more than 250,000 followers just one day joining Twitter, Bill Gates started his own blog called "The Gates Notes". The software-mogul-turned-philanthropist recently tweeted about his new site: "My new website is live check out www.thegatesnotes.com. Excited to share more about what I’m learning, hope you like it!"
Ah yes, Gates once blogged about the history of Microsoft for Gizmodo last year. So, welcome to Blogosphere, Uncle Bill!
Futurists, or futurologists, are those who speculate about the future. I discovered some famous quotes on computer evolution; it shows that how difficult to imagine about the future of computer.
"Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." --Popular Mechanics (1949) "There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Business executive arguing against the PC (1977) "640K ought to be enough for anybody." --Bill Gates, referring to computer memory (1981)
Do you have some more?