Monday, September 24, 2007

Important People

Gordon Moore- is the author of moore's law which describes an important trend in the history of computer hardware, it states that the doubling of the number of transistors and double the speed of the computer happens every 18 months.
Alan Turing- is the author of the turing test which is a test where a computer tries to fool a human being, there is a judge and the turing test has not been passed yet.
Steve Jobs- is the co-founder and the ceo of apple. He was a creator of pixar for disney and he is considered to be a leading figure in both computer and entertainment industries.
Bill Gates- is the chairman of microsoft and has been ranked as the richest person in the world from 1995-2007.
Larry Page- is a co-founder of the internets google search engine and is an estimated worth $18.5 billion.
Tim Burner-Lee- created the memory software for finding things which would grow on the World Wide Web.
Jeff Bezos- is the founder of amazon.com. Now he is the president and chief executive officer.
Steve Ballmer- is the chief executive officer of microsoft corporation. He was roomates with Bill Gates in college.
Kevin Rose- founded the social-bookmarking site Digg. Digg is a community based popularity website with an emphasis on science and technology.

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