“There is a tremendous opportunity for rapid innovation here, and the great thing about the launch of MSN Search is that we now have a strong platform in place.”
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, on why it’s okay that his company’s search engine sucks, 1 Februuary 2005
“Ever since there’s been IT, there have been problems.”
Tech journalist Allan Holmes, on the inevitable failure of computing installations, Wired News, 30 January 2005
“The iPod is no longer just an instrument or a tool, but a part of myself.”
York University professor Markus Giesler, on consumers’ disturbing level of intimacy with their music players, Wired News, 28 January 2005
“Shopping becomes politics in the 21st century.”
U2 lead singer Bono, speaking at Davos about global poverty, MarketWatch, 27 January 2005
“It’s a new technological innovation that is not at all unlike the first pay phone.”
California State Parks superintendent Ruth Coleman, on allowing visitors to access the Internet wirelessly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 January 2005
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