A Quick Tour of Windows 8
A Quick Tour of Windows 8
An overview of the user experience design of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system.
Bill Gates - Bright minds and big problems
Bill Gates - Bright minds and big problems
Bill Gates, philanthropist and retired co-founder of Microsoft Corp., urged MIT students on April 21, 2010 to focus their talent and energy on tackling the world's biggest challenges, including global health, poverty and education.
Bill Porter in Conversation with Howard Anderson
Bill Porter in Conversation with Howard Anderson
04/28/2010 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumWilliam A. Porter, SF '67, Co"Founder & Chairman Emeritus, E"Trade Financial Corporation; Howard Anderson, William Porter Distinguished Senior Lecturer of Entrepreneurship, MIT SloanDescription: Some of the lessons Bill Porter picked ...
Bill Gates on Giving Back
Giving Back: Finding the Best Way to Make a Difference
The world's most intractable problems might be cracked if more of our "brightest minds" could be tempted to work on them, asserts Bill Gates.
The Power of Competition: How to Focus the World's Brains ...
The Power of Competition: How to Focus the World's Brains on your ...
06/06/2009 9:00 AM Wong AuditoriumFiona Murray, Sarofim Family Career Development ProfessorDescription: Cooperation may be making us "a little bit too nice" when it comes to innovation, suggests Fiona Murray. She believes there's nothing like competition for injecting ...
The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to ...
The Next Catastrophe: Reducing Our Vulnerabilities to Natural, Industrial, ...
10/22/2007 4:00 PM BartosCharles B. Perrow, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Yale UniversityDescription: It's time to trade in the Department of Homeland Security for a Department of Homeland Vulnerabilities, says Charles Perrow. At its peril, our nation "privileges ...
Roles of Industry, Academic and Government in Addressing ...
Roles of Industry, Academic and Government in Addressing Competitiveness ...
12/01/2006 10:30 AM Tang Center/WongDeborah Wince-Smith, President, Council on Competitiveness; Lawrence Bacow, '72, President, Tufts University; Vernon Ehlers, U.S. Representative, Michigan; Diane Jones, Deputy, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Richard ...
Recent Advances in Digital Processing of Images and Audio
Recent Advances in Digital Processing of Images and Audio
09/29/2006 4:00 32-123Henrique Malvar, PhD '86, Director, Microsoft ResearchDescription: Henrique Malvar hopes to impress a tough crowd with -tricks" hot from Microsoft's research labs. His show-and-tell features the latest magic in sound and image digital signal ...
Guanxi (The Art of Relationships): Microsoft, China and ...
Guanxi (The Art of Relationships): Microsoft, China and Bill Gates's Plan ...
05/24/2006 4:30 PM 26-100Robert Buderi, Founder, CEO, Editor in Chief, Xconomy; Gregory T. Huang, '92, PhD '99, Features Editor, New Scientist; Co-author, Guanxi (The Art of Relationships) Microsoft, China and Bill Gates' Plan to Win the Road Ahead Description: After ...
Strategy for High Tech Companies-What to Think About
Strategy for High Tech Companies-What to Think About
06/05/2004 10:00 AM WongMichael Cusumano, Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor of ManagementDescription: If you are starting out in the software business, Michael Cusumano has some advice for you: think hard about whether to specialize in products or ...