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In 95 These People Defined Tech: Gates Bezos Mitnick And More

2020-06-25T22:26:25Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates introduces the Windows 95 operating system to the public on Aug. 24, 1995. Getty Images [/collections/cnet-at-25/ This story is part of CNET at 25, celebrating a quarter century of industry tech and our role in telling you its story.]The year 1995 could really be counted as year zero of the digital world we live in today. [/tags/amazon/ Amazon], Craigslist and eBay all launched. [/tags/microsoft/ Microsoft] took its first significant plunge into the stirring waters of the World Wide Web. The PlayStation made its North American debut. Toy Story, the [/news/pixar-graphics-gurus-win-turing-award-computings-top-prize/ first all-CGI movie], hit the big screen. Future YouTube star Logan Paul was born. People were going online in ever greater numbers. According to a [ Times Mirror Center survey] in mid-1995, about 24 million Americans used a home computer on any given day, with about 12 million subscribing to an online service, up from 5 million six months earlier. There were massive jumps in the [ number of websites] -- from about 2,700 in 1994 to 23,500 in 1995, and from there past 257,000 a year later. Now playing: Watch this: Celebrating 25 years of CNET 3:58 And there was no shortage of smart, ambitious people looking to ride that wave, and many more toiling away in the vast reaches of technology, science and culture. Here's a look back at some of the big names of that year. Bill Gates In 1995, one person more than any other embodied tech for the world at large: [/tags/bill-gates/ Bill Gates], CEO and co-founder of Microsoft. He was undeniably geeky. He was relentlessly competitive. His Windows operating system dominated PCs, and it had a big, big moment in August of that year with the splashy launch of [ Windows 95]. Looking to appeal to the growing number of home computer users, Microsoft unleashed a $300 million [ ] anchored by the Rolling Stones song [ Start Me Up]. Bill Gates in 1995. Kim Kulish/Getty Images Gates, then 39, also had his eye on cyberspace, with two notable products that debuted at the same time: the [/tags/internet-explorer/ Internet Explorer] browser and the web portal [ MSN]. Behind the scenes, Gates was grappling with a sea change that he referred to in an internal memo as the "[ internet tidal wave]." Dated May 26, the missive laid out Gates' plan for the continued world domination of Microsoft and Windows. "The Internet is the most important single development to come along since the IBM PC was introduced in 1981," Gates wrote. "I believe the Internet will become our most important promotional vehicle and paying people to include links to our home pages will be a worthwhile way to spend advertising dollars." He rounded out the year with the November publication of the bestseller [ The Road Ahead], which expanded on the ideas in the memo and [ talked of a future] full of online services and "wallet PCs" that don't sound all that different from what we carry around with us today. What he's doing now: [/news/bill-gates-steps-down-from-microsofts-board-of-directors/ No longer] at Microsoft, he heads up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, focusing on philanthropic endeavors like educating low-income students and combating malaria and other infectious diseases -- especially [ COVID-19] right now. Typically the richest person in the world or a close runner-up, he occasionally releases a list of [ favorite books]. Marc Andreessen Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen speaking at PC Expo in 1999, when he was CTO of America Online. Brent Stirton/Liaison Among the threats to Microsoft that Gates identified in his memo was Netscape, "a new competitor 'born' on the Internet," whose browser had a 70% usage share. Founded in 1994, [ Netscape held an IPO] in August 1995, and it was a doozy -- shares more than doubled in price on the first day of trading, valuing the company at nearly $3 billion, and they kept rising dramatically through the end of the year. Thus [ began the dot-com bubble], as investors fixated on tech startups as get-rich-quick opportunities. The public face of Netscape was 24-year-old co-founder [/tags/marc-andreessen/ Marc Andreessen], who in college had co-developed the breakthrough Mosaic browser, the starting point for Netscape's own Navigator. Such was Andreessen's fame that he would be featured (barefoot, clad in jeans and a polo shirt, sitting on a thronelike chair) on the [ cover of Time magazine] on Feb. 19, 1996, for its cover story, "[ The Golden Geeks]" -- "They invent. They start companies. And the stock market has made them INSTANTAIRES." But soon enough, [https://soulofcricketer.bookmark.com/dipika-pallikal-first-marriage soulofcricketer.bookmark.com] Netscape got steamrollered by Microsoft, and in 1998, it was acquired by AOL on its road to irrelevance. What he's doing now: Venture capital stuff through [ Andreessen Horowitz]. He sits on the boards of a number of companies, including [/tags/facebook/ Facebook].

Cricket-India A Class Act With Soft Underbelly - Manjrekar

2020-06-24T11:16:00Z

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By Sudipto Ganguly MUMBAI, March 25 (Reuters) - India are a class outfit but they will go into this year's World Cup with a soft underbelly having failed to settle on a number four, former batsman Sanjay Manjrekar told Reuters in an interview. With the experienced partnership of Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan locked in as openers and captain Virat Kohli coming in at first drop, the twice champions have a top order the rival of any in the game. Selectors continue to fret over who bats after the second wicket falls, however, with a series of candidates having fluffed their auditions. Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Lokesh Rahul and Dinesh Karthik have all been trialled for the number four spot and been found wanting. Ambati Rayudu emerged as the most likely choice to fill the berth but scores of 13, 18 and two in the first three matches of the recent home series against world champions Australia damaged his cause. The hosts ended up losing the series 3-2 and Manjrekar felt India were back to square one with no more ODIs scheduled before the May 30-July 14 World Cup in England and Wales, where India will be looking to add to their 1983 and 2011 triumphs. "There was only one little gap that needed to be filled which is number four and getting some exciting options at four, five, six," Manjrekar said. "They tried quite a few people and I don't begrudge them that. I don't think that was wrong. It's just disappointing that the players have not used the opportunity to cement their places. "Like, Ambati Rayudu had a great opportunity. He got a 90 in New Zealand and I thought that's done. But then he fails in the next few innings and then a good ball will suddenly get him out and you sort of lose faith in him as the number four." Vijay Shankar's rise as a handy, nerveless all-rounder was one definite gain from the Australia series. With India's first choice pace-bowling all-rounder Hardik Pandya injured, Shankar proved he could float in the batting order and hold his nerve in the death overs with ball in hand. Manjrekar, who played 37 tests and 74 ODIs for India before turning his hand to media punditry, said that Shankar was his pick to fill the number four spot. "Your number four has got to have a little bit of class because in England it's perfectly possible that you are 20-2 so you got to have somebody who will just weather the storm and then take India close to 300 runs," he said. "That perfect number four India still haven't found and I don't think they will find it now. "So when India goes into the World Cup, it's a class team with genuine class in bowling and batting but with a soft underbelly which will be their middle order. "Vijay Shankar is my current number four -- not the ideal number four but from the candidates that we have, he is my number four." AUSTRALIA REVIVAL Manjrekar, speaking on the sidelines of the launch of ESPNcricinfo's Superstats which uses data science to analyse cricket, said he expected the usual suspects to be challenging for the World Cup. Five-times world champions Australia arrived in India as clear underdogs for the recent short format tour, having endured a wretched couple of years in ODIs during which they lost six series in a row. That form slump was exacerbated by the ball-tampering scandal that robbed them of Steve Smith and David Warner for 12 months. Without their two best batsmen as well as frontline pace duo Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, they still managed to win a five-match series from 2-0 down for the first time. "I am delighted that Australia is coming into their own," Manjrekar said. "Because you don't want a World Cup where there are one or two teams clear leaders and others are really struggling. "And don't forget they know what it takes to be champions. So if they have one or two good games, they will be thinking about only the title, nothing else." Manjrekar did not have the same optimism about the chances of hosts England, [https://soulofcricketer.bookmark.com/dipika-pallikal-first-marriage soulofcricketer.bookmark.com] who top the ODI world rankings but have yet to win the World Cup. "I want to see England on a global sort of platform, when the entire world is watching," he added. "I want to see how they cope with the pressure that comes with it. I have a big question mark over their temperament as a team." (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Nick Mulvenney)

Smith Lynn Misfire As Royals Beat Kolkata

2020-06-24T08:00:09Z

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Rajasthan Royals have overcome Steve Smith's early dismissal to see off the Kolkata Knight Riders, whose opener Chris Lynn misfired with a duck in the Indian Premier League clash. Smith had been hoping for his third half-century in as many matches for the Royals but it wasn't to be after he was bowled for two by Sunil Narine. Struggling Rajasthan won by three wickets after chasing down the out-of-form Knight Riders' 175 with four balls to spare at Kolkata's Eden Gardens on Thursday night. Big-hitting Queenslander Lynn was the first wicket to fall, bowled by Rajasthan's Varun Aaron on the third ball of the match. Dinesh Karthik came to the rescue for the home side and [https://soulofcricketer.bookmark.com/dipika-pallikal-first-marriage soulofcricketer.bookmark.com] smashed an unbeaten 97 from just 50 balls but ran out of overs to post the century. Openers Ajinkya Rahane and Sanju Samson had Rajasthan off to a strong start with a 56-run stand off 36 balls before a Sunil Narine delivery caught Rahane lbw. Narine struck again two overs later when he bowled Smith, while England's Ben Stokes could only manage 11 before he was caught off a delivery by Piyush Chawla, who did the most damage for Rajasthan with 3-20. But a spirited 47 from 31 balls from Riyan Parag and an unbeaten 27 off 12 from Jofra Archer put the Royals into a winning position. The win lifted Rajasthan off the bottom of the table into seventh place and one below Kolkata, who suffered their sixth straight loss.

Ponting Hopes Pant apos;s India Snub Will Benefit Delhi In IPL

2020-06-24T03:20:00Z

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MUMBAI, April 18 (Reuters) - Rishabh Pant's exclusion from India's World Cup squad could prove to be a big gain for Delhi Capitals in the ongoing Indian Premier League, [https://soulofcricketer.bookmark.com/dipika-pallikal-first-marriage https://soulofcricketer.bookmark.com/dipika-pallikal-first-marriage] the franchise's head coach Ricky Ponting has said. Dinesh Karthik pipped young Pant to the second wicketkeeper's spot in India's World Cup squad, which was announced on Monday. With former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni the undisputed first-choice wicketkeeper, India's selectors preferred Karthik's experience to the raw aggression of the 21-year-old Pant. "I had a quick chat with him (Pant) on Monday night, and he seems to have taken it quite well," Australia's former World Cup-winning captain Ponting told reporters. "He is obviously disappointed as he would have loved to be in the squad as a lot of other players would have as well. But the thing with him that he has to remember and we all have to remember is that he is still pretty young. "He will have the opportunity to potentially play in three or four more World Cups over the course of his career." Famed for his swashbuckling batting, Pant impressed in the test series in England and Australia and is perceived as a long-term replacement for Dhoni when the 37-year-old decides to quit limited-overs formats. Ponting advised Pant to take the World Cup snub positively and concentrate on scoring heavily for his IPL franchise. "But what might be a negative thing for him to not get picked in the Indian team, might turn out to be a very positive thing for the Delhi Capitals as he can totally focus on playing his best cricket for us," Ponting said. "Like I said a few games ago, he is a match-winner and I´m sure he will come back strongly to win more matches for us. It is important that he focuses on the little things on the field that make him a really good player for us. "There is nothing he can do now to get into that World Cup team, but he can definitely help the Delhi Capitals win some matches in the coming days which will help him boost his confidence for the future as well." Pant's team are currently second in the IPL standings with 10 points from nine matches while champions Chennai Super Kings top the leaderboard with 14 from 10. (Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Amlan Chakraborty)

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2020-06-24T03:19:58Z

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