computer agenda setters
Michael Dell
AS Profile While the computer hardware market may be on the wane, 2009 marks a return to the Agenda Setters list for Michael Dell. Since founding the computer maker in 1984 with... [30 Sep 2009]
Michael A Cusumano
AS Profile Michael Cusumano has quite simply "changed the way we think about the business cycle of computer firms", according to one Agenda Setters panellist. But, like many Agenda... [30 Sep 2009]
Gary McKinnon
AS Profile He makes the Agenda Setters list in recognition of his inadvertent role in concentrating minds on lax governmental security and highlighting the complexities of the extradition system. McKinnon has been... [29 Sep 2009]
Chris Hyman
AS Profile He earned his place in this year's Agenda Setters for defying the recession and in the words of the panellists being an "innovative leader… in the field of the technological enablement of white collar... [29 Sep 2009]
Marc Benioff
AS Profile With cloud computing being one of the hottest buzzwords at the moment, Benioff's approach seems more relevant than ever and has resulted in his fifth appearance on the Agenda Setters list. One member of... [29 Sep 2009]
Mike Lynch
AS Profile When discussing Lynch's influence, one Agenda Setters panellist said he has delivered "the computer revolution in the understanding of unstructured information". Lynch has fallen down... [29 Sep 2009]
Karen Price
AS Profile The Agenda Setters judges were impressed with Price's success in driving IT up the education agenda and in collaborating with business to bring the private sector into the skills debate.... [29 Sep 2009]
Kurzweil: "Technology is a double-edged sword"
Comment Inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil was ranked 14th in this year's silicon.com Agenda Setters list. The computer in your cell phone today is a million times cheaper and a thousand times... [19 Nov 2008]
Windows 7 prebeta receives positive response
News Agenda Setters 2008 Find out who made this year's Agenda Setters list of the top technology movers and shakers. In addition to its own work, Microsoft has been working... [29 Oct 2008]
Canonical readies its latest Ubuntu Linux for launch
News Agenda Setters 2008 Find out who made this year's Agenda Setters list of the top technology movers and shakers. Among the new features are support for 3G wireless... [28 Oct 2008]
Artificial intelligence put to the Turing Test
News The prize was founded in 1990 by academic Hugh Loebner and this year's challenge - to be held at the University of Reading on Sunday 12 October - is the 18th annual contest.silicon.com caught up with Loebner, who was recently voted into... [10 Oct 2008]
Hugh Loebner
AS Profile Hugh Loebner is a new addition to the Agenda Setters list for his efforts to advance artificial intelligence. But it's his work to encourage the creation of the first 'thinking' machine that makes him an... [07 Oct 2008]
Justin Rattner
AS Profile Intel CTO Justin Rattner caught the attention of the Agenda Setters panel for keeping innovation alive at the chip giant. The Intel lifer recently used an Intel Developer Forum keynote to expound his... [07 Oct 2008]
Simon Ponsford
AS Profile One approach is to reduce the power required to run PCs - and this is where Simon Ponsford comes to the attention of the Agenda Setters panel. Bringing together his studies in environmental sciences with... [07 Oct 2008]
Jeremy Allison
AS Profile It's his work to remove the barriers to interoperability between these two worlds - a key piece in enabling Linux to become accepted in the enterprise - that earns Allison a spot on this year's Agenda... [07 Oct 2008]
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