Connectivity enables transparency for better government, education, and health.

The typical project design time for a large company like IBM - and they keep track of this - is a little over four years.

The kids are a big part of my schedule.

Microsoft Research has a thing called the Sense Cam that, as you walk around, it's taking photos all the time. And the software will filter and find the ones that are interesting without having to think, 'Let's get out the camera and get that shot.' You just have that, and software helps you pick what you want.

Any machine that can run a browser is not thin. The browser has to be the thickest application man has ever invented, and it's getting thicker faster than anything ever development by man.

Skype actually does get a fair bit of revenue.

Creativity allows people to be effective.