Prime Minister Mori, in fact, said while visiting a computer lab at a junior high school last week, that had been his first computer lesson.
After writing his first computer program at age 13, Gates hasn't wavered in his mission to develop cutting-edge software with the potential to change the world.
He was also developing another interest: in 1982, he bought his first computer, a somewhat primitive Timex Sinclair that he hooked up to a black-and-white TV.
The boyish engineer might want to share some with his parents, who gave him his first computer four years ago when he entered one of Nanjing's top universities.
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Our mental image of the high-tech entrepreneur is still that of a young man, in jeans, t-shirt (or signature turtleneck), and hoodie, tinkering in his garage to build the first Apple computer, or putting his college social networks online.
Sony has been in hot water ever since computer programmer Mark Russinovich first found the contentious XCP software on his computer, prompting damaging publicity, suspension of the software, and recalls.
Meals-on-wheels delivered his food, a friend helped him with shopping and he finished writing his first and only novel on the computer that talked to him as he wrote.
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He first learned to use a computer because his handwriting was so small that his teachers couldn't read it.
He says he got his first glimpse into the extreme risks posed by superfast computer trading on the afternoon of May 6, 2010.
The showman first became a focus of police inquiries when he took his computer to be repaired at a shop near Bristol, and staff spotted the photographs.
Jobs and his partner Steve Wozniak put together the first small, cheap easy to use computer: the Apple II.
He began his career at Digital Equipment, and established the first tax department for Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) in the early 1980s.
To bring his idea to life, the Silicon Valley-based designer first created a 3D computer model of the Tardis's interior using the free-to-use open source computer software programme Blender.
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"Mauchly was the kind of guy who thought with his mouth open, " says his widow, Kay Mauchly Antonelli, who became one of the world's first computer programmers when she worked on the ENIAC.
It was Davies' first time on a bike on the circuit, although he prepared for his bow by playing computer games.
His first legal scrape occurred in 1981 at the age of 17, when he was arrested for stealing computer manuals.
Her first big idea: she proposed measuring the time each developer spent in front of his or her computer, and dividing it by the revenue brought in by the products that person created.
When computer models gave him the power to spin up winds on planets of the mind, his first big topic was a study of the net effects of smoggy pollutants in the atmosphere, which cool the planet down, and the carbon dioxide which warms it up.
Police tracked the suspect down via his brother's computer IP address, which was apparently used to respond to an ad posted by the first victim, Gueant said.
Police tracked Mohammed Merah down via his mother's computer IP address, which was apparently used to respond to an ad posted by the first shooting victim, officials said.
Two hours later he was back at the table, writing through the night without feeling tired, until 8:30 the next morning when he packed up his computer, showered and dressed again, and got his family ready for the trip to Nashville for the first memorial service.
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