So it might seem like Ballmer is in good company since so many big shot tech CEOs are doing it.

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There are a lot of women in tech beyond the tech celebs above and others like Sheryl Sandberg and Randi Zuckerberg, who shot to tech fame with their Facebook positions.

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Virginia Tech shot 3 for 16 from 3-point range.

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Those challenges were evident in 2007, when a gunman at Virginia Tech shot and killed 32, and Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine called for closing a loophole in the law allowing for private sales at gun shows without the same background check that licensed dealers are required to obtain.

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For investors, the glitch in buying into IBM now lies in share price valuations that have shot up as other big tech companies struggled.

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Of course, your liver would be shot too if you had to cover tech at all hours of the day.

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He got into NCAA basketball prognosticating after watching his team, Georgia Tech, lose a nail-biter in 2002 when Tennessee hit a shot at the buzzer from half court.

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According to many tech pundits, Eucalyptus is one of a handful of emerging open source companies that has a legitimate shot at becoming a billion dollar enterprise.

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