Some people will insist that the growth of new computer technology has been spectacular compared with the evolution of the automotive technology. Others will disagree. It’s like the argument of the glass half empty or half full.

This post will address this issue with a “tongue-in-cheek attitude”. Here we go.

Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft and the chairman of GM, Rick Wagoner, were arguing over which company had the best technology.

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Everybody knew this day would come, and when it did, it touched their hearts deep inside. Yesterday was the final full day job at Microsoft for Bill Gates.

On his last day at Microsoft as a full employee, Bill Gates went on stage to look-back with his longtime friend Steve Ballmer, and neither man could hold back tears as Ballmer handed Gates a large scrapbook as a farewell present.

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Today Steve Ballmer is busy crashing chairs against his office walls. After working like a madman to reach a deal with Yahoo, there was no white smoke after the negotiations ended.

The hottest story in the technological corridors, is that Microsoft is withdrawing its offer for Yahoo after talks between the two companies broke down on Saturday.

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Today the European Union fined Microsoft a record $1.3 billion for delaying compliance for previous regulatory decisions regarding the amount they charge competing businesses for software information.

A positive news about Microsoft this week, is that it continues to support Windows XP, even though Windows Vista is their current cash cow. Microsoft said on Tuesday that it is making public its latest test version of Windows XP/Service Pack 3.

The Windows honchos from Redmond said Release Candidate 2 of XP SP3 will be available after 5 p.m. PST via Microsoft’s download center. “We’re broadening the availability of the release candidate in order to receive further user feedback prior to the release of Windows XP SP3,” it said in a statement.