Gates, Allen both looking toward miniature PCs
Seattle PI | at | by Mike
Bill Gates wants hardware companies to consider making small but fully functioning personal computers -- running a standard Windows operating system and normal PC programs but still tiny enough to hold in the hand.
Microsoft's other founder is already way ahead of him.
Paul Allen's company, Vulcan Inc., has been working for the past few years to develop a hand-held computer that functions like a regular laptop but weighs about a pound and measures less than six inches across. The Vulcan machine, called FlipStart, runs on Microsoft's Windows XP.