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Gates predicts internet changes | | 2008/05/07 | | Bill Gates has revealed that big changes are in store for the internet over the next decade.
The software entrepreneur made the claims after a meeting in Korea where he was discussing technological investments.
"The internet has been operating now for ten years. The second ten years will be very different," said Gates.
The future looks increasingly bright for Microsoft as the software giant revealed it is joining forces with the South Korea government and Korean businesses in an investment of $313 million.
The investment will be directed towards information technology that will be integrated into games and vehicles. Gates revealed that technology advancement will make the software environment very different in time.
"We're doing some very interesting work on automobile software," Gates said. "That's a really wide open area where some very exciting things will come out of."
Recent technology introduced to cars enables individuals to use voice commands to control telephones and music.
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