Iraq veterans use fly fishing as therapy, finding comfort on the waterSUN VALLEY, Idaho — Standing at the edge of a clear pond in the Idaho mountains on a cold day in early October, former U.S. Marine Angel Gomez made a timid cast with his fly fishing rod. Google CEO glad he dropped his resistance to co-founders’ push for PC operating systemSUN VALLEY, Idaho — Eric Schmidt spent his first six years as Google’s CEO resisting a push by the company’s co-founders to develop their own operating system for personal computers. Google, Microsoft chairmen share laugh together as battle for tech supremacy intensifiesSUN VALLEY, Idaho — The escalating tension between Google and Microsoft didn’t prevent the companies’ chairmen from sharing a moment of levity Thursday at an exclusive media conference in the Idaho mountains. Twitter’s influence, moneymaking challenges emerge as hot topic as media summit kicks offSUN VALLEY, Idaho — Major media executives are impressed with Twitter’s growing popularity as a communications tool. They just can’t figure out how the online messaging service is going to make money. |