Towards the early 1990s, the BBS industry became so popular that it spawned three monthly magazines, Boardwatch, BBS Magazine, and in Asia and Australia, Chips ' n Bits Magazine which devoted extensive coverage of the software and technology innovations and people behind them, and listings to US and worldwide BBSes.

In the 1980s, several US military projects involving software subcontractors ran over-budget and were completed far later than planned, if at all.

Former NSA employee Margaret Newsham claims that she worked on the configuration and installation of software that makes up the ECHELON system while employed at Lockheed Martin, for whom she worked from 1974 to 1984 in Sunnyvale, California, US, and in Menwith Hill, England, UK.

In January 2010, Global Graphics completed a survey with 400 Chief Information Officers from organisations with over 1000 employees across the US and the UK that showed three quarters ( 76 per cent ) of large organisations use free software across the enterprise with over half ( 51 per cent ) planning to deploy more free software in 2010.

* Mapping to income tax schedules and TXF export for import into tax prep software ( US )

Later, in October the US Justice Department also sued Microsoft for violating a 1994 consent decree by forcing computer makers to include its Internet browser as a part of the installation of Windows software.

The US Government had long regarded cryptographic software as a munition, and thus subject to arms trafficking export controls.

Rosetta Stone is a brand of language-learning software published by Rosetta Stone Ltd., headquartered in Arlington County, Virginia, US.

Indeed, assorted government agencies ( e. g. the US Department of Commerce ) have from time to time issued security warnings about the use of that software.

In 2010, Taiwan's software market grew by 7. 1 % to reach a value of US $ 4 billion, accounting for 3. 3 % of the Asia-Pacific region market value.

In 2002, a study commissioned by the US Department of Commerce ' National Institute of Standards and Technology concluded that " software bugs, or errors, are so prevalent and so detrimental that they cost the US economy an estimated $ 59 billion annually, or about 0. 6 percent of the gross domestic product ".

Video CDs are not popular in the US, Canada and Europe, so its support is limited among mainstream software.

* 2005-Acquired MAYA Viz Ltd, the primary developer of the US Army's Command Post of the Future software into General Dynamics C4 Systems.

The first single-chip cryptoprocessor design was for copy protection of personal computer software ( see US Patent 4, 168, 396, Sept 18, 1979 ) and was inspired by Bill Gates ' Open Letter to Hobbyists.

Classic programs include the Electric Power Research Institute's ( EPRI ) CAFTA software, which is used by many of the US nuclear power plants and by a majority of US and international aerospace manufacturers, and the Idaho National Laboratory's SAPHIRE, which is used by the U. S. Government to evaluate the safety and reliability of nuclear reactors, the Space Shuttle, and the International Space Station.

Outside the US, the software RiskSpectrum is a popular tool for Fault Tree and Event Tree analysis and is licensed for use at almost half of the worlds nuclear power plants for Probabilistic Safety Assessment.

Growth of software patents in US

Over the years, Dassault Systèmes improved its software and expanded to the US, Japan and Germany.

On October 4, 2005, Autodesk, makers of 3ds Max and AutoCAD drafting software, announced plans to acquire Alias in a cash acquisition valued at US $ 182 million.

As the US Air Force often risks aircraft and aircrews to attack strategic enemy communications targets, remotely disabling such targets using software and other means can provide a safer alternative.

* Imagine Software ( US ), a developer of investment software

The AIM-7 Sparrow medium range missile ( MRM ) was purchased by the US Navy from original developer Howard Hughes

Lucasfilm was mooted as a developer with the possibility of releasing their own branded version of the machine in the US, but nothing was ever confirmed.

Despite a highly promoted launch ( including being named Time magazine's " 1994 Product of the Year ") and a host of cutting-edge technologies, the 3DO's high price ( US $ 599 at launch ), limited third-party developer support, and an over-saturated console market prevented the system from achieving success comparable to competitors Sega and Nintendo.

On February 10, 2011 an Amazon Kindle edition of the title was launched by UK developer Worldweaver Ltd ( Amazon. com currently only allow US customers to purchase the edition due to Kindle licensing restrictions ).

In May 2011, the hotel was sold to real estate developer Joseph Chetrit for US $ 80 million dollars.

The 1981 – 82 season brought changes to the franchise as Irv Levin sold the team to Los Angeles-area real estate developer and attorney Donald Sterling for US $ 12. 5 million.

Famous residents both past and present have included Victoria's Secret model Adriana Lima, Beyoncé and Jay-Z, Spanish singer Julio Iglesias, his son Enrique Iglesias, pro golfer Raymond Floyd, coaches Rick Pitino and Don Shula, US Senator George Smathers, Sheik Mohammed al-Fassi of Saudi Arabia, television host Don Francisco, billionaire investor Carl Icahn, co-founder of Calvin Klein Barry Schwartz, billionaire developer Donny Soffer, banker and developer Jamie Gilinski, steel executive Leroy Schecter, wireless executive Rajendra Singh, radio magnate Raul Alarcon, real estate billionaire Peter Breton, coal and oil executive Christopher F. Viegas, Perry Ellis head George Feldenkreis, former Philadelphia Eagles owner and billionaire art collector Norman Braman, heiress and philanthropist Suzie Linden, and former cable company CEO Ken Bagwell.

In 1980, he also played Edward Teller, later developer of the US H-bomb, in the joint BBC-US TV serial about the US Manhattan Project called Oppenheimer.

Her mother, June ( née Gamble ), was an Australian property developer and teacher, and her father, Robert DeWitt Blanchett, Jr., was a Texas native who was a US Navy Petty Officer and later worked as an advertising executive.

Rare was purchased by Microsoft in 2002 for US $ 377 million, a record price for a video game developer, and now develops exclusively for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console.

In 2002 Rare was purchased outright by Microsoft for US $ 377 million, a record fee for a video game developer, and currently develops games for the Xbox 360 console.

As of June 5, 2007, the property including surrounding land, totaling, had been sold to a residential home developer for US $ 50 million.

After 8 years working in the US for Electronic Arts at their Redwood Shores studio, he joined the British video game developer Traveller's Tales, at their studio in Knutsford, Cheshire as Head of Audio in September 2004.

The flamboyant property developer is described as the 11th richest man in China, with personal assets totalling US $ 320 million.

Local real estate developer Robert T. Nahas headed this group ( which included other prominent East Bay business leaders such as former US Senator William Knowland and Edgar F. Kaiser ), which later became the governing board of the Coliseum upon completion.

Gibbs was the developer of TenniSTAT, the first computer-generated statistics program for tennis, which was used by the US Open, Wimbledon, the Australian Open, and other major tournaments.

Soon after the development was launched in October 2009, the developer claimed to have sold a five bedroom duplex flat, on the " 68th floor " of the 46-storey the building for HK $ 439 million ( US $ 57m ).

The cost is US $ 99 / year per developer program.

* October 20 — Families of Aaron Hamel and Kimberly Bede, two young adults shot by teens William and Josh Buckner ( who in statements to investigators claimed their actions were inspired by Grand Theft Auto III ), file a US $ 246 million lawsuit against developer Rockstar Games, publisher Take-Two Interactive Software, retailer Wal-Mart, and console-maker Sony Computer Entertainment America.

The park opened on August 5, 1961, following just a year of construction and an initial investment of US $ 10 million by real estate developer Angus G. Wynne, Jr.