Although the Surface brand is a hot commodity right now, Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates disagreed on whether Microsoft should even pursue it. Ballmer's only regret? Not forcing the decision sooner.
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British newspaper "The Guardian" has started a petition calling on the Gates Foundation to take its money, a reported one billion dollars, out of the fossil fuels industry.
Did you know that Bill Gates is still rich? Well if you didn't, he is the second richest person in the world despite devoting nearly all his time to his charitable works.
When your father is one of the richest persons in the world life can't be too bad right? Having direct access to all sorts of Microsoft goodies like a copy of Windows 7, an...
Every year, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives. Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, who retired last year to...
Twenty-Five years ago Bill Gates gave the world Windows 1.0. No one knew at the time what would become of Windows but looking back it's quite incredible what it has become. Bill...
Sometimes, software isn't so magical. Even for Bill Gates. For the opening piece in our series on Gates leaving daily life at Microsoft, one goal was to give a clear picture of the Microsoft co-founder's...
In the past several decades, Microsoft's departing leader has provided plenty of choice quotes for audiences to ponder. Some of the most oft-repeated comments attributed to Bill Gates through the years were not uttered by...
Bill Gates launched Tech-ed Developers in Orlando, Florida today by announcing this was his last public speech as a full time employee (FTE) in his role of Microsoft Chairman. He will now transition to a...
Bill Gates will kick off Tech-Ed Developers in Orlando, Florida today. The keynote will begin at 8:30am EST (1:30pm BST, 2:30pm CET). It is not yet known what Gates plans to talk about but many...
It wasn't exactly Minority Report but Bill Gates' technology demonstration at the company's CEO Summit earlier Wednesday may be remembered years from now as a harbinger of the end for the keyboard and mouse era....
With Windows 7 likely to be complete in Q4 2009, Microsoft's chairman Bill Gates hinted at what the company is planning for the next version of Windows last week. In a speech at the Windows...
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates said Thursday he expects the next decade to bring even greater technological leaps than the past 10 years. In a speech to the Northern Virginia Technology Council, Gates speculated that...
For some reason, tales of people getting exceptional service always seem uplifting. Maybe it has something to with the fact that it kind of gives you hope that after jumping through countless hoops to get...
Bill Gates, the world's richest man, believes the US economy will not fall into a slump because technological progress will help it to grow, he said in an interview with a German newspaper on Thursday....
The recent jump in Microsoft's stock price was on the minds of shareholders during the company's annual meeting in Seattle this morning, but not necessarily with a sense of satisfaction. During the question-and-answer period, a...
The battles between Microsoft and Apple have hit their CEOs, as the two companies' respective chiefs were named the industry's most influential personalities, top and second, respectively, of the past 25 years, according to a...
According to Forbes magazine's 25th annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans, Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($59 billion) is the richest person in America for the 14th year in a row, followed by investor Warren...
Reuters quoted a Mexican financial news service while reporting the fact that Bill Gates, Microsoft Corporation chairman and co-founder, has been overtaken on the world's richest list by Mexican telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim. A 27%...
Forty students from around the world got to pitch their software projects to Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates on Tuesday as part of a worldwide software development challenge. Gates as well as Craig Mundie, chief...
Everyone knows the most recent headlines about our country's greatest leaders. In this feature, we'd like to shed some light on the lesser-known facts about these folks in hopes of giving you a little greater...
Bill Gates has joined George Washington and Benjamin Franklin as the holder of an honorary degree from Harvard, 32 years after he dropped out of the school. View:...
Microsoft's Bill Gates has given the strongest hint yet that the company plans to introduce a new control system for the Xbox 360 influenced by the success of the Wii, although his somewhat vague comments...
"The Seattle PI's Microsoft Blogger Todd Bishop asks "How does Gates shape up as a seer?" None strike me as particularly clairvoyant, but the missed ones are winners: "I believe OS/2 is destined to be...
Microsoft Corporation Chairman Bill Gates announced the software giant has sold nearly 40 million Windows Vista licenses in the first 100 days since commercial availability on January 30, making Microsoft's latest release the fastest-selling operating...
The 2,700 attendees at Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference here are going to get an earful about Windows Vista, the upcoming Windows Server "Longhorn" and Windows Home Server—and that's just from the keynote addresses....
During a live interview on Russian state television, Russian cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin revealed that American billionaire and former Microsoft engineer Charles Simonyi aboard the International Space Station told him Microsoft's chairman is planning a space...
Bill Gates discusses the software and computer industry, and how Microsoft has contributed. Gates also discusses his views on the future of the computing industry. The talk was recorded in 1989 but was only recently...
Deciding that becoming the world's richest man in the world was more important than graduating in 1977, Microsoft Corporation chairman Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard College (the wealthiest school in the U.S.) in 1975....
Microsoft executives on Tuesday outlined the software giant's vision for providing secure anytime, anywhere access to applications and introduced a new technology partnership to help customers fortify online security. Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Research...
Pirated Microsoft Corp software helped Romania to build a vibrant technology industry, Romanian President Traian Basescu told the company's co-founder Bill Gates on Thursday. "Piracy helped the young generation discover computers. It set off the...
Thanks to Steve Sinchak of Tweak Vista who uploaded these 2 videos of Bill Gates appearing on the Daily Show to talk with Jon Stewart about the launch of Windows Vista. ...
The World Economic Forum opens Wednesday in Davos, Switzerland and is expected to host 2,500 participants, each paying $35,000 to attend, The event offers both business and political leaders an opportunity to discuss their thoughts,...
Bill Gates will be kicking off CES 2007 this evening at 6:30pm PST. A few Neowin staff including myself are in Las Vegas and we will be there live to witness the announcements. It's expected...
Microsoft recently held a get together for a small group of high-profile bloggers ahead of the Mix Conference. The bloggers has full access to Microsoft chairman Bill Gates in an hour-long Q&A session and were...
Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates met President Olusegun Obasanjo this weekend for talks on fighting poverty and disease on the world's poorest continent, a senior official said Sunday. Information Minister Frank Nweke said Gates arrived...
Bill Gates will deliver one of three keynote addresses to the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas next January. The keynote, taking place on January 7th, will be Gates' ninth and possibly...
With yesterday's announcement that Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates plans to move away from his day-to-day duties by July 2008, analysts said change is in the air for the company. That's...
Bill Gates will be transitioning out of a day-to-day role in the running of Microsoft by July 2008 to spend more time on his global health and education work with the Bill & Melinda Gates...
The annual WinHEC conference is kicking off in Seattle this morning with a keynote address by Microsoft boss Bill Gates: Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates will focus on how key technology...
