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Bill Gates backed Microsoft's Skype buy 
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Bill Gates backed Microsoft's Skype buy

by Nicole Kobie  |  19 May 2011  |  Comment now
Gates defends Microsoft's $8.5 billion acquisition, saying it'll be "fascinating" to see what comes next
Fascinating archival footage of Microsoft early days 
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Fascinating archival footage of Microsoft early days

by William Maher  |  18 May 2011  |  Comment now
Video provides interesting viewing, and some trivia, for those curious about the early days of the Gates dynasty.
Creator of world’s first PC dies 
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Creator of world’s first PC dies

by Iain Thomson  |  6 Apr 2010  |  Comment now
Bill Gates leads tributes to the creator of the Altair 8800, widely considered to have kickstarted the modern computing age.
Gates reduced to world's second richest man 
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Gates reduced to world's second richest man

by Iain Thomson  |  11 Mar 2010  |  Comment now
Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man according to the latest list of the world's richest people in Forbes magazine..
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs wanted to sue Sun 
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Bill Gates and Steve Jobs wanted to sue Sun

by Nick Farrell  |  11 Mar 2010  |  Comment now
Former CEO of Sun, Jonathan Schwartz has been telling the world plus dog how he told Bill Gates and Steve Jobs to stuff it when they threatened the company with patent lawsuits.
Gates describes China web censorship as 'limited' 
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Gates describes China web censorship as 'limited'

27 Jan 2010  |  Comment now
Companies must decide for themselves whether to stay in China, says Microsoft co-founder.
Bill Gates signs up for Twitter 
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Bill Gates signs up for Twitter

by Iain Thomson  |  20 Jan 2010  |  Comment now
Bill Gates has signed up for a Twitter account and has made his first tweets, with links to Microsoft products and pictures of visits to India and Africa for his foundation
Whatever happened to...Vista's broken promises?  
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Whatever happened to...Vista's broken promises?

13 Nov 2009  |  Comment now
Microsoft has never been known to make mistakes in the past, but never was it more apparent than with Vista - and no matter the promises and the hype, Vista never truly delivered.
Are social networking apps wasting your time? Bill Gates thinks so 
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Are social networking apps wasting your time? Bill Gates thinks so

by Daniel Long  |  27 Jul 2009  |  Comment now
Bill Gates has decried the use of Facebook and other modern tech tools, claiming it took too much of his time and caused him too much trouble trying to discern who were his 'real' friends were.
Top 10 strangest characters in IT 
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Top 10 strangest characters in IT

by Iain Thomson, Shaun Nichols  |  19 Jul 2009  |  Comment now
Some of the people on this list are successful billionaires, Some Nobel prize winners or high-tech nomads. However, some individuals are weird even by geek standards.
Bill Gates says Microsoft's Project Natal motion-sensitive controls coming to Windows 
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Bill Gates says Microsoft's Project Natal motion-sensitive controls coming to Windows View all Stuff Articles

by Stuff.tv blank  |  16 Jul 2009  |  Comment now
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates says the firm's motion-sensitive gaming project will also come to your office with a Windows version
Top 10 IT villains 
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Top 10 IT villains

by Iain Thomson  |  30 Mar 2009  |  Comment now
Every industry has its share of villains, and the computing world is no different.
Gates re-crowned world's richest bloke 
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Gates re-crowned world's richest bloke

by The Inquirer  |  13 Mar 2009  |  Comment now
The credit crunch has put Bill Gates back on the top of the Forbes rich-list as the number of billionaires on the planet falls by almost a third.
Gates predicts recession will last until 2012 
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Gates predicts recession will last until 2012

by Sylvie Barak  |  6 Feb 2009  |  Comment now
Economy set for another three to four "very tough" years, but global
healthcare still a priority.
Bill Gates launches new company 
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Bill Gates launches new company

24 Oct 2008  |  Comment now
Bill Gates is currently in the process of setting up what appears to be a new company.
Bill Gates bumped off the top spot 
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Bill Gates bumped off the top spot

by Emma Hughes  |  13 Oct 2008  |  Comment now
Pile of cash shrinking
5 Things Bill Gates Did Right 
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5 Things Bill Gates Did Right

by Dave Stevenson  |  26 Jun 2008  |  Comment now
Bill Gates leaving Microsoft? Like him or loathe him, you won't be able to argue with our list of Bill Gate's biggest ever achievements.
Gates promises 'multi-touch' Windows 7 
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Gates promises 'multi-touch' Windows 7

by Guy Dixon  |  30 May 2008  |  Comment now
Taking the lead from Apple, Microsoft says Windows will go touch-based.
Gates builds out Touch Wall vision 
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Gates builds out Touch Wall vision

by Guy Dixon  |  19 May 2008  |  Comment now
Huge interactive touch screens in homes and offices, and yes, they work differently to electronic whiteboards.
Bill Gates 'exaggerates' HDTV popularity 
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Bill Gates 'exaggerates' HDTV popularity

by Robert Jaques  |  11 Jan 2008  |  Comment now
Analyst accuses Microsoft chief of being over optimistic.
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