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A physical tour of Bill Gates’ mansion in Medina comes with a price tag of no less than $35,000. But of course the lucky recipient gets all the money’s worth. This because Big Gates himself will act as the official guide for the tour. You didn’t really believe that the world’s top billionaire... |
12 November 2009
02:10 GMT |
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In a move designed to expand its work in Europe, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has appointed Joe Cerrel as the lead of its new European office. At this point in time, Cerrell occupies the position of director of global health policy and advocacy at the foundation, and will continue with this role until the end ... |
13 August 2009
07:25 GMT |
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MySpace may be “a place for friends” but now it looks like Facebook may be turning into a place for (too many) friends. And it can get overwhelming, especially for famous people, so some of them are leaving for greener, or rather bluer, pastures, where they don't get so many friend requests from peop... |
27 July 2009
10:06 GMT |
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Bill Gates is one of the most well-known men on the planet, largely because he is the one responsible for Microsoft, which is one of the biggest corporations in the world, and which develops the Windows operating system. PC gamers also have a special relationship with Gates as they spent a lot of time “wishing... |
16 July 2009
16:41 GMT |
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Bill Gates is one of the people whom you would invariably expect to find science fun and interesting. But Gates also believes that with the necessary catalysts so can a lot more students – students destined to become the technology innovators of tomorrow, if only they were nudged in the right direction early on... |
15 July 2009
09:09 GMT |
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Although even Microsoft has embarked on a path to software-plus services, heading straight for the Cloud, with Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at the helm, the company's co-founder continues to believe that it's all about software. Given the chance to start all over again, Bill Gates would build a softw... |
30 March 2009
11:19 GMT |
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Speaking at the Government Leaders Forum, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates indicated a consistent level of optimism that technology would solve many of the world’s most critical issues in 10 or 20 years out. “And it will be education, modeling technology, and great people who understand this domain, and in t... |
27 March 2009
07:16 GMT |
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With the addition of Maria Klawe, the size of Microsoft’s board of directors has grown back to 10 members, following a few months when it functioned with just nine contributors as Jon A. Shirley, former president and chief operating officer, retired in November 2008. Maria Klawe, Ph.D., is the current presiden... |
10 March 2009
05:05 GMT |
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Check this! “Microsoft founder head Bill Gates has banned the use of products made by arch-rival Apple from his house, his wife has revealed,” reads a report. We needn't go any deeper into the story to discover the reasons for this kind of attitude. While we haven't yet heard Apple's CEO, S... |
4 March 2009
11:51 GMT |
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You would think that being the offspring of a multi-billionaire, and a man who has spent more than a decade in the no. 1 position of the world's most affluent businessmen, would by synonymous with having everything you want. Well, you would be wrong. Bill Gates has banned iPods and iPhones from his home, a mansi... |
3 March 2009
05:32 GMT |
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What better way to revitalize the Windows brand than to go back in time all the way to the “good old” DOS days? The original steps of the new, reportedly $300 million-worth Windows marketing campaign managed to focus only in part on the Windows client itself, delivering instead a much broader approach als... |
10 December 2008
04:49 GMT |
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Microsoft part-time Chairman and co-founder Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld teamed up for the sole purpose of warming up the audience for the advent of the I'm a PC commercials. However, although part of the same $300 million marketing campaign was designed to revitalize the Windows brand, the Seinfeld an... |
1 December 2008
09:56 GMT |
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The Windows Azure Cloud operating system, as well as the Azure Services Platform are nothing short of vital for the future of Microsoft, revealed the company's Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. During the 2008 Annual Shareholder Meeting at Bellevue, Washington, held on November 19, 2008, Microsoft's CE... |
20 November 2008
07:22 GMT |
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Just three months after Bill Gates retired from his day-to-day role at Microsoft, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer is divorcing the company from the motto that helped put it on the map. Ballmer revealed during a Q&A session at The Churchill Club the past week that the Redmond giant had outgrown Bill Gates' ... |
30 September 2008
10:46 GMT |
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Microsoft is working to bring the next killer application and the next-generation engagement model to fruition, under the leadership of Craig Mundie, Chief Research & Strategy Officer. Following his pseudo-retirement from Microsoft, Bill Gates split his role between Ray Ozzie, now Chief Software Architect, and Mundie... |
30 September 2008
10:08 GMT |
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Having retired from his day-to-day role as a Microsoft Chairman at the end of June 2008, Bill Gates is now focusing almost exclusively on the philanthropic work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. However, because the ties with Microsoft have not been severed, the company is also involved in initiatives designe... |
24 September 2008
13:24 GMT |
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Microsoft is without a doubt diversifying the collection of resources behind the new $300 million Widows marketing campaign created by advertising agency Crispin, Porter + Bogusky. From Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld's the Future Is Delicious to I'm a PC; Windows vs. Walls; Life Without Walls; the fake &ldqu... |
20 September 2008
06:43 GMT |
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Imagine no walls... Imagine that Bill Gates is a PC, along with celebrities such as Eva Longoria and Deepak Chopra, Pharrell Williams, astronaut Bernard Harris and many, many others. And it’s not like Microsoft is in short supply of “personas” declaring themselves to be a PC. In fact, with Windows&#... |
19 September 2008
06:12 GMT |
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At the start of September, Microsoft debuted a $300 million Windows marketing campaign designed by advertising agency Crispin, Porter + Bogusky. The first Apple's “Get a Mac” killer video ad went live featuring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld and despite Microsoft’s claims that it was just an ic... |
12 September 2008
07:45 GMT |
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The second commercial part of Microsoft's “Windows, Not Walls” ad campaign has started airing. It was broadcast last night during Big Brother on CBS. This one is actually funny, although it still doesn't compare to Apple's concise, sarcastic and catchy ads.The four and a half minute-long ad... |
12 September 2008
03:11 GMT |
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The Windows marketing earthquake is coming, with Windows Vista, Windows Mobile and Windows Live at the epicenter. Just because Microsoft is on a brand rebuilding mission, a mission involving telling the real Windows story and the truth about the Redmond company's flagship brand and product. As early as the start... |
6 September 2008
06:51 GMT |
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Microsoft's Apple "Get a Mac" killer is live as of September 4, 2008. The new $300 million Windows campaign put together by advertising agency Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, has debuted with the first video ad featuring none other than Microsoft part-time Chairman Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld. Gates shoppi... |
5 September 2008
03:57 GMT |
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Apple had no problems whatsoever in leveraging the weight of its brand in order to kick Windows Vista while the operating system was down. But the time is drawing near when Microsoft will no longer be a silent and passive participant in the Apple monologue marketing show. The Redmond company has been building up its ... |
21 August 2008
14:46 GMT |
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A Condom ringtone for mobile phones has been recently launched in India, in an attempt to raise the awareness about HIV and prevent its spreading across the country.Released by the BBC World Service Trust, the ringtone is part of a media campaign that encourages the use of condoms. The campaign is sponsored by the Bi... |
18 August 2008
08:33 GMT |
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Former full-time Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, whose presence in China was confirmed for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, also participated in the 10th Anniversary Innovation Forum in Hong Kong on August 12. Gates applauded the evolution of Microsoft Research (MSR) Asia, an organization that celebrated its first deca... |
14 August 2008
05:20 GMT |
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Microsoft has lost one of its early employees one month after the original 11 members reunited to celebrate Bill Gates' retirement from his day-to-day role with the company he co-founded. Miriam Lubow (1935-2008) is known as Microsoft's 'Mama', a title she received shortly after starting to work a... |
1 August 2008
04:32 GMT |
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June 30, 2008 marked the last day of Bill Gates as a full-time Chairman of Microsoft and, at the same time, the end of the company's 2008 fiscal year. On July 17, the Redmond giant announced revenue of over $60.42 billion, representing a jump of 18% from the past FY. In just the fourth fiscal quarter of 2008, th... |
18 July 2008
05:15 GMT |
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Nobody is disputing the fact that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has left the company he co-founded in order to become a busy philanthropic bee. But, at the same time, Gates has more in common with insects than this simple simile designed to illustrate his commitment as a full-time Chairman of the Bill and Melinda Gat... |
14 July 2008
11:57 GMT |
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Since Bill Gates has officially finished his transition out of the day-to-day role as Microsoft Chairman with the Redmond company, he won't be around full time when Windows 7 comes out, but this aspect has failed to stop him from revealing that the Windows team is doing amazing things with the successor of Windo... |
1 July 2008
07:56 GMT |
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Bill Gates has officially stepped into the next phase of his life, one dedicated almost exclusively to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. After doing the same job for over 30 years, Gates admitted that the new direction would not be easy; however, he stated that he is ready for the change. Microsoft's co-fou... |
30 June 2008
04:30 GMT |
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Yesterday, June 27, 2008 was a day that made it into history simply because it marked the transition of Bill Gates out of his day-to-day role at Microsoft, a company founded together with Paul Allen in 1975. As of June 28, Microsoft is officially sans Bill Gates, now 52 years old and committed to focusing almost excl... |
28 June 2008
07:03 GMT |
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Today, June 27, 2008, Microsoft is officially entering its post-Bill Gates era. Microsoft A.B. (after Bill) will be led by Steve Ballmer, Chief Executive Officer; Ray Ozzie, Chief Software Architect and Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer. This morning, approximately 1,000 Microsoft employees were accom... |
27 June 2008
13:33 GMT |
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Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen and until 1979, it was located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. 33 years later, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is ready to step down from his day-to-day role with the company he co-founded. Tomorrow, June 27, 2008 is Gates' last day at Microsoft. In honor of t... |
26 June 2008
09:11 GMT |
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On June 27, 2008 Bill Gates will be moving ahead and wrap up the transition out of his day to day role with the software giant he co-founded. This proves to be the ripe context for the Microsoft Chairman to deliver a retrospective view over his life. In the video embedded at the bottom of this article, Bill Gates loo... |
24 June 2008
09:38 GMT |
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Microsoft Co-founder and Chairman Bill Gates announced in mid-2007 that June 27, 2008 would be his last day at Microsoft and that he would enter a two year transition period out of his day-to-day responsibilities. Well, the two years are up and the Day is approaching at fast pace, now just a week away. Gates has alre... |
23 June 2008
13:54 GMT |
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Radar Online's Fame-O-Meter says that Steve Jobs is almost as popular as Bill Gates, as a Web 2.0 mogul. Recent concerns about Jobs' health have undoubtedly added to his popularity in recent weeks, the publication believes."With the announcement of a cheaper, faster iPhone, Apple's Steve Jobs is climbi... |
18 June 2008
03:21 GMT |
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Rick Rashid is a Microsoft top executive who has contributed not only to the Windows operating system, but also to platforms such as UNIX and Mac OS X. The Redmond company announced that Rashid was honored with the Piore Award from the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) Emanuel R. Piore Foundati... |
11 June 2008
12:46 GMT |
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As far as Microsoft is concerned, Windows 7 is just the beginning. Not a new beginning for Windows, mind you, but the debut of a revolution in human - computer interaction. At Tech Ed 2008, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates indicated that he is betting big on natural user interfaces. "Now one of the big changes coming th... |
6 June 2008
10:06 GMT |
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Say what you will about Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, but the truth is that the CEO managed to provide historical performances on stage along his 28 years with Microsoft. The continuous object of ridicule and mockery, some of those performances are undoubtedly part of popular culture, and at Micros... |
4 June 2008
07:13 GMT |
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Microsoft Tech Ed 2008 was the stage where Chairman Bill Gates announced that Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 would be made available for the general public in August. As Beta 1 was a build focused almost exclusively on web content developers and designers, the Redmond giant indicated from early March that Beta 2 would be... |
4 June 2008
03:25 GMT |
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates confirmed, at the company's Tech Ed North America 2008 Developers conference on June 3, that the next development milestone of Internet Explorer 8 is approximately a couple of months away. IE8 Beta 2 will be made available for download in August 2008, and will take Microsoft's ... |
3 June 2008
09:42 GMT |
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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer made an on stage appearance together at the D6 - All things Digital Conference in their 28th year together at Microsoft. The interview touched a variety of subjects from the early days of the company, to Google, Yahoo, Windows Vista, Windows 7 an... |
28 May 2008
10:23 GMT |
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Despite speculation and forecasts that Microsoft was going to adopt a new strategy for Windows development as far as future releases go, with a strong focus placed on modularization, the company promised that Windows Vista would not be the last of its kind. Windows 7, the next monolithic iteration of the Windows clie... |
26 May 2008
03:38 GMT |
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With or without Yahoo or even critical pieces of the Sunnyvale-based Internet giant, Microsoft is determined to go after Google with all it's got. And excluding an evolution through acquisitions or mergers, the Redmond company can only generate growth on the search engine and online advertising markets organical... |
22 May 2008
06:39 GMT |
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Thanks to a new trend which is responsible for increasingly pointing technology in the direction of adopting natural user interfaces, Bill Gates' initial goal for Microsoft - putting a computer on every desk in every home - is somewhat evolving. In fact, it has at this point in time transformed into efforts of i... |
15 May 2008
04:45 GMT |
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There are but scarce details pointing the direction in which Microsoft is taking the development of Windows 7, and the operating system, for that matter. Nevertheless, if Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is to be believed, Windows 7 is going to be less of a resource hog than its predecessor, although such a comparison c... |
12 May 2008
11:16 GMT |
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Microsoft will be responsible for building an ubiquitous computing environment in the "City of the Future." The Redmond company announced that its technology would be at the heart of Songdo, a new South Korean city being built 40 miles southwest of Seoul. Microsoft Solutions will cover various technological aspects ... |
9 May 2008
12:19 GMT |
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From the start of February and until the debut of May, Microsoft's new strategy on the search engine and online advertising markets seemed focused on the acquisition and integration of Yahoo as a key component. Microsoft insisted all along that the Sunnyvale Internet giant was just an aspect of its evolution, an... |
7 May 2008
05:21 GMT |
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Will the real Windows 7 availability date please stand up! While officially, when Microsoft is in PR mode, the company is pointing to 2010 for the delivery of its next iteration of Windows, additional indications, slip-ups and leaks point to the end of 2009 for the release deadline of Windows 7. With Microsoft comple... |
7 April 2008
06:34 GMT |
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From Bill Gates to Steve Jobs, from marketing jabs to product campaigns and from Windows to Mac OS X, the face-off between the Redmond- and Cupertino-based companies is nothing short of multifaceted. And the Microsoft - Apple stand-off has successfully been extended beyond the customers of the two giants to all the p... |
1 April 2008
11:29 GMT |
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