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Microsoft's Gates argue in favor of white spaces access to FCCOpen in New Window
"Still very much the chairman of Microsoft, Bill Gates is expected to try to convince an FCC commissioner to help quell an NAB proposal that would push back a vote on "freeing the white spaces"... read more »
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Gates dethroned as tech's richest get thumpedOpen in New Window
Gavin Clark writes on The Register that Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in America, a title he held for 15 years. Warren Buffet has taken his place. read more »
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Bill Gates Leaving Might Help Mend Silicon Valley FencesOpen in New Window
Tom Foremski posts a video clip of Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, telling employees to "personally thank Bill Gates for the opportunity to work at Microsoft and thank him for instilling the cultur read more »
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Bill Gates and Code CompleteOpen in New Window
Jeff Atwood provides interesting commentary on a continuing series of strange ads for Microsoft starring Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld, as well as highlighting the fact that Bill Gates reads from a c read more »
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Who Are the Richest People In Tech?Open in New Window
"Forbes has once again released its list of America's richest people and, not surprisingly, Bill Gates topped the list with an estimated wealth of about $57 billion. But Gates isn't alone as the read more »
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What's in Store for Windows 7?Open in New Window
Microsoft has unveiled its plans to release a successor to Vista and Windows Server in 2009 known as "Windows 7." At the keynote, Bill Gates unveiled some of the details of this up and coming relea read more »
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Microsoft to Spend $300M to Counter Apple Ad Campaign.Open in New Window
Microsoft has announced the launch of a 300 million dollar ad campaign to counter some "pesky competitors" in hopes of defending Vista's reputation and to unveil some new developments for the stil read more »
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Gates no longer richest man thanks to Microsoft's Yahoo bid.Open in New Window
Larry Dignan reports on Bill Gates' fall from first to third richest man according to Forbes' list which now places him behind Warren Buffett and Carlos Slim. Gates' lost significant value due to read more »
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