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Gates joins ex-Microsoft CTO to register patentsOpen in New Window
Washington troll patrolBill Gates is working with his former chief technology officer turned IP collector Nathan Myhrvold to register patents in a way that could help Microsoft monetize the internet. read more »
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Bill Gates, Dolly Parton Tussle Over White SpacesOpen in New Window
With a crucial vote scheduled in a week, the FCC is being deluged by supporters and opponents of the unlicensed wireless services between the current TV spectrum. read more »
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Gates, Microsoft lobby FCC for unlicensed white spaces useOpen in New Window
Microsoft is lobbying the Federal Communications Commission this week to allow unlicensed use of so-called "white spaces" television spectrum for wireless Internet services. read more »
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White space lobbying fast and furious as Bill Gates joins inOpen in New Window
In the last few weeks, white space backers have brought out the big guns to lobby the FCC. Senators, Google cofounders, and even Bill Gates are now directly involved in an effort to shape FCC opinion read more »
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Bill Gates launches stealth bgC3 LLC projectOpen in New Window
Plenty of time for thinkingSo much for quitting Microsoft to spend more time with his medicines. Billionaire Bill Gates has reportedly started a new venture, bgC3 LLC.… read more »
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Bill Gates’ Mysterious New “think tank”: bgC3Open in New Window
It's only been a few months since Bill's last day at Microsoft. Everybody asked themselves (and him, obviously) "what's next?" Clearly his greatest responsibility is to the Foundation, but to leave t read more »
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RNA-based logic gates compute inside cellsOpen in New Window
Researchers have engineered RNA molecules that act as logic gates, determining AND and OR states (as well as NAND and NOR) and registering the output as protein expression. But silicon chips don't ha read more »
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Gates predicts 'significant' US recessionOpen in New Window
Place your faith in Spam<br />The oracle of Redmond Bill Gates is back, predicting the US economy will suffer a "fairly significant recession" and unemployment will surpass nine per cent.… read more »
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