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The foundation tied to the Microsoft fortune has told the Federal Communications Commission that the government should spend more money on high-speed Internet upgrades for public libraries and schools. The FCC should make it easier to apply, too. "A growing number of schools and public libraries cannot afford connectivity upgrades because of the inability to pay for one-time only installation ...
The education reform movement led by Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Education Secretary Arne Duncan, former U.S. senator Bill Frist and others has a war to fight in its quest to put U.S. schoolchildren on a par with those in Europe and Asia. Tennessee -- and Memphis in particular -- is one of its major fronts, which is a good thing, because the supply of teachers to serve in the trenches is ...
Bill Gates, Sr., Mutual Fund Founder John Bogle, Richard Rockefeller and Others to Participate in Teleconference on the Need for a Strong Estate Tax
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has called Ray Kurzweil "the best person I know at predicting the future of artificial intelligence." In a book published in 1998, Kurzweil prognosticated the future we would see in 2009. Here are some of his hits and misses.
I'm sure that el Señor Bill Gates won't agree with Mark Anderson, but his words are spot on despite being a 20th Century soothsayer aka analyst. If Microsoft doesn't score something huge soon, they...
Boycott Novell: "Summary: Bill Gates professionally tied to Tony Blair, lobbies the FCC, promotes agricultural and pharmaceutical monopolists"
Erik Estavillo, a "professional plaintiff" who has gained attention by filing ridiculous video-gaming lawsuits and subpoenaing celebrities to be expert witnesses, has chosen his next subpoena victim: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates.
The "work smarter, not harder" adage applies to picking stocks. For instance, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, founded by Bill Gates of Microsoft fame along with wife Melinda, controls more than $10 billion in assets.
How many of you consider yourselves a philanthropist? The word conjures up super elite icons like Bill Gates, Oprah and Warren Buffet. However, the true definition of philanthropist is "lover of humanity."
Erik Estavillo has sued Sony for allegedly violating his First Amendment rights and Blizzard for "deceitful business practices." Now he's targeting Microsoft over the "red ring of death" affecting his Xbox 360, and has subpoenaed none other than Bill Gates himself over the issue. According to the subpoena obtained by GamePolitics , Gates is to bring "documents pertaining to the true and relative ...
In case you didn't catch Meet the Press this Sunday, Bill Gates made an appearance. The segment mainly dealt with his foundation, but dabbled a bit with technology. Specifically, Gates discussed the future of interface - how keyboards and mice are just one means of interaction.
(Washington, DC) -- Computer billionaire Bill Gates says the U.S. economy is at a plateau. The founder of Microsoft told NBC's "Meet the Press" he thinks citizens are also more confident "that the system isn't crumbling."
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates often calls himself an "impatient optimist" when it comes to philanthropy.
Just in case newspaper publishers were still fantasizing about cashing big Bill Gates checks in exchange for bailing on Google, Microsoft wants to be clear: Don't count on us. Yes, there could be some kind of deal between Microsoft and some publishers.
A decade ago, Silicon Valley was toasting the misfortune of Microsoft. "I'm sure there are Champagne corks being popped all over the valley," Gary Rivlin, author of "The Plot to Get Bill Gates," told The Chronicle on Nov. 5, 1999. That was the day U.S....
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates may have lost $18 billion in the economic crisis, but he's still the world's richest man, according to Forbes magazine, which estimates Gates' wealth as being around 40 billion. Gates is more closely associated with computer ...
