Dinner With Bill Gates
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"Jeff Maurone war zum Dinner bei Bill
Gates"
"Jeff Maurone war zum Dinner bei Bill
Gates"
07/29/2004 08:51 PM"A post about bill gates somehow fools a
whole lot of people into believing bill
gates posted the story, or is at least
reading the comments with rapt
interest."
"A post about bill gates somehow fools a
whole lot of people into believing bill
gates posted the story, or is at least
reading the comments with rapt
interest."
04/16/2004 08:49 AMDinner with Bill
Dinner with Bill
07/30/2004 11:52 AMJeff Maurone, an intern at Microsoft, shares his experience having dinner at Bill Gates' home.
Further and further you descend, past what seems to be an
annex library, as it was certainly not the primary librarian that
houses the Leicester Codex (Bill's original DaVinci notebook, for
which he paid approx $30.8 million). Elegantly non-intrusive but
screaming geekhood were sparsely placed digital canvases that, ever so
often, changed the artwork on the wall. We passed the movie theatre,
rumored to be the most advanced movie theatre in the world. Finally,
we reached the bottom level of the entertaining portion of the home.
To the left was a room with a design so powerful that it could only
exist in the home of the richest man in the world.
After hearing about the security surrounding the house and the
amount of work Bill does, it makes me appreciate the ability to sit on
my back porch, eat a popsicle, and watch the sun set.
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U.S. fines Bill Gates $800,000
U.S. fines Bill Gates $800,000
05/03/2004 03:16 PM
It may just be pocket change for
the richest man in the world, but Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has
been fined $800,000 by the federal government for violating an
antitrust rule. Will the world's richest man feel an $800,000 fine?
The technical incident has nothing to do with the government's massive
antitrust battles with Microsoft (MSFT: Research, Estimates). Gates,
whose fortune has been estimated at more than $40 billion, ran afoul
of the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department's Antitrust
Division for his purchases of stock in a drug company and a
waste-hauling firm.
Bill Gates gets a 4% pay raise
Bill Gates gets a 4% pay raise
09/21/2004 12:24 PMMicrosoft Chairman Bill Gates, the world's richest man, got a modest
pay raise over the last year, according to a company filing.
Gates, who is also the company's chief software architect, received
$901,667 in salary and bonus from the company for the fiscal year
ended June 30, the company revealed in its proxy filing with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. That's up 4.4 percent from the
year earlier total in salary and bonus.
But Gates' increase was lower than the nearly 15 percent rise in pay
and bonus he received the previous fiscal year. The filing also shows
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer received the identical pay and bonus as
Gates, as he has each of the previous two years. Neither executive
received stock options.
With 1.1 billion shares of Microsoft stock, or about 10 percent of its
shares outstanding, Gates' dividends during the year came to about
$175.6 million.
This November, the company plans to pay a special dividend of $3 per
share, subject to shareholder approval. The company announced in July
that Gates will donate his $3.3 billion proceeds of the special
dividend to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the charitable
organization named for him and his wife.
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Bill Gates fined $800,000
05/03/2004 04:36 PMCNN May 3 2004 8:05PM GMT
Bill Gates CES Keynote
Bill Gates CES Keynote
01/08/2004 07:33 PMYou know, tomorrow morning, when the International CES officially
opens, you will see the most cutting edge products and technology from
nearly 2,500 exhibitors. The International CES has a very impressive
lineup of leaders who want to share their knowledge with you. Our
keynoters include Fumio Ohtsubo, the president of Panasonic's AVC
Networks Company, and senior managing director of Matsushita
Electronic Industrial Company; Carly Fiorina, chairman and CEO of
Hewlett Packard Company; and Gary Forsee, chairman, president and CEO
of Sprint Company.
Bill Gates on webl0gs and RSS.
Bill Gates on webl0gs and RSS.
05/21/2004 01:07 PM
Bill Gates on weblogs and RSS. It was inevitable, wasn't it?!
Embrace and extend, baby. Embrace and extend...
Bill Gates on Spam
Bill Gates on Spam
06/29/2004 01:38 PMInternet News Jun 29 2004 4:59PM GMT
Bill Gates Is A Genius And You're Not
Bill Gates Is A Genius And You're Not
07/21/2004 11:39 PMAnalysts are cheering the news that Microsoft will pay its
shareholders a one-time dividend of $32 billion, that it will increase
its quarterly dividend and buy back another $30 billion in shares.
bill gates on bl0gging
bill gates on bl0gging
05/20/2004 09:53 PMCEO summit talk where he name-checks RSS and blogging for the second
time
Bill Gates to Upgrade Fun
Bill Gates to Upgrade Fun
09/01/2004 01:57 PMThe Microsoft man has a plan for the parks. What it is, he's not
saying yet.
Is Bill Gates Innovative?
Is Bill Gates Innovative?
09/17/2004 12:34 AMI'd argue, to a certain degree, yes. After all, he is probably one of
the major force in creating the software industry -- software as
something that a company can sell on its own, rather than something
that is given away free with the hardware.
Bill Gates Gives $20M to CMU for New
Building
Bill Gates Gives $20M to CMU for New
Building
09/16/2004 01:06 AMBill Gates And The Next Holy War
Bill Gates And The Next Holy War
06/24/2005 04:42 PM By Howard Anderson, Macworld UK
took Bill Gates several hours
took Bill Gates several hours
06/06/2004 03:12 AMA nice intuitive challenge .. Bill Gates figured it out ..
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Bill Gates to be Knighted
Bill Gates to be Knighted
01/25/2004 10:37 AMBill Gates: Unplugged
Bill Gates: Unplugged
11/19/2003 03:25 PMMicrosoft's chairman compares Linux to Unix in the 1970s and urges
people to "be careful" with utility computing.
Bill Gates stalks Nintendo - again
Bill Gates stalks Nintendo - again
08/05/2004 10:29 AMHave cash, will buy unwanted shares
Bill Gates : CES Coverage 2005
Bill Gates : CES Coverage 2005
01/06/2005 12:15 AMBill Gates, like many years before, headed up the keynote for the
Consumer Electronics Show 2005. Introduced with some light hearted
comedy by TV presenter Conan O'Brian, Bill Gates keynote announced
Microsoft's plans for the "digital lifestyle" in 2005.
Gates, starting 10 minutes late, announced that many new devices are
joining the "PlaysForSure" Microsoft program; the company
perceives there being problems amongst consumers as them being unsure
as to what music / content plays on what devices. Microsoft hope that
any concerns on these issues will be alleviated by this program. Gates
described music somewhat vaguely as "going digital", and
suggested the company was "pioneering" in the area. He
showed off the
iRiver device, and the
Samsung PMC. The ability to view photos on
PMC devices like the Samsung was touched on by Gates, who discussed
Microsoft’s advances in the area of viewing pictures. He’s hoping to
make it simpler to transfer digital content like pictures onto your PC
and demoed a camera (
Nikon D2X) with new transfer technology, as well
as in built wireless connectivity. Gate’s looked rather frustrated
when attempting to demo slide show technology on MCE 2005;
unfortunately, despite numerous attempts (and comic suggestions from
O’Brian) the slideshow failed to work until later in the show. It
became clear later that the bit had been setup to provide O’Brian / MS
PR team with an opportunity to Photoshop some photos of Gates for
comedy value; all in all the demo had three major failures.
Gates focused on “choice”, highlighting a commitment to letting people
view content when they wanted, on whatever device they wanted. He
described the centre piece for the drive as Windows
Media Center Edition, and noted that they had
shipped 1.4 million MCE devices. Products announced at CES included a
MSN TV device, a DVD Recording device, new SPOT watches, IP-TV, and
much more. Demoed was the MCE Extender for X-Box and MSN Remote Record
(currently in beta, to be launched later this quarter). The DVD
recorder was also demoed; the device is a records DVD’s, and also has
a TV tuner and a hard drive packaged together; the box is made by LG,
and features a MCE-esque style layout, with a very simple
functionality. This device is one of many new “integrated devices”
that Microsoft is keen on launching with MCE 2005. It also became
clear that the company is enthusiastic with High Definition (HD) TV
devices, offering high quality content in the home. One of the
presenters talked about voice, video and data coming through the same
pipe- named "IP-TV", an exciting, high bandwidth (and
perhaps futuristic) vision of content being offered in the years to
come. Software was demoed showing a baseball game where users could
control elements like angles viewed, made possible via IP-TV. The
potentials did seem quite endless for the technology, with a demo
being given on content being streamed from a MCE box onto a mobile
phone, and a mobile phone interacting with the box, functioning as a
big remote control. It’s re-assuring that Microsoft aren’t just
focusing on delivering content to one device (MCE boxes) but much
more; it’s also rather worrying that the company could be dominating
in many more markets.
Gates also announced a partnership between Microsoft, music channel
MTV, and
Tivo. Microsoft's
relationship with MTV is key for its push into the media centre
market. The company badly needs media providers like MTV to create
unique content to get users on the Windows Media platform. As part of
the agreement, MTV (and its sub-sites) will begin streaming content
using WMV 10. Microsoft wants to channel more content from providers
like MTV onto their media devices. The announcement comes with
MSN
Video, offering content for download straight to media devices
like the Creative Zen PMC. "We've declared our vision of enabling
digital entertainment anywhere, and today we are delivering three more
solutions to make that possible," said Blair Westlake, VP of
Media at Microsoft.
Tivo's recently launched "
TiVoToGo" will be done in partership with
Microsoft, allowing customers to transfer content recorded from TV
onto their Windows PC. Microsoft will offer a membership based
download service from the site, charging $19.99 per year for
un-limited access to content offered online. Content will be available
from Microsoft partners like MTV, as well as CNBC, MSNBC, Fox Sports,
Cookie Jar, Home and Garden TV, DIY Network, Food Network, Fine
Living, iFilm, Want Media and Break TV. Content offered will be
suitable for the range of "PlaysForSure" devices and will
later be compatible with Smartphones and Pocket PCs that support
video.
Xbox news was limited to discussion about the
products achievements over the past year, and noted that the X-Box
actually outsold the PS2. He noted
Halo-2’s
success, and said that there were 6.2m users playing the game. He
noted a commitment to making it easier for developers to code games
for the Xbox platform. Rumours that CES would see the launch of X-Box
2 were false; he touched on the fact that the next generation of Xbox
would be taking advantage of much higher graphics power, which
combined with HD-TV would produce much more enticing games.
All in all, Gates announced an impressive line up of new products at
CES. Although MCE didn't really take off as well as it might have last
year, the company hopes that 2005 will see far more interest in the
product. Microsoft hopes to re-assert itself in areas where it perhaps
lagged behind, and the offerings shown at this years CES are certain
impressive enough to make a good start.
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Bill Gates talks about bl0gging
05/21/2004 04:10 AMReuters
Microsoft's Gates Touts Blogging as
Business Tool
Gates described to his audience, which included Warren Buffett,
Jeff Bezos, Michael Dell, Carly Fiorina, Barry Diller and other top
business executives, how blogs worked and suggested that they could be
used as a tool for businesses to communicate with customers.
[...]
Microsoft, which has already amassed more than 700 employee
bloggers talking up its products and software in development, is
embracing blogs and RSS technology because they are yet another
potential threat and opportunity, said Joe Wilcox, analyst at Jupiter
Research.
[...]
Instead of RSS, however, Google is also promoting a rival
syndication standard called Atom.
So, we already knew that
Microsoft knows about and cares about blogs. Does the fact that Bill
Gates explained blogs to a bunch of people who already knew what blogs
were mean anything substantive?
Scoble, can you
give us the inside skinny? Is this going to turn into a Google-Atom
vs. Microsoft-RSS war as the article insinuates?
via Gen
Kanai
Bill Gates Hasn't Stopped Spam Yet
Bill Gates Hasn't Stopped Spam Yet
04/08/2005 08:15 PMEarly last year, Bill Gates announced that he was concentrating on the
spam problem and had
a few
ideas on how to stop the problem. Of course, all of those ideas
sounded like ideas that others were already trying -- and there was
still plenty of spam. It's now been a year since Bill Gates said that
his methods could get rid of spam in two years
and it's
not clear if his efforts have done very much. Certainly,
Microsoft has been suing spammers, and some claim that the overall
amount of spam has been decreasing a bit. However, we're still quite
a long way from getting rid of spam -- which means the special
department at Microsoft who's only job is to
manage
Bill Gates' spam (even if it's not
as
much as we were originally told) will probably still have plenty
of work to do a year from now.
Bill Gates spins the hits
Bill Gates spins the hits
09/22/2004 12:50 AMUsatoday.com - Tue Sep 21, 08:15 am GMT
Bill Gates -- just a sideshow at Comdex
Bill Gates -- just a sideshow at Comdex
11/19/2003 11:48 AMNational Post Online Nov 19 2003 10:28AM ET
Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
Q&A: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates
11/06/2003 06:28 AMvnunet.com Nov 6 2003 5:31AM ET
In Search Of China's Bill Gates
In Search Of China's Bill Gates
09/22/2004 09:59 AMFortune Sep 22 2004 1:52PM GMT
Bill Gates at the 2005 International CES
Bill Gates at the 2005 International CES
01/05/2005 06:30 AMOnce again, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates
opens the show with his vision of the year ahead in consumer
electronics. Bill will present his 2005 International CES keynote
address Wednesday, Jan. 5, at 6:30 p.m. PST in the Las Vegas Hilton
Theater.
Toyota Versus Bill Gates
Toyota Versus Bill Gates
08/10/2004 12:24 PMUnlike Microsoft, Toyota doesn't "rush to market."
Bill Gates Has Left the Building
Bill Gates Has Left the Building
04/28/2004 05:25 PMFor the first time ever in the two years I've been blogging, I have
closed the comments on an entry. I always thought I could never get
enough comments, but the things happening on the semi-legendary Bill Gates entry need to stop. Comments are
split between very sad stories, and people making fun of those sad
stories.
While I was at it, I closed the comments on the
Bush and Clinton entries as well. People thought they were talking to
Bush (a title of "Emailing the President" probably didn't help), and
the Clinton thing is straying too far into politics (admittedly, my
own comments aggravated this).
I had to dig out the manuals to find the right tag to close them,
because I removed that tag from my template long ago, thinking I'd
never want to close the comments on anything.
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Bill Gates donates $83m for TB research
Bill Gates donates $83m for TB research
02/13/2004 10:44 AMMicrosoft founder and billionaire, Bill Gates has donated $83 million
dollars to help in the research of Tuberculosis. Executive Director of
the Gates Foundation's Global Health Programme, Dr. Richard Klausner
said, "It is unacceptable that TB continues to kill someone every 15
seconds when we have the ability to discover new tools to stop it.
Through accelerated research and development, a new vaccine could
permanently change the trajectory of the epidemic and save millions of
lives every year." Tuberculosis is responsible for killing over two
million people every year.
Bill Gates to visit China
Bill Gates to visit China
06/17/2004 12:08 AMContent.sina.com - Wed Jun 16, 08:26 am GMT
Bill Gates says: "Today's Search is
Nothing"
Bill Gates says: "Today's Search is
Nothing"
02/01/2005 09:16 PMGates goes on to say, "...our research agenda will allow us to take
today's search from ourselves and Google and make what we have today
look like a joke."
Bill Gates Blog. AHHHHHH!!!!!
Bill Gates Blog. AHHHHHH!!!!!
06/26/2004 04:27 AM
Bill Gates May Blog. Always
ahead of the curve, the
astute visionary's groundbreaking foray into the virginal internet
territory, known by computer hackers as "web logging,"
won't be all business, either. He's expected to share personal
details such as tidbits from recent vacations. I for one am
trembling on the edge of my seat.
1.0 lacks
that special something.
Bill Gates Interview w/ Spiegel
Bill Gates Interview w/ Spiegel
02/07/2005 01:23 AMSlashdot Feb 6 2005 5:13PM GMT
"Bill Gates and Petals Around the Rose"
"Bill Gates and Petals Around the Rose"
06/11/2004 12:52 PMBill Gates Says Make Spammers Pay
Bill Gates Says Make Spammers Pay
01/23/2004 11:00 PMAP via Daily Press Jan 24 2004 3:08AM GMT
Bill Gates says make spammers pay
Bill Gates says make spammers pay
01/24/2004 12:10 AMBoston Globe Jan 24 2004 4:32AM GMT
Next EC antitrust czar was Bill Gates
fan
Next EC antitrust czar was Bill Gates
fan
08/23/2004 08:48 AMThe Register Aug 23 2004 1:23PM GMT
Bill Gates receives knighthood
Bill Gates receives knighthood
01/26/2004 06:41 AMArise Sir Global Philanthropist KBE and Bar
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