Bill Gates Forecasts Victory Over Spam

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Gates forecasts victory over spam

Gates forecasts victory over spam 01/24/2004 12:33 PM
The Microsoft boss says spam e-mail will soon be a thing of the past, and praises rival Google at the WEF in Davos.

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victory over spam 01/24/2004 05:02 PM
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Gates forecasts end to spam

Gates forecasts end to spam 01/26/2004 05:11 AM
The Microsoft boss says spam e-mail will soon be a thing of the past, and praises rival Google at the WEF in Davos.

Bill Gates on Spam

Bill Gates on Spam 06/29/2004 01:38 PM
Internet News Jun 29 2004 4:59PM GMT

Bill Gates Hasn't Stopped Spam Yet

Bill Gates Hasn't Stopped Spam Yet 04/08/2005 08:15 PM
Early 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.

Survey: Spam will beat Bill Gates

Survey: Spam will beat Bill Gates 04/30/2004 09:10 AM
A survey of IT security professionals conducted at the Infosecurity show in London this week revealed that more than 80 percent of people do not think that Bill Gates' pledge to eliminate spam within two years is realistic. In June 2003, the Microsoft chairman called for cooperation between government and corporations to fight the spammers. But Gates was branded hypocritical by anti-spam organizations because they said that Microsoft was only focusing on reducing the amount of spam received, rather than the spam sent by its users and servers.

Bill Gates: Progress Report on SPAM

Bill Gates: Progress Report on SPAM 06/29/2004 07:05 PM

Bill Gates falls flat on his spam

Bill Gates falls flat on his spam 02/10/2004 02:48 AM
It has been almost 10 years since Bill Gates discovered the Internet (in late 1995) and decided that Microsoft's future lie in delivering the "Internet experience" to all of its users.

Experts Don't Believe Bill Gates Can
Stop Spam

Experts Don't Believe Bill Gates Can
Stop Spam 04/30/2004 02:47 PM
Earlier this year, Bill Gates made a splash by announcing that he was spending much of his time trying to come up with ways to fight spam. Unfortunately, most of the methods he listed have been tried before without much luck. Also, many people pointed out that some of the reason spam is such a problem is because of Microsoft security problems (which were not among the things Gates was looking to fix). Well, now the experts have weighed in and they pretty much agree with everyone else: Bill Gates won't be able to stop spam. In fact, many seem to think it's fairly amusing that he thinks he can.

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reading the comments with rapt
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Bill Gates Trying To Reinvent The Wheel
To Stop Spam

Bill Gates Trying To Reinvent The Wheel
To Stop Spam 01/23/2004 11:00 PM
Now that he's no longer running the business side of Microsoft, Bill Gates has apparently turned his attention to spam. That's right, in his spare time, he's been messing around with a variety of ways to solve the spam problem, though, it sounds like all of his ideas are already being tried elsewhere. I guess that's not all that surprising considering Microsoft's history. What will be more interesting is whether or not he can get any of these methods to really work. The first is using basic sender authentication via a challenge-response solution. His second idea is basically greylisting (making servers slow down emails from unknown senders to make it more difficult/expensive for spammers to send out so many messages), which seems to be getting some more attention these days. His final idea, though, which he seems to have the most faith in, is a money-based plan to charge unknown senders to email you. The idea is that you would set a price for unknown people to email you - but you have the option of waiving that fee if it turns out you really wanted to hear from someone. I've heard of people talking about similar plans, but have never heard of it being implemented.

No more spam Microsoft boss Bill Gates
pledges to unclog our inboxes

No more spam Microsoft boss Bill Gates
pledges to unclog our inboxes 01/24/2004 01:42 PM
BBC Jan 24 2004 5:37PM GMT

Next News: Scary forecasts by
cybersecurity expert Bill Neugent

Next News: Scary forecasts by
cybersecurity expert Bill Neugent 08/04/2004 05:20 PM
US News Aug 4 2004 9:05PM GMT

In Victory for Bush, House Approves
Bankruptcy Bill

In Victory for Bush, House Approves
Bankruptcy Bill 04/14/2005 05:05 PM
The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a major overhaul of the nation's bankruptcy laws today.

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 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 fined $800,000

Bill Gates fined $800,000 05/03/2004 04:36 PM
CNN May 3 2004 8:05PM GMT

Dinner With Bill Gates

Dinner With Bill Gates 07/28/2004 09:41 AM
Jeff Maurone: Are you beginning to feel like you are in Myst (the video game), because I was.

Bill Gates to be Knighted

Bill Gates to be Knighted 01/25/2004 10:37 AM

took Bill Gates several hours

took Bill Gates several hours 06/06/2004 03:12 AM
A nice intuitive challenge .. Bill Gates figured it out .. Here’s

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Bill Gates: Unplugged

Bill Gates: Unplugged 11/19/2003 03:25 PM
Microsoft's chairman compares Linux to Unix in the 1970s and urges people to "be careful" with utility computing.

bill gates on bl0gging

bill gates on bl0gging 05/20/2004 09:53 PM
CEO summit talk where he name-checks RSS and blogging for the second time

Bill Gates gets a 4% pay raise

Bill Gates gets a 4% pay raise 09/21/2004 12:24 PM
Microsoft 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 Gives $20M to CMU for New
Building

Bill Gates Gives $20M to CMU for New
Building 09/16/2004 01:06 AM

Bill Gates Is A Genius And You're Not

Bill Gates Is A Genius And You're Not 07/21/2004 11:39 PM
Analysts 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.

Is Bill Gates Innovative?

Is Bill Gates Innovative? 09/17/2004 12:34 AM
I'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 to Upgrade Fun

Bill Gates to Upgrade Fun 09/01/2004 01:57 PM
The Microsoft man has a plan for the parks. What it is, he's not saying yet.

Bill Gates And The Next Holy War

Bill Gates And The Next Holy War 06/24/2005 04:42 PM

By Howard Anderson, Macworld UK

Bill Gates CES Keynote

Bill Gates CES Keynote 01/08/2004 07:33 PM
You 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.

$4 million spam victory for Microsoft

$4 million spam victory for Microsoft 07/20/2004 01:07 PM
Out-Law.com Jul 20 2004 4:54PM GMT

Bill Gates receives knighthood

Bill Gates receives knighthood 01/26/2004 06:41 AM
Arise Sir Global Philanthropist KBE and Bar

Bill Gates, ¿creador de Internet?

Bill Gates, ¿creador de Internet? 05/14/2004 09:06 PM

Bill Gates at the 2005 International CES

Bill Gates at the 2005 International CES 01/05/2005 06:30 AM
Once 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.

Next EC antitrust czar was Bill Gates
fan

Next EC antitrust czar was Bill Gates
fan 08/23/2004 08:48 AM
The Register Aug 23 2004 1:23PM GMT

Bill Gates : CES Coverage 2005

Bill Gates : CES Coverage 2005 01/06/2005 12:15 AM
Bill 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 donates $83m for TB research

Bill Gates donates $83m for TB research 02/13/2004 10:44 AM
Microsoft 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.

Make spammers pay, Bill Gates says

Make spammers pay, Bill Gates says 01/25/2004 05:16 PM
Boston Globe Jan 25 2004 9:01PM GMT

Toyota Versus Bill Gates

Toyota Versus Bill Gates 08/10/2004 12:24 PM
Unlike Microsoft, Toyota doesn't "rush to market."

Bill Gates to get honorary knighthood

Bill Gates to get honorary knighthood 01/25/2004 01:52 AM
iafrica.com Jan 25 2004 6:04AM GMT
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