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Bill Gates Leaving Might Help Mend Silicon Valley Fences
Here is a short clip from CNET of a tearful Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, telling employees to personally thank Bill Gates for the opportunity to work at Microsoft and thank him for instilling the culture of Microsoft, its "passion, intensity, and tenacity." ...
ZDNet – Oct 7, 2008 05:44 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Here is a short clip from CNET of a tearful Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, telling employees to personally thank Bill Gates for the opportunity to work at Microsoft and thank him for instilling the culture of Microsoft, its "passion, intensity, and tenacity." ...
ZDNet – Oct 7, 2008 05:44 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Clive Thompson: Why Veteran Visionaries Will Save the World
Don't trust anyone over 30. That's the prevailing wisdom in Silicon Valley, a land once again bestrode by millionaire CEOs who just learned to shave. Many people believe that the breakthrough ideas come only from the young. And why not? Media stories constantly recite the ages of a few fam ... more »
Wired News – Oct 7, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Don't trust anyone over 30. That's the prevailing wisdom in Silicon Valley, a land once again bestrode by millionaire CEOs who just learned to shave. Many people believe that the breakthrough ideas come only from the young. And why not? Media stories constantly recite the ages of a few fam ... more »
Wired News – Oct 7, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Bill Gates fund reports stake in Strategic Hotels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire Bill Gates's Cascade Investment on Monday reported a 5.6 percent active stake in Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc .
Reuters – Oct 6, 2008 9:42 PM [GMT] – comment?
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Billionaire Bill Gates's Cascade Investment on Monday reported a 5.6 percent active stake in Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc .
Reuters – Oct 6, 2008 9:42 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Algae fueling the green revolution
Bill Gates and Boeing are joining local scientists in the race to turn pond scum into environmentally friendly, cost-effective fuel to power our cars, trucks, airplanes and boats.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Oct 6, 2008 04:59 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Local: Washington: Seattle-Tacoma
Bill Gates and Boeing are joining local scientists in the race to turn pond scum into environmentally friendly, cost-effective fuel to power our cars, trucks, airplanes and boats.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer – Oct 6, 2008 04:59 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Gates halts funding for $60M education reform effort
About 16 months ago, Bill Gates and fellow billionaire Eli Broad teamed up to make education reform a top issue in the 2008 presidential election.
bizjournals.com – Oct 6, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
found in Business: Careers
About 16 months ago, Bill Gates and fellow billionaire Eli Broad teamed up to make education reform a top issue in the 2008 presidential election.
bizjournals.com – Oct 6, 2008 04:00 AM [GMT] – comment?
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John Naughton: Slavish reporters join Microsoft in cloud cuckoo land
Once upon a time, the ultimate put-down to a bright spark was to say, 'well, if you're so smart, how come you're not so rich?'. Wall Street Crash 2.0 has rather undermined this ploy, by making it clear that an awful lot of very rich folks were anything but smart. It turns out tha ... more »
The Guardian – Oct 4, 2008 11:56 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Once upon a time, the ultimate put-down to a bright spark was to say, 'well, if you're so smart, how come you're not so rich?'. Wall Street Crash 2.0 has rather undermined this ploy, by making it clear that an awful lot of very rich folks were anything but smart. It turns out tha ... more »
The Guardian – Oct 4, 2008 11:56 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Bill Gates Donates Millions To MSU
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ClickOnDetroit.com – Oct 3, 2008 10:18 PM [GMT] – comment?
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ClickOnDetroit.com – Oct 3, 2008 10:18 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Zune services on Win Mobile = 'Pink'
CEO Steve Ballmer reiterated this week that Microsoft has decided against building its own Zune phone. (Chairman Bill Gates said the same thing back in January 2008, for those keeping score at home.) Ballmer also noted this week that Microsoft is looking to bring Zune software/services to Windows Mo ... more »
ZDNet – Oct 3, 2008 2:26 PM [GMT] – comment?
found in Technology: Software
CEO Steve Ballmer reiterated this week that Microsoft has decided against building its own Zune phone. (Chairman Bill Gates said the same thing back in January 2008, for those keeping score at home.) Ballmer also noted this week that Microsoft is looking to bring Zune software/services to Windows Mo ... more »
ZDNet – Oct 3, 2008 2:26 PM [GMT] – comment?
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Annual U.N. summit yields traffic jams and accordsSo many world leaders have converged on the United Nations over the past week that at one point billionaire Bill Gates was left cooling...
The Seattle Times – Oct 1, 2008 7:34 PM [GMT] – comment?
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A Robot In Every Home?
Observers like Bill Gates believe that by 2025 we could have robots in every home. In labs across Europe, researchers are creating designs that could become the robo-butler of the future.
Science Daily – Sep 30, 2008 02:22 AM [GMT] – comment?
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Observers like Bill Gates believe that by 2025 we could have robots in every home. In labs across Europe, researchers are creating designs that could become the robo-butler of the future.
Science Daily – Sep 30, 2008 02:22 AM [GMT] – comment?
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