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  • July 2008

    • Bloomberg, Gates Take On Smoking

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 1:20 PM CDT

      Bloomberg, Gates Take On Smoking

      Microsoft founder Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg are pooling their piles of money and pouring $375 million into a global effort to cut smoking. The two philanthropists—who have a combined worth of more than $70 billion—say the new effort will target developing countries where tobacco use is highest. More »

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      Michael Bloomberg  • smoking  • Bill Gates  • cigarettes  • philanthropy  • billionaires

    • UK Immigration Rules Would Exclude This Man

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Jul 16, 08 4:19 PM CDT

      UK Immigration Rules Would Exclude This Man

      Strict new immigration rules aimed at attracting highly skilled workers to Britain would keep tech icons Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell from getting top-tier visas, Bloomberg notes, because they don't have college degrees. "It's a dumbing-down,'' one opponent says. "If you're a 20-something American with a bachelor's degree and you earn [$52,000] a year, you're a high-skilled migrant. You can come in, but Bill Gates can't.'' More »

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      Great Britain  • Gordon Brown  • immigration  • college  • Steve Jobs  • Bill Gates  • immigration reform  • Michael Dell  • college graduates  • skilled labor

  • June 2008

    • Who's the Best VP Pick? Take a Wild Guess

      newser  |  Politico  |  Jun 29, 08 6:57 PM CDT

      Who's the Best VP Pick? Take a Wild Guess

      Nancy Pelosi suggested an unlikely vice-presidential candidate for Barack Obama this week, and got Politico's editors thinking—who are the best longshot candidates for both parties? They called up political analysts and drummed up seven names that are "unconventional" but "reasonably viable." Bill Gates topped the list for his business smarts, something John McCain needs—but Gates apparently leans Democrat these days. More »

    • Teary Farewell for Gates

      newser  |  Seattle Times  |  Jun 27, 08 4:18 PM CDT

      Teary Farewell for Gates

      Microsoft celebrated Bill Gates’ last day as a full-time employee today, the Seattle Times reports. More than 800 employees, family members and friends shared memories at the company’s corporate conference center in Redmond, Wash. CEO Steve Ballmer bid a tearful farewell to his longtime friend: "We've been given a enormous opportunity, and Bill gave us that opportunity," he told the audience. More »

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      Microsoft  • technology  • Bill Gates  • Steve Ballmer  • philanthropy  • computer programming  • computer science  • Redmond

    • Reflective Gates Waxes Nostalgic

      newser  |  Fortune Magazine  |  Jun 26, 08 9:00 PM CDT

      Reflective Gates Waxes Nostalgic

      Pictures of Bill Gates the child in a football uniform and alongside Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in their high school computer room are among 15 shots in an exclusive Fortune photo essay. Gates himself narrates the slideshow chronicling Microsoft’s roots, through its founding and 1986 IPO. Other shots show the first Microsoft business card and Gates signing autographs for Harley-Davidson fans in 1991. More »

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      Microsoft  • Bill Gates  • operating system  • personal computers  • Paul Allen  • computers

    • Microsoft Without Bill Gates? His Final Week Begins

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Jun 23, 08 10:41 AM CDT

      Microsoft Without Bill Gates? His Final Week Begins

      This will be Bill Gates’ last Monday at Microsoft, the company that the 52-year-old founded with business partner Paul Allen as a teenager. He’s retiring Friday from Microsoft’s day-to-day business and beginning full-time work with his $37.3 billion philanthropic organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. He's been planning this week for 4 years, and Newsweek takes a look at the bizarre notion of a Gates-less Microsoft . More »

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      Microsoft  • Bill Gates  • retirement  • Windows  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

    • 'Bogus Bill Gates' Winds Down Career

      newser  |  Network World  |  Jun 22, 08 9:19 AM CDT

      'Bogus Bill Gates' Winds Down Career

      The Washington man who made his living doing dead-on impressions of Bill Gates is following the billionaire into retirement. Steve Sires has been impersonating the Microsoft chairman for a decade, and charging $2,500 for an appearance. But as the 52-year old Gates is winding down his career, so is his look-a-like, reports Network World . More »

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      Microsoft  • Bill Gates  • impersonator

    • Dissed by Vista, Businesses Return the Favor

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 11, 08 12:45 PM CDT

      Dissed by Vista, Businesses Return the Favor

      Microsoft's strategy of marketing Vista to consumers has turned off its other core constituency, the Wall Street Journal reports: business. Certainly, technical issues and a fat price tag have decimated the number of companies planning to install it: Just 26% of IT departments say they expect to install Vista by 2010, down from 68% last year. More »

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      Microsoft  • marketing  • Bill Gates  • Microsoft Vista  • Windows

    • Gates Departure Should Calm the Waters

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Jun 5, 08 4:24 PM CDT

      Gates Departure Should Calm the Waters

      Bill Gates’ departure from full-time employment at Microsoft on June 27 will end 8 contentious years in which Gates has attempted to stay onboard while nominally beneath his close friend and new CEO, Steve Ballmer. Though they built the company together, this “ambassadorial succession” produced mixed results, with Gates undermining Ballmer in front of executives, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • technology  • software  • Bill Gates  • Steve Ballmer  • leadership  • executive power  • power sharing  • corporate leadership

  • May 2008

    • Life After Gates Will Take Some Adjustment

      newser  |  MarketWatch  |  May 29, 08 3:05 PM CDT

      Life After Gates Will Take Some Adjustment

      Microsoft and CEO Steve Ballmer are facing a scary, new post-Bill-Gates world, Therese Poletti writes on MarketWatch. On a panel at the All Things Digital conference earlier this week, Ballmer and Gates fielded questions about Microsoft’s failed Yahoo bid and unpopular Vista operating system. “Ballmer and indeed Microsoft face many challenges on the road ahead,” comments Poletti. More »

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      Microsoft  • Bill Gates  • Steve Ballmer

    • Microsoft Will Offer Search Customers Cash

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  May 21, 08 10:46 AM CDT

      Microsoft Will Offer Search Customers Cash

      Having largely abandoned its bid to buy, in the form of Yahoo, a significant presence in the Internet search business, Microsoft now will give customers money back when they buy items through its Live.com search portal, the Wall Street Journal reports. To be made official today, the move makes clear Microsoft isn't giving up on its search ambitions. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • online advertising  • Bill Gates  • search engine  • search engine marketing

    • Microsoft Takes Windows to the Walls

      newser  |  CNET  |  May 15, 08 8:22 AM CDT

      Microsoft Takes Windows to the Walls

      Microsoft has already unveiled mega-expensive “Surface” computers, with which a user interacts solely through touch. Now, cNet reports, it's unveiled an impressive lower-budget version: the TouchWall. Touchwall looks like an ordinary projector, except that the image it projects on the wall is itself an interactive touch screen. More »

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      Microsoft  • technology  • Bill Gates

    • Ballmer's Competitive Streak Drove Yahoo Bid

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  May 4, 08 7:36 PM CDT

      Ballmer's Competitive Streak Drove Yahoo Bid

      Microsoft's Yahoo bid put CEO Steve Ballmer to the test: How much would he pay to fulfill his promise to "(expletive) kill Google"? Forty-seven billion bucks was too high, but many say he'll try again—and may have a tough time convincing investors it's all cool calculation. Microsoft still lags behind Google in search advertising, and that makes Ballmer steam, the AP reports. More »

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      Google  • Microsoft  • Yahoo  • online advertising  • Bill Gates  • Steve Ballmer  • takeover  • takeover bid  • online ads

    • Spam, Curse of Web, Turns 30

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  May 3, 08 11:06 AM CDT

      Spam, Curse of Web, Turns 30

      Spam turns 30 today, but don't break out the champagne just yet: The junk e-mail is as healthy as ever, frustrating tech experts desperate to blow out its candles. It all started on May 3, 1978, with a pitch for a new computer on a government-run precursor to the Internet. Even then, the reaction was fierce, the Washington Post says. More »

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      Internet  • email  • Bill Gates  • spam

  • April 2008

    • Microsoft Profit Dips 11%

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Apr 24, 08 4:43 PM CDT

      Microsoft Profit Dips 11%

      Microsoft's profits fell 11% in the third quarter amid concern that corporate clients are cutting back during the economic downturn, Bloomberg reports. The software giant reported net income of $4.39 billion, or 47 cents a share, down from $4.93 billion a year ago. The company's revenue remained flat at $14.5 billion, in line with estimates but disappointing investors, Bloomberg notes. Shares fell 4.5%. More »

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      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • Bill Gates  • earnings reports

    • Microsoft and Yahoo: Second Date, Still No Kiss

      newser  |  Wall Street Journal  |  Apr 4, 08 1:18 PM CDT

      Microsoft and Yahoo: Second Date, Still No Kiss

      Microsoft and Yahoo execs met again this week, but the software maker refused to raise its takeover offer and the two sides failed to make progress toward an agreement. Yahoo won’t enter formal negotiations unless Microsoft increases its Jan. 31 cash-and-stock bid, then worth $44.6 billion and now about $42 billion, sources told the Wall Street Journal . More »

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      Microsoft  • Yahoo  • mergers and acquisitions  • Bill Gates  • Jerry Yang

  • March 2008

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