Bill Gates

Explanation of What Bill Gates’ Patent Investments Do to Developing World

Boycott Novell (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Vandana Shiva talks about patenting of seeds by the Gates-backed Monsanto, which also led to farmer suicides in India

Bill Gates, one decade later

TechFlash (Free subscription) | yesterday

Ten years ago, it wouldn't have been a surprise to see Bill Gates on "Meet the Press." But the questions then would have been very different than they're likely to be this Sunday morning, when Gates and his wife, Melinda, are scheduled to appear on the show to discuss their philanthropic work .

Gates doesn't consider self a Phoenix City Council insider

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | yesterday

Still not elected to a full council term, Bill Gates says he hopes to bring fresh ideas to the Phoenix City Council.

Windows Always Crash When You Have Unsaved Stuff

Celebrity Gossip (Free subscription) | yesterday

Bill Gates Dude just make a better product, and just stop making my life a living pain. We know you have like 98% of the market but you don't have to rude it in our face with a lame product. Sorry for comparing Bill Gates to Hitler. I know thats going a bit too far but i am so mad right now.

Windows isn’t done until Notes won’t run

Dominux Consulting Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday

just read an email published on Groklaw from Bill Gates From: Bill Gates To: Bill Bass; Bob Muglia; Brad Silverberg; Brad Struss; Brian MacDonald; Chris Guzak; Chris Peters; Darryl Rubin; Doug Henrich; Erik Gavriluk; Jim Allchin; Joe Belfiore; Kurt Eckhardt; Leif Pederson; Mike Koss; Paul Maritz; Russell Siegelman; Satoshi Nakajima; Steve Madigan; Tom Evslin Cc: Brian Fleming Subject: Shell [...]

Comes Exhibit 2151 - Gates: "I have decided we should not publish these extensions."

Groklaw (Free subscription) | yesterday

Here's another relevant exhibit, Exhibit 2151 [PDF] from the collection of exhibits in the Comes v. Microsoft case, an email from Bill Gates, the subject was "Shell plans - iShellBrowser", dated October 3, 1994, to Bill Bass, Bob Muglia et al. In connection with iShellBrowswer, Gates writes: I have decided that we should not publish these extensions. We should wait until we have a way to...

Democrats join corporate America in attack on schools

Choosing Democracy (Free subscription) | yesterday

Here we have it: The Democratic Leadership Council, corporate power, and the Broad Foundation joining hands to destroy public education. Bill Gates must have taken the day off. Don't dismiss this as right-wing propaganda typical of the Wall Street Journal editorial page. This trio is likely to be spewing their filth in the New York Times and the Washington Post any day soon. If you doubt that the...

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Bill Nye Demonstrates Distance Between Planets

[Geeks are Sexy] (Free subscription) | yesterday

In the following video, Bill Nye demonstrates a scale model of the solar system by riding his bike across a barren plain. Richard Dawkins wrote this about our planetary system: Find a large open space, and take a soccer ball to represent the sun. Put the ball down and walk ten paces in a straight line, stick [...] Related posts: Bill Gates vs. Steve Jobs: The Game Bill Gates Facebook Page What if Earth...

New Computer With Vista And Old Speakers Don’t Work

High Quality Speakers (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009

Microsoft is the biggest software producer in the world, with more than 50.000 employees in many countries. It was founded back in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, in the United States of America, and it has its headquarters in Redmond, Washington USA. Microsoft invented, and its still producing today the most famous and [...]

Free At Last...Free At Last

What I'd liked to have said (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

Thank Anyone But Bill Gates...I'm Free At Last... Well Ladies and Gentlemen, I have to hand it to the Norton 360 software people, because after FOUR full scans lasting about 15 hours over THREE days, today's Virus Update Download finally caught up with the bull crap that had my old HP laptop tied in knots since last Friday. A quick scan after downloading the newest descriptions took care of things,...

A Microsoft Christmas

HTMF: Prince Rupert's Website (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, except Papa's mouse. The computer was humming, the icons were hopping, As Papa did last minute Internet shopping. The stockings were hung by the modem with care In hope that St. Nicholas would bring new software. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of computer games danced in their...

Climategate and academic accountability

Open IT Strategies (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

Due to inadequate computer security, 156 megabytes of embarrassing emails by the leading British climate research unit have surfaced in an incident now called “Climategate.” This is reminiscent of the embarrassing Bill Gates emails about crushing competitors (or Richard Nixon and his tapes): people will make sure that there are no records of dishonest behavior, rather than ending the behavior....

The parable of the sower

LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

Monsanto The parable of the sower The debate over whether Monsanto is a corporate sinner or saint FEW companies excite such extreme emotions as Monsanto. To its critics, the agricultural giant is a corporate hybrid of Victor Frankenstein and Ebenezer Scrooge, using science to create foods that threaten the health of both people and the planet, and intellectual-property laws to squeeze every last penny...

Class war

LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

A spat among professional networks Class war Does local beat global in the professional-networking business? Untold billions, five contacts IN THE three-way fight between the biggest online professional networks—America’s LinkedIn, France’s Viadeo and Germany’s Xing—this week the French contender scored a victory. Last year LinkedIn had struck a deal with Apec, France’s...

Folksy Luxury of Christofle jewels

diandian (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009

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