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Have you been wondering about Microsoft change of heart on open source? Thank Bill Gates for that.

I know that the Tux Brigade and open source diehards like to paint Microsoft as some great big bad monopolistic company that is out to destroy everything Linux and turn open source into a bad word; and ... continue

Bill Gates Gives Away $750 Million To Help Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria

Bill Gates on Thursday announced that the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will provide $750 million to the Global Fund which is currently fighting the worldwide spread of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The announcement arrived at the World ... continue

Bill Gates: Rich People Should Pay More Taxes [Video]

Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates has some news for Washington D.C., he feel that he is not paying enough in taxes. In an interview Gates told the BBC. , "The United States has a huge budget deficit, so taxes are ... continue

Bill Gates Celebrates Philanthropy In China

Bill Gates has recently been to China to see for himself the rise in philanthropy. He said: “There is noteworthy philanthropy going on at all levels of society in China, not just among the very fortunate. One ... continue

Arfa Karim Randhawa, Computer Programming Prodigy, Dies at 16

Computer prodigy Arfa Karim Randhawa, who was the World's youngest Microsoft certified professional, died at the age of 16 in a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan. Randhawa was brought to the hospital a few weeks ago after she ... continue

Since 2007 Bill Gates has given away 48 percent of his net-worth for charity [Infographic]

Say what you will about Bill Gates but there is no denying that he has had an impressive impact on our society during his leadership at Microsoft and continues to be a force of change through his ... continue

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Reduced India Aids Cases By 100,000 [Study]

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested $258 million to help prevent AIDS in India and now a recent study has shown that nearly 100,000 people in the region have avoiding the virus because of the ... continue

Bill Gates is the Richest Man in America For the 18th Consecutive Year

Who's the richest man in America? For the last 18 years, the answer to that question has been Bill Gates. Gates took the number one spot again this year on Forbes 400 list, beating out fellow billionaires ... continue

Khan Academy Changing the Way We Learn

Salman Khan started out creating videos aimed at assisting his niece, Nadia, with her math homework. That was in 2004. Fast forward to today and the Khan Academy, Khan's free educational website, has over 2,300 videos aimed at helping ... continue

Microsoft Board Supports Steve Ballmer Despite Calls Of Resignation

Steve Ballmer's job is safe, at least for the short term. This week hedge fund manager David Einhorn asked the company to find a new leader to help rejuvenate the company's focus however a source close to ... continue

According to Bill Gates college should cost $2,000

The one big thing that I don't like about a lot of the so-called online learning is that for the most part it is nothing more than a money machine bilking the government out of millions of ... continue

Is a blog a blog if it doesn’t have an RSS feed – even if you’re Bill Gates?

Wow .. Old Billy Boy sure seems to be getting this social media thing down pat. He's on Twitter as a verified account (@billgates) with some 238,000+ followers (he is only following 40 people) and he's apparently ... continue

Bill Gates Gives $100,000 To Fight Malaria With Gum And Chocolate

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has donated $100,000 to a group that's fighting Malaria. The procedure used, providing gum and chocolate to patients may seem a little strange, but it's also a simple and cheap means ... continue

Bill Gates caught having an affair

I guess it was inevitable - *sigh* continue

They see me rollin’…

...they hatin'. [Via PunditKitchen] continue

Overkill: scientists building laser system to kill mosquitoes. But wait, there’s more!

Scientists in Seattle are developing a laser based attack system that will shoot down mosquitoes. If that's not overkill enough, it gets better: the system is based on the Strategic Defense Initiative proposal (Star Wars), the satellite based ... continue

A fireside chat with Bill Gates

Love him or hate him there is no denying that Bill Gates has brought about many changes in our world through his time at Microsoft. As he moves into the future with the Bill & Melina Gates ... continue

Buffett now richest American; Gates poorer

As if announcing who is rich matters especially at this time when everyone is poor (or feeling poor), a recalculated list by Forbes would name Warren Buffett as richest American in the Forbes 400 list. The recalculation took ... continue

Microsoft’s Seinfeld Spots Smash “I’m a PC” For Viral Viewing

Love 'em or hate 'em, it looks like Bill and Jerry's short-lived Microsoft ad campaign made more of a dent than the current crop of "I'm a PC" spots -- at least, when it comes to online ... continue

Microsoft dumps Seinfield from ad campaign

Microsoft has dropped comedian Jerry Seinfield from its ad campaign after widespread derision, according to a report from Valleywag later confirmed by Kara Swisher. You can see our full coverage on the campaign so far as follows: ... continue

Bill Gates Jerry Seinfield Microsoft Ad 2

After heavy head shaking following the first effort, the Bill Gates Jerry Seinfield Microsoft ad series returns for a second run above. According to VentureBeat this is the uncut version, which makes sense given it runs for ... continue

So Windows is like cheap shoes? [Microsoft WTF]

Microsoft has been forced to call reporters to explain their new Bill Gates Jerry Seinfeld advertising campaign. According to SFGate.com: Microsoft officials who phoned reporters Friday said it is indeed a campaign to brand Windows, "the start of ... continue