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Seinfeld and Gates hit the road for Vista
Those left scratching their heads after Microsoft's first new ad may find themselves just as itchy after the follow-up spot. Read more »
Microsoft in 'trouble' as Bill Gates leaves
A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on 27 June. Read more »
Gates talks about the future before farewell
For years, Bill Gates has been trumpeting software's ascent from the lowly PC to everything from mobile phones to home entertainment. In this interview before his farewell speech, Gates talks about competitors, the future of DVD, and why all of those seamless connections between digital devices exist only in keynote speeches. Read more »
Gates explains why Microsoft needs Yahoo
For a man a few months away from leaving his job, Bill Gates has a lot on his mind. Read more »
Gates, Jobs top leadership list
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are atop a new list of the most admired company leaders, as ranked by business decision makers around the world. Read more »
Gates stepping down from full-time Microsoft role
Bill Gates is transitioning out of his full-time role at Microsoft, the software giant that's been under pressure due to a sagging stock price, competition from Google and nagging delays in the Vista operating system. Read more »
Microsoft to give students free developer tools
Microsoft wants more students using its software tools and it thinks it has hit on the right business model -- it's going to give away its software. Read more »
Microsoft hopes 'Milan' table PC has magic touch
At first glance, Microsoft's secret project looks like a 2007 version of the sit-down arcade game Ms. Pac Man. Only if this machine were running the game, you could just take your finger and flick away any monsters chasing the heroine. Read more »
Microsoft answering Google's wake-up call?
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie doesn't necessarily think Google has all the answers, but he does credit the company for opening Microsoft's eyes. Read more »
Sender ID's fading message
At the start of last year, Bill Gates told the world's elite at an annual conference in Davos, Switzerland, that the problem of spam would be solved in two years. Read more »
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Wooing interns to Silicon Valley
Students working at companies like Google enjoy lots of perks and hands-on training. But a stint at Microsoft gets you a date with Bill Gates. Read more »
Is Red Hat going to be the next Microsoft?
How could a little company that provides Linux open source software hope to topple Microsoft? Could Red Hat become the next dominant (not necessarily domineering) operating systems provider? Read more »
Top ten reasons why Microsoft is a good citizen
Why does everyone have to dump on Microsoft? Despite its antitrust troubles, the company has done some very good things for us all. Read more »
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Microsoft's Surface goes to Vegas
-- This might not be what Bill Gates originally envisioned with his "information at your fingertips" concept, but in Las Vegas, the Rio hotel will unveil a new Surface computer application called Flirt, that will let bar patrons "interact" with each other through video cameras and text messages. Read more »
RFID to the rescue
-- Last weekend I went to visit some friends in Salt Lake City and, of course, check out some of the local ski resorts. While the US city founded by Mormans who fought (and conceded) with the United States Government over their practices of polygamy in the 1800s seems a bit backwards in some ways I was impressed by their innovative lift tickets.
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Live Aussie Vista Launch
-- Live Blogging from the Australian launch of Microsoft's Windows Vista and Office 2007 at the MCA in Sydney. Read more »
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Space pr0n, patent karma and Yang out -- Club Builder
On Club Builder this week: how NASA plans to get the Internet into space, Jerry Yang is out the door at Yahoo and Brendan Eich discusses javascript engine competition.