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Are Macs for left-handed people?
COMMENT: It's all in the mind - and the desktop 21 August 2009 18:06 GMT
PCs and Macs are very different machines. There are probably more obvious statements than that in the world but not many. From the design of the computers, to their strengths and weaknesses, the sweeping contrasts between the two are enormous but sometimes it's the smallest...
Microsoft's Ballmer and Bill Gates on Chrome
"I don't know if they can't make up their mind or what the problem is" 15 July 2009 11:44 GMT
Microsoft's previous and current bosses have chimed in with their comments on Google's recently announced Chrome operating system.

Former Microsoft boss Bill Gates effectively told Cnet that it was just another Linux variant, nothing new, and that lack of detail...
Bill Gates gives $12.5m to phone banking programme
MWC 2009: "Mobile Money for the Unbanked" 17 February 2009 10:43 GMT
The GSM Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced a programme to offer financial services to millions of people in the developing world through mobile phones.

The "Mobile Money for the Unbanked" (MMU) programme has been given a $12.5...
Bill Gates launches mysterious new high-tech company
bgc3 think tank set up 23 October 2008 10:03 GMT
Bill Gates has quietly created a brand new company, complete with high-tech office space, a cryptic name and its own trademark.

The new endeavour - named bgC3 - is said to be a "think tank", based at a Kirkland office, apparently a short drive from 53-year-old...
Microsoft: "No plan" to bring back Seinfeld ads
Was just a teaser campaign 10 October 2008 0:00 GMT
Microsoft has confirmed to Pocket-lint that the Seinfeld ads will never appear in the UK and that Americans are unlikely to get any more either.

The comments, made by John Curran, Windows Client business lead for Microsoft in the UK, come as the company prepares...
Next Gates/Seinfeld Microsoft ad goes live
"I love a condiment with booze in it" 12 September 2008 9:13 GMT
The next instalment of the Gates/Seinfeld ads for Microsoft has hit the the Internet that sees the former Microsoft boss doing "the robot".

The 4 and a half minute commercial puts the pair living with a "regular" family and is loosely based on the theme of...
COMMENT: Microsoft's Gates/Seinfeld ad bombs
New campaign gets panned by public and industry alike 5 September 2008 16:35 GMT
Microsoft's latest advert featuring Bill Gates and US comic Jerry Seinfeld has been met with an overall negative response.

The 90-second commercial, made by Crispin Porter + Bogusky, that sees Seinfeld bumping into Gates whilst the ex-Microsoft boss is shopping...
VIDEO: Seinfeld and Gates star in Microsoft's new campaign
An ad about nothing 5 September 2008 13:27 GMT
Here it is for your viewing pleasure - the first of Microsoft's trillion dollar adverts for Windows to counter Apple's Mac and PC guy campaign.

A brilliant piece of post-modern anti-advertising or a load of poorly scripted, ill-judged rubbish? Have your say...
VIDEO: Megawhat News - Bill Gates takes his bow
The top stories of the day in video form 30 June 2008 19:16 GMT
Want to know the latest news but don't have time to read the stories we've written?

Well why not take a peek at the top stories on video.

In today's headlines: Bill Gates takes his bow; Nokia aims for the stars with the Supernova range; Pioneer...
Gates says "teary" goodbye to Microsoft
Emotions run high in Redmond 27 June 2008 22:32 GMT
Reuters is reporting that Bill Gates said a "teary" goodbye to Microsoft on his last day as boss of arguably the world's most powerful software company.

Gates has now left his "day job" at Microsoft, which he co-founded with childhood friend Paul Allen in 1975,...
Video: Bill Gates' last day at Microsoft
"He's worked pretty hard, saved a little bit..." 27 June 2008 15:40 GMT
This video was originally shown during Bill Gates' last ever CES keynote in January. Depicting the Microsoft boss' last day at the company, it's certainly smug and self-congratulatory, but then the dude did completely change the world of personal computing...
COMMENT: As Gates bows out what's next for Microsoft?
Retirement will leave Ballmer with a challenge 27 June 2008 11:10 GMT
As Bill Gates steps down from Microsoft today to spend time playing computer games and giving away his money to good causes, what will be next for Microsoft?

Will the corporation that created the computer age that we live in today survive long enough to see...
An Xbox fit for a ... president?
Bill Gates gives a customised console to South Korean head of state 20 May 2008 14:41 GMT
This was the gift Bill Gates took with him when he met South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at Cheong Wa Dae on 6 May.

The Microsoft Xbox had been specially decorated with traditional Korean mother-of-pearl by Kim Young-jun, the head of a manufacturing company...
Microsoft not shopping for other companies
Battered and bruised after Yahoo battle 7 May 2008 14:23 GMT
Yahoo execs may be up for more talks, but Microsoft isn't interested, and, more than that, it seems the computing giant may have put away its credit card for a while.

Microsoft boss Bill Gates has told journalists at a conference in Tokyo that the company isn't...
Logitech denies rumours of Microsoft buy-out
Bid would be "without sense" 10 March 2008 11:04 GMT
Logitech has categorically denied rumours that it is to be bought out by Microsoft.

In January, news websites around the world reported that Microsoft was about to make an offer for the computer accessories manufacturer.

But now, Logitech has said...
Today's big stories on Megawhat TV NEWS
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 6 March 2008 19:20 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

In the headlines today - Samsung launches a "fitness phone"; Asus unveils (finally) the next generation Eee; there's a new game for the Wii Fit; we report...
Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man
He only has $58bn 6 March 2008 13:53 GMT
Bill Gates, who made a mere $2bn last year, has been knocked off the top of the Forbes' Rich List by his bridge partner.

The magazine's annual ranking of the globe's most minted is now topped by US investment guru Warren Buffett, who has an estimated $62bn.
Microsoft launches initiative to encourage budding developers
Worldwide programme aimed at students 20 February 2008 12:19 GMT
Bill Gates is hoping to encourage budding software developers and designers with a new initiative.

The Microsoft chief unveiled the "DreamSpark" initiative at the start of a tour of US and Canadian colleges which kicked off with a speech at Stanford University.
Microsoft is not to launch iPhone rival
Gates says competitor unlikely 9 January 2008 17:56 GMT
Bill Gates has told an international newspaper that Microsoft is not to launch a product that competes directly with Apple's iPhone.

Gates said in an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: "No, we won't do that. In the so-called smart phone...
Bill Gates to get Harvard degree 34 years late
Thanks for giving a speech 23 March 2007 2:00 GMT
Bill Gates who dropped out of Harvard University is to be given an honourary degree for delivering the university's main commencement address later this year the university has revealed.

Gates, who ditched uni to create Microsoft would have been apart of the...
CES 2007: Xbox news leaked ahead of Bill Gates CES keynote speech
Xbox to get update 7 January 2007 15:19 GMT
Bill Gates is expected to announce upgrades and additions to the Xbox 360 games console at his keynote speech at CES 2007 in Las Vegas later today. According to a number of websites, new features will include a new version with 120GB hard drive and HDMI port plus improved...
Microsoft's Bill Gates to step down in 2008
The chairman wants to devote more time to his charitable work 16 June 2006 13:59 GMT
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has announced he is stepping down from his role at the company to devote more of his attention to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

He plans to work full-time until June 2008, and then step down to a part-time role as chairman...
Arise Sir Bill - Gates Knighted
2 March 2005 14:55 GMT
Bill Gates has become the latest recipient of an honorary knighthood at Buckingham Palace for his contribution to British Enterprise and on another note, his philanthropy in the shape of large overseas donations for food and/or vaccination programmes, primarily in Africa.