Bill Gates seems to be still pushing the right buttons at Microsoft, after it’s emerged that the former CEO of Microsoft was the main advocate of the company’s takeover of Skype.

"I was a strong proponent at...

Bill Gates has topped a top ten list of "world changers", according to Dragon Age 2 publisher Electronic Arts (no, really). A survey of Brits under the age of 25 puts Microsoft founder and chairman Gates at the summit, with Facebook-supremo Mark Zuckerberg...

It's May 2007, and Bill Gates and Steve Jobs are being interviewed during The Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference. A question is put to the bosses of the two biggest home computer giants about their ideas for the future of personal...

The "father of the personal computer" has died aged 68.

Dr Henry Edward Roberts was the inventor of the Altair 8800, the machine that is widely recognized as the start of the home computing era and the same computer that excited Paul Allen...

Bill Gates is no longer the richest man according to this year's Forbes Rich list.

The founder of Microsoft, whose net worth was still a massive $53 billion last year, was beaten by a relativity unknown Mexican telecom mogul, Carlos Silm Helu.

Silm...

Although analysts are projecting strong sales figures, the Apple iPad has drawn some strong criticism since its unveiling in late January with plenty of pundits weighing in on why Apple's got it wrong with its tablet offering.

Ex-Microsoft...

Users of the micro-blogging service Twitter have welcomed ex-Microsoft boss Bill Gates with open arms.

When news of Gates joining Twitter hit the net, he had around 240 followers. As Twitter confirmed it was in fact the real Bill Gates, via...

A small survey carried out by Lewis PR reveals that 20% of those questioned in the UK didn't know who Steve Jobs is and 25% weren't sure why the name Sir Tim Berners-Lee should ring a bell.

There's likewise difficulty in the survey - some...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...