Tag: BILL GATES

In big, but not especially surprising, news, Microsoft has announced that founder Bill Gates is stepping down from his role as Chief Software Architect, to be replaced by current CTO Ray Ozzie. Over the next two years, Gates will be making a transition from full-time with Microsoft to part-time there and full-time at the Gates Foundation, the health and education charity founded by he and his wife ...

Want to work like Bill Gates? As has been widely circulated around the interweb, the world's most technologically advanced human has walked us all through his workflow. Unfortunately for us mortals, he's using a bunch of bloated, pricey MS-branded tools. So I took his tools, found free alternatives, and reconfigured his workflow to be a little cheaper. There's nothing I can do about hardware ...

In a post at VoIPFan, I pointed out that I don't think Bill Gates really understands what's going on with the Internet right now--specifically the innovations of Web 2.0. And the proof is in this video from Microsoft's own Channel 9 web site.  It's an interview between tech publisher and open source hero Tim O'Reilly and the chairman himself, the always-bubbly, approachable Bill "Apple ...

During Monday's keynote at Microsoft's MIX06 conference, Bill Gates turned a few heads by admitting that they had screwed up in allowing Internet Explorer to languish for so long without an update. Duh for sure, but it's refreshing to hear it straight from the horse's mouth. Gates said that beginning with Internet Explorer 7, set to make its debut later this year, the Big Blue E will be seeing a ...

Petals of the Rose is more of a puzzle than a game. Based on a dice roll, you guess the number of petals around a rose. Get 10 in a row and you become a Potentate of the Roses, whatever that means. This puzzler gets addicting fast if you're into it. And for added fun, check out the story of how Bill Gates looked at the puzzle back in 1977. Clear your calendar people... Thanks to Jesse, again, for ...

Last night Bill Gates, assisted by Justin Timberlake, used his CES keynote to officially announced Urge, the new music and media store from Microsoft and MTV that we reported on a few weeks ago. The service will have two million songs, more than 100 CD-quality radio stations, and exclusive MTV content. Currently Urge.com is a "coming soon" placeholder, curiously hosted on a Sun server. ...