Tuesday, May 14, 2013 - 4:28pm
During an interview with 60 Minutes this weekend, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates showed a rare emotional side while recounting his friendship with Apple's late co-founder, Steve Jobs.
Bill Gates stories
Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 4:26pm
Bill Gates' $100,000 challenge to make a better condom prompted a German slingshot fanatic to create his own unique solution, but is it still safe sex?
Tuesday, February 26, 2013 - 3:16pm
A group of Silicon Valley heavyweights comes together to encourage more people to become programmers.
Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - 2:14pm
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has been quiet since stepping down from the CEO spot, but he still has interesting insights on the future of technology.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 7:49am
While most of us would be content to retire if we were one of the richest men on the planet, Bill Gates is turning his sites sights to nuclear power. His startup company TerraPower is working with Toshiba to create...
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 2:06am
Bill Gates, master and commander of anything blue with a screen of death, has joined the Twitterati. He opened his account yesterday with the words, "Hello world. Hard at work on my foundation letter - publishing on 1/25." (Hello world...
Thursday, May 14, 2009 - 3:15am
Back in 1997, when Bill and Melinda Gates built their house in Medina, Washington, the world waited with bated breath to see what the software king had envisaged. Xanadu 2.0, as the house, on the shores of Lake Washington,...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009 - 4:59am
A relic from the '80s, Reagan's "Star Wars" program, or Strategic Defense Initiative, involved lasers designed to shoot down satellites. Decades later, I'm happy to report that we're looking into how to turn those lasers on mosquitoes. Yep, you read...
Friday, September 12, 2008 - 12:54pm
"Why are we doing this again?" Asks Bill Gates to his comedic companion, who rests upon a pink-blanketed bed in a room with purple walls. Jerry Seinfeld replies: "Why, Bill? Because, as we discussed, you and I are a...
Friday, September 5, 2008 - 7:32am
See if you can make any sense of this teaser ad starring two of the richest guys in their respective fields. Ad agency Crispin Porter & Bogusky takes a sideways approach at salvaging the reputation of Microsoft Vista with...
