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What do Bill Gates and other billionaires see as the world's #1 problem?

Population growth is NOT a problemSpend a few days reading at http://globaleconomydoesmatter.blogspot.com/ and you will be convinced that DECLINING populations are the problem that we should be concerned about.RE: What do Bill Gates and other billionaires see as the world's #1 problem?Not often that I agree with you, but you...

Tags: capitalism, Bill Gates

Discussion threads 2009-09-29

What do Bill Gates and other billionaires see as the world's #1 problem?

It's not peak oil and it's not war. But it is a greentech issue. It's population growth. But without unbridled population growth it's very hard to maintain economic growth. This issue strikes at the very heart of 21st Century business and politics. That's why we...

Tags: Bill Gates, Population Growth, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Microsoft confirms IIS zero-day flaw; Exploit code published

Can I summarize?First you need to not only install IIS, you also need to install the FTP functionality in IIS. Got it.[i]Also, remember that only servers that allow untrusted users to log on and create arbitrary directories are vulnerable.[/i]Then you have to configure your FTP server to allow anyone to...

Tags: SECURITY, zero-day bug, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft IIS Server, exploit code

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Bill Gates - the science guy

Bill Gates - the science guyMust be nice, spending other people's money.And feeling "good" because of it.Well Gates, in the grander scheme of things, you're a thief. And giving away what you took from others is not going to change that.Funny how all this philanthropy... comes with strings attached to...

Tags: Corporate communications, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., science guy

Discussion threads 2009-07-17

One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different?

One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different?Who's Bill Gates?Their motto should be Microsoft:Bill who? No one even cares about Bill Gates any more.Steve will die in office as CEO because Bing will never take over Google.In 10 years people will say Microsoft the company Steve built. Bill Gates...

Tags: Operating systems, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

One year after Bill Gates' 'retirement': What's different?

It was just a year ago (June 27 was the actual date) that Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates relinquished his day-to-day responsibilities at Microsoft. Has much changed as a result? by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-06-29

Gates discusses next generation of technology with students

Former Microsoft chief executive, Bill Gates, spoke to the University of Waterloo on Saturday to discuss the future of technology, the web and desktop applications, after last visiting the university in 2005. Oh the joy. Unfortunately I couldn't be there to meet him after the lecture as...

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-02-22

Bill Gates donates $12.5M to help poor spend their money

Bill Gates donates $12.5M to help poor spend their moneyAnd the benefit is?...I don't understand what benefit there is to a "poor" person to have a bank account, other than to make it harder to steal than cash under a mattress or in a coffee can. The miracle of...

Tags: Bill Gates, bank

Discussion threads 2009-02-18

Microsoft ThinkWeeks a thing of the past?

A recent posting on the anonymous blogger Mini-Microsoft's site -- claiming that Microsoft management finally has decided to pull the plug the Think Week information-gathering process -- has spurred more than a few tips and questions in my inbox as of late. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Leadership, Strategy, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2009-02-12

Gates sics mosquitos on unsuspecting technorati at TED

Will stunt cause technology world to take fighting malaria seriously? It's something Bono never tried. by Richard Koman

Tags: Bill Gates, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-02-05

Lousy time for a technology startup? Ask Bill Gates

Lousy time for a technology startup? Ask Bill GatesGood report - we're all still the sameI commend this positive thinking, bravo! However, the reality is if you look at linkedin and other professional social networks, just about everyone has, in addition to their 'day-jobs' their own small business. ...

Tags: Entrepreneurship, technology startup, Bill Gates, social networking

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

Lousy time for a technology startup? Ask Bill Gates

There's been plenty of speculation that we won't be seeing a lot of startup activity this year. But consider the environment some of today's IT and corporate giants dealt with when they were starting up. An article in Fortune identifies five prominent companies that all got their...

Tags: Recession, Bill Gates, United Technologies Corp., IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-02-04

Steve Jobs takes "medical leave of absence"

Steve Jobs takes "medical leave of absence"Steve Jobs takes "medical leave of absence"He is going to be just fine as will Apple Co. The sad part is the media did this to him. Its his health, it should remain private but the media didn't want to let that...

Tags: Vertical industries, Steve Jobs, Apple Inc., health care, stock, Adrian, absence

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

Bill Gates founds a new tech company

Bill Gates founds a new tech companyI often wonder about the EU law suitBill all but let go of his baby and now he has a new one.RE: Bill Gates founds a new tech companyRFID? VERICHIP?RE: Bill Gates founds a new tech companyI think the company making the implantible microchips...

Tags: tech company, Bill Gates

Discussion threads 2008-10-22

Bill Gates founds a new tech company

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has founded a new company some time in between sleeping and working countless hours for the Gates Foundation and a day a week for Microsoft. by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Mary Jo Foley, Think Tank, Productivity

Blog posts 2008-10-22

Bill Gates Leaving Might Help Mend Silicon Valley Fences

Bill Gates Leaving Might Help Mend Silicon Valley FencesRidiculous assertion that it was caused by Bill Gates!What a ridiculous assertion that Microsoft's 'anti trust' activities were caused by Bill Gates.Ask anyone in Silicon Valley if they agree with this ignorant statement and I don't think you would hear anything but...

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

[Updated video] Bill Gates leaving might help mend Silicon Valley fences

Here is a short clip from CNET of a tearful Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, telling employees to personally thank Bill Gates for the opportunity to work at Microsoft and thank him for instilling the culture of Microsoft, its "passion, intensity, and tenacity." ...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Antitrust, Bill Gates, Video, Microsoft Corp., Corporate Law, Security, Business Operations, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Microsoft pulls the plug on Gates-Seinfeld ads; Campaign's next phase set to begin

Microsoft is pulling the plug on the team of Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates as the TV spokesmen trying to reinvent the image of Windows. The official word from Redmond is that the company had always planned to pull the plug on the two when the $300 million ad campaign...

Tags: Advertisement, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., NYT, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Powerset studies student use of Wikipedia... and faculty resistance

Earlier this month, Microsoft-owned Semantic Web startup Powerset released figures from a small survey of student use of Wikipedia. As I explore here, the results certainly do suggest that Wikipedia is popular with the cohort surveyed in this study. The trick for Powerset, presumably, is to convert...

Tags: Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Wikipedia, Powerset, Wiki, Online Communications, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-09-16

Microsoft's rough start to a new beginning

Microsoft's rough start to a new beginningRough start? Maybe, but ...... what makes the Apple commercials so attractive is that they are endearing to the viewer. Not necessarily accurate but certainly clever.Bill Gates has never been 'endearing'. Instead, Gates has always come across as kind of "goofy"....

Tags: Goofy, His-Name, Bill Gates, rough start, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-09-15