Google’s Many Changes

Staff / Truthdig Sep 26, 2011 With the simple dictum "don't be evil" as its motto, the Internet software giant Google -- which ranked as the third-highest lobbying spender in the tech industry in 2010 -- wages an aggressive image and relations campaign with an international public, and its strategy is evolving. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Flunking Teachers Gives the Ruling Class a Pass

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Mar 30, 2011 With all the evil people in the world, why are public schoolteachers being villainized? And how did they attract such powerful enemies? Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

And the World’s Richest Person Is …

Staff / Truthdig Mar 10, 2011 Well, it's not Bill Gates, but the Microsoft mastermind did come in second place in this year's countdown of Forbes' top 10 wealthiest people in the world. So who was No. 1? That would be Mexico's Carlos Slim, for the second year in a row. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Americans Admire Glenn Beck More Than the Dalai Lama

Staff / Truthdig Dec 28, 2010 Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton top the USA Today/Gallup Poll lists of the most admired men and women in 2010 Obama has lost some love since last year, but still has more admiration among Americans than the rest of the top 10 combined (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

40 Billionaires Agree to Give Half of It Away

Staff / Truthdig Aug 5, 2010 With philanthropy buddies Warren Buffet and Bill Gates leading the way, 40 representatives of the uber rich have pledged to give half of their fortunes to good works. George Lucas of "Star Wars" (and ruining "Star Wars") fame and Ted Turner, who gave us CNN before it was terrible and has the mustache to prove it, are among those on the list. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oh, to Be a 9-Year-Old Computer Genius

Staff / Truthdig May 19, 2010 Meet Marco Calasan, the world's youngest Microsoft systems engineer and official computer genius. At the advanced age of 9, Marco, who calls Macedonia his home, is already the author of a book on Windows 7 that he's hoping to publish and has earned four Microsoft certificates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Daily Show’: Bill Gates, Twitter-er

Staff / Truthdig Jan 27, 2010 Now that Bill Gates doesn't have to run one of the world's biggest companies, he has more time to devote to a few of his favorite causes including, say, trying to revamp the school system at home and fight hunger abroad -- you know, just hobby material. Here, he tells Jon Stewart about his post-Microsoft life, as well as how he learned to tweet just last week. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bill Gates Launches Online Diary

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2010 Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is getting into online sharing mode with the launch of his new Web diary, the Gates Notes, in which he holds forth about his various projects, plus sections called "What I'm Learning" and "Curious Classroom" -- plus travel videos! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Current National Threats, According to Colbert

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2009 Stephen Colbert walks us through the top three threats of the moment: Harvard professor and criminal mastermind Henry Louis Gates, Bill Gates and his weather-controlling madness, and an unemployed Wilford Brimley, who breaks into Colbert's house in search of food. Check out this clip from last night's "Colbert Report." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Do the Billionaire Shuffle

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2009 Bill Gates is once again the world's richest man, though he rules over a ravaged kingdom of billionaires. Forbes' annual list has shriveled by nearly a third and $2 trillion in net worth. Those poor billionaires. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Control-Alt-Delete

Staff / Truthdig Jun 27, 2008 It's official: Microsoft's top-geek-made-good, Bill Gates, is leaving his full-time position as head of Microsoft on Friday. Now that he's made more money than regular mortals can even fathom (aside from those congresspeople who approve the defense budget), he's stepping down in order to focus on his philanthropic work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )