‘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 )

Micro-hoo Deal Announced

Staff / Truthdig Jul 29, 2009 A long-rumored partnership between software giant Microsoft and Internet giant Yahoo has come to pass. In an effort to tag-team Google, Microsoft will combine its new Bing search engine with Yahoo's vast advertising empire. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Gives Microsoft a New Reason to Lose Sleep

Staff / Truthdig Jul 8, 2009 Google's inexorable drive toward world domination took a major leap forward Tuesday when the company unveiled plans to build its own operating system. Google says it is designing the long-rumored OS, called Google Chrome OS, "to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the Web in a few seconds." Wouldn't that be nice? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Spam Rules the Inbox

Staff / Truthdig Apr 8, 2009 The BBC reports on some alarming numbers coming out of Redmond: "More than 97% of all e-mails sent over the net are unwanted, according to a Microsoft security report. The e-mails are dominated by spam adverts for drugs, and general product pitches and often have malicious attachments." 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 )

Gamer Says Microsoft Banned Her for Being Openly Gay

Staff / Truthdig Feb 26, 2009 Anyone who's ever worn a headset while on Xbox Live, Microsoft's multiplayer gaming-chatting-shopping nexus, knows that it’s dominated by adolescent bigots. It's bad enough that Redmond hasn't cleaned things up, but a gamer named Teresa says she was actually banned from the service for being openly gay and allegedly offending the bigots who were harassing her. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Is Google the New Microsoft?

Staff / Truthdig Sep 9, 2008 The Justice Department could be gearing up for an antitrust case against the world's leading search and online advertising provider because of a deal with Yahoo that puts Google in control of the vast majority of online ads. Despite a pledge to not do evil, Google's image has been tarnished in recent years, mainly over privacy concerns. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Inquiry on Search Partnership

Staff / Truthdig Jul 2, 2008 A recent advertising partnership between search giant Google and competitor Yahoo has antitrust authorities worried. Not only does a Google-Yahoo deal look ridiculous in name, but critics (such as Microsoft) say the partnership would consolidate Google's control of Internet search ad revenue to a whopping 90 percent of U.S. market share. 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 )

Murdoch Eyes Yahoo

Staff / Truthdig Feb 14, 2008 Having just rebuffed a $42.1-billion offer from Microsoft, Yahoo Inc. has another suitor: Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. Although Murdoch is rich, he's not Bill Gates rich, and MySpace, which is supposed to entice Yahoo into the deal, is so 2007. Murdoch detractors, therefore, should take pause, but not panic. The most popular news site on the Internet and Yahoo's many other properties remain impartial, for now. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

AT&T, Microsoft Discuss Internet Filtering

Staff / Truthdig Jan 10, 2008 During a panel discussion at the annual consumer electronics show, representatives from NBC, Microsoft and AT&T made the case for filtering Internet content at the service provider level. The idea is to stop the movement of copyrighted material, but there is a large, scary implication: allowing the pipe owner to control what passes through. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )