Stories about: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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    Seattle center develops tech for poor people 18/06/2009 03:35:00

    The first question many people asked when Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus proposed the Village Phone idea was: Who will they call?
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    Gates gives $33 million for tuberculosis in China 02/04/2009 06:18:00

    Bill Gates announced a $33 million grant from his charity foundation to help fight tuberculosis in China on Wednesday, deepening his organization's involvement in the country.
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    Microsoft proud of its first 'post-Gates' OS, Ballmer says 20/03/2009 09:24:00

    Windows 7 is the first Microsoft OS developed away from the watchful eye of Bill Gates, and the technical leaders who built it had to adjust to life at the company without its cofounder and former chief software architect, CEO Steve Ballmer said Thursday.
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    Gates commits $255 million to help eradicate polio 27/01/2009 08:24:00

    The fight to eradicate polio has been given a significant monetary boost through new funds pledged by the Bill Gates' charitable foundation, Rotary International and the British and German governments.
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    Bill Gates predicts software revolution 15/08/2008 09:22:00

    Bill Gates, chairman, co-founder and former head of Microsoft, has predicted that continual expansion of Internet services will provoke a revolution in software development.
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    Gates says Yahoo deal 'not likely' 01/07/2008 08:21:16

    A deal between Microsoft and Yahoo doesn't appear likely to happen in the future, Bill Gates said in a TV interview on Friday.
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    Gates may change direction of philanthropy 26/06/2008 08:47:43

    While it's too early to tell if Bill Gates will impact philanthropy as he has the technology industry, his support of creative capitalism has the potential to change how people engage in philanthropic efforts.
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    Gates says goodbye to Microsoft 23/06/2008 10:25:20

    As Bill Gates steps down from the day to day operations at Microsoft he'll be dedicating most of his time to philanthropic efforts at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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    Bill Gates: 10 memorable moments 17/06/2008 15:40:00

    For more than 30 years he has roamed among us, a strange hybrid of Napoleon Dynamite and Vlad the Impaler. Nerdy yet ruthless, brilliant yet hobbled by blind spots regarding his company's failings, Bill Gates leaves an indelible mark on everything digital. Yet on June 27, he'll step down from his day-to-day duties at Microsoft to devote himself to philanthropic activities.
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    TECH ED: Bill Gates' last public speech and Steve Ballmer robot 05/06/2008 16:09:02

    Bill Gates delivered his last speech as a full-time Microsoft employee, and Steve Ballmer makes an unexpected appearance..
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    Microsoft to highlight Silverlight, 'Oslo' at show 04/06/2008 08:43:49

    Microsoft will release test versions of some forthcoming Web-development tools, as well as clarify its strategy for adding application-modeling to its software portfolio, at its TechEd Developers conference this week.
 
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