Tag: gates

Hardware

Xerox PARC founder dies

By Liam Tung | Dec 23, 2011 | Comment Now

Groundbreaking facility was the birthplace of GUIs and windows.

Hardware

Bill Gates' speech aide named US Govt CIO

By Liam Tung | Aug 5, 2011 | Comment Now

Redmond veteran to tackle low-productivity public sector.

Security

US weighs security after Google hacking allegation

By Andrew Quinn | Jun 6, 2011 | Comment Now

Cyber defence now a 'diplomatic priority'.

Strategy

Microsoft co-founder Allen blasts Gates in book

Mar 31, 2011 | Comment Now

Heated '80s conversation revealed.

Strategy

Vale DEC founder, Ken Olsen

By Liam Tung | Feb 9, 2011 | 1 Comment

Minicomputer pioneer passes away, aged 84.

Security

US sees "huge" cyber threat in the future

Nov 17, 2010 | Comment Now

Agency cooperation needed.

Telco/ISP

Abbott "no Bill Gates" on broadband policy

By Ry Crozier | Aug 11, 2010 | 49 Comments

Leaves the technical stuff to his Comms Minister.

Hardware

Creator of world’s first PC dies

By Iain Thomson | Apr 3, 2010 | Comment Now

Bill Gates leads tributes to Altair 8800 creator.

Software

Bill Gates signs up for Twitter

By Iain Thomson | Jan 20, 2010 | Comment Now

Rejoins Facebook too in social media push.

Software

Bill Gates granted first Einstein Award

By Robert Jaques | Jul 8, 2008 | Comment Now

Bill Gates has been awarded the first Einstein Award from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the American Friends of the Hebrew University (AFHU)..

Software

Gates rules out Yahoo acquisition

By Guy Dixon | Jul 1, 2008 | Comment Now

An acquisition of Yahoo by Microsoft is looking less likely than ever following confirmation from the software company's outgoing chairman that he does not think the deal will ...

Software

Gates promises 'multi-touch' Windows 7

By Guy Dixon | May 30, 2008 | Comment Now

Windows 7, the successor to the much-criticised Windows Vista, will come with multi-touch features that Microsoft chairman Bill Gates predicts will ultimately replace the mouse..

Hardware

Gates builds out Touch Wall vision

By Guy Dixon | May 17, 2008 | Comment Now

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates this week took the wraps off Touch Wall, a 6ft x 4ft prototype screen based on Microsoft's Surface multi-touch technology..

Hardware

Gates looks ahead

May 16, 2008 | Comment Now

In his speech at the Microsoft CEO Summit, titled The Next Wave of Technology, Bill Gates has been looking ahead to how businesses can capitalise on the huge leaps being made ...

Hardware

IBM opens gates on 32nm development

By Shaun Nichols | Apr 16, 2008 | Comment Now

A research team lead by IBM has moved closer to developing a 32nm processor..

Hardware

Bill Gates 'exaggerates' HDTV popularity

By Robert Jaques | Jan 11, 2008 | Comment Now

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is wrong to suggest that HDTV will be "everywhere" over the next decade, an industry analyst argued today..

Software

Bill Gates kicks off CES 2008

By Shaun Nichols | Jan 8, 2008 | Comment Now

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates officially kicked off the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show with a keynote focusing on mobile and home entertainment products which make use of ...

Training & Development

Ballmer describes relationship with Gates

By Iain Thomson | Oct 16, 2007 | Comment Now

Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has been describing his close relationship with chairman Bill Gates, suggesting that they are more like brothers or a married couple ...

Software

Nigeria asks Gates to prove he can pay his way

Oct 9, 2007 | Comment Now

The Nigerian government recently questioned whether Microsoft chairman Bill Gates could afford to support himself during a planned visit to the African country.