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It is no secret that Bill and Melinda Gates are generous in terms of charity work, and it also seems that they are willing to open up their home to one lucky bidder. In the name of charity of course. Each year they participate in a charity auction, at which… Continue Reading »

It seems the current economy can now be blamed for both the rich as well as the poor losing money.  In recent news Bill Gates has lost $7 billion in this last year.  Of course, while that may sound bad, truth be told he is still very rich.  According to… Continue Reading »

Back in the start of June, Microsoft made quite an impression on many people when it announced Project Natal for the Xbox 360 on the stage at E3.  The technology allows for full body movement, face recognition and voice commands for the Xbox 360, allowing users to interact with the… Continue Reading »

Since leaving as the head of Microsoft last year, Bill Gates seemed destined to leave a low profile life as he pursued his philanthropic interests.  However, yesterday, Gates caused a media frenzy by deciding to release a swarm of mosquitoes on audience members at the Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference. Gates… Continue Reading »

While Microsoft’s Robbie Bach was showing off the addition of game shows like 1 vs. 100 to Xbox Live Primetime, Microsoft founder Bill Gates made an appearance as a character in the game with the name “Big Bill”.  As you can imagine, the audience let off a big chuckle when… Continue Reading »

Here’s the latest installment of Microsoft’s $300 million Windows Vista ad campaign.  And it’s official now—Seinfeld has left the building—but we still see the company taking a completely different PR position than they have in recent times.  Apple has been gaining significant market share lately, and what better way to… Continue Reading »

By now you’ve probably seen the Gates/Seinfeld commercials from Microsoft.  If not, you have no need to worry.  It seems two “episodes” as some have called them are all we’ll see.  The next phase of the $300 million marketing campaign will start soon.  The next step: have a Microsoft engineer… Continue Reading »

Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld are back with their second ad in Microsoft’s new campaign.  The first one was kind of lackluster in my opinion, not just because it had nothing to do with Windows and Microsoft products, but because it really wasn’t even all that funny. The second spot… Continue Reading »

Microsoft has invested about $300 million dollars in a new advertising campaign featuring comic legend Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates, but their first foray, which aired September 4th, is questionable at best.  The ad features Jerry Seinfeld going to a store known as Shoe Circus, which is presumably not a… Continue Reading »

Bill Gates was on hand for TechEd down in Orlando where he let loose some interesting surprises.  Announcing beta releases of IE8 and Silverlight 2, Gates says IE8 will come in August (meeting their forecast) and Silverlight 2 beta will show up at weeks end (early!).  As Gates is somewhat… Continue Reading »