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Bill Gates releases swarm of mosquitoes on TED audience

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has released a swarm of mosquitoes into an audience at a technology and design conference in California.
common - comments - 5.2.2009

Download Bing Wallpapers & Set as Desktop Wallpaper with Wallpaper Downloader

In past we had reviewed Bing Downloader tool to download Bing background wallpaper and here is wallpaper downloader which is a small utility to download bing.com background image and set as desktop wallpaper.
download - comments - 18.9.2009

The Ultimate Wallpaper

It was looking empty, so we created something special just for Ultimate users.
download - comments - 9.3.2007

Wallpaper from Windows 7 Starter

Just installed Windows 7 Starter edition on a low-end spare notebook for testing purposes when I found this new wallpaper which ships with this edition of Windows.
download - comments - 10.8.2009

How to: Create custom wallpaper collections in Windows 7

Do you love customizing your Windows desktop? If you do, you'll love this trick!
windows - comments - 28.7.2009

MSN Wallpaper Manager from Windows Live Download

Many users love to have high quality beautiful wallpapers on their desktop and often we get bore with old wallpapers and we need to search and download more wallpapers from internet. It’s not easy to get such high quality wallpapers.
download - comments - 21.7.2009

Download Windows 7 Helvetia Wallpaper Featuring Raquel Alvarez

Windows 7 and the mother of the Swiss nation are concepts that work perfectly well in a mix. And photographer Noe Flum hesitated little at the chance of shooting Helvetia and Windows together for a desktop background.
windows - comments - 8.9.2009

Leaked Windows 7 Details: Theme Files, Gallery, Packs and Wallpaper Slideshow

While Windows 7 is still a taboo subject as far as Microsoft is concerned, with the company offering just crumbs from the feast that is Windows Vista's successor, details do manage to slip through, and the Redmond company has nobody to blame for it but itself.
windows - comments - 6.8.2008

If You Were Bill Gates, What Would You Buy Next?

If Microsoft chairman Bill Gates gave you a blank check and asked you to spend it in ways that would improve Microsoft's bottom line, what would you do with it? We're not talking planes, trains and automobiles here; we're talking tech investments. We know Microsoft technical evangelist Robert Scoble would go Web 2.0-crazy with his mad money. But what about you?
microsoft - comments - 4.2.2006

What's Next for Bill Gates? - Part 2

In Part 2 of Time's interview, the Microsoft chief talks about the battle against Google, Origami and other new products from the Microsoft machine
common - comments - 12.3.2006

Bill Gates: How I work

Not much of a paper chase for Microsoft's chairman, who uses a range of digital tools to do business. Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect, Microsoft, U.S.A.
microsoft - comments - 5.4.2006

Bill Gates' to-do list

NEW YORK--It's still a year before Bill Gates shifts from a full-time Microsoft worker to a part-timer. Which is good, because there's plenty he still wants to achieve.
microsoft - comments - 4.2.2007

Who will replace Bill Gates?

Since joining Microsoft I've heard Bills name in conversations with me so many times now that It's quite disturbing to be honest. In that, a lot of the time I get the "yeah well tell your buddy Bill..." or "..When you next See Gates..." piecemeal conversations.
common - comments - 12.3.2007

Bill Gates wants to go to space

The world's richest man Bill Gates is considering a possible flight into space, a Russian cosmonaut said from International Space Station Wednesday, citing Gates' colleague, current space tourist Charles Simonyi.
common - comments - 15.4.2007

Bill Gates Award

At the Company Meeting, it was announced that Dave Cutler won the new Bill Gates Award, which is meant to recognize those who have made the absolute highest contributions to Microsoft (the award will be given only in years in which a suitable candidate emerges, and Bill has promised to return to present it. It is different from the Gates Award for Global Health, which is given by his Foundation and is sometimes referred to incorrectly as the "Bill Gates Award").
common - comments - 10.9.2007

The quotable Bill Gates

In the past several decades, Microsoft's departing leader has provided plenty of choice quotes for audiences to ponder.
common - comments - 23.6.2008

Bill Gates Still the Richest Man

Microsoft chairman architect Bill Gates is still the wealthiest person in America with a total of $51 billion, according to Forbes' annual list. Four out the top five richest Americans represent the technology industry, with fellow Microsoft founder Paul Allen, Michael Dell and Larry Ellison trailing Warren Buffett.
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Bill Gates Turns 50

What to get for the guy who has everything, even a knighthood?

Bill Gates turns 50 today, and such a landmark age deserves a landmark party. Official details were scant with a likely understated acknowledgment that he'll be "spending time privately with friends."
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Bill Gates - Too much money to tax

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the world's richest man, said today the tax office in the US has to store his financial data on a special computer because his fortune is so vast.
microsoft - comments - 1.2.2006

Bill Gates, still the richest person

Microsoft's chief visionary moving further away from day-to-day corporate work. For the first time did not offer a strategy outlook at last year's financial analyst meeting. Instead, prefers to dive into innovative projects, foster collaboration among Microsoft's many divisions.
microsoft - comments - 10.3.2006

Bill Gates Spills About What's Next for Microsoft

In a two-part interview, Gates talks about the future of digital photography, search technology and more

TIME: How do you think about innovation? What are your cues? Is there a way you look at the world and derive a vision of the future? People wonder how Bill Gates comes up with the next big idea.
microsoft - comments - 11.3.2006

Bill Gates Wishes he Wasn't so Rich

The corporate leader says he doesn't like the attention of being the world's richest man.
microsoft - comments - 6.5.2006

MS KILL BILL AIO

Are you tired of dealing with the antics of Bill Gates and company from the small town of Redmond? Are you willing to do something about it?
download - comments - 15.2.2007

Little-Known Facts About Well-Known Leaders - Bill Gates

Everyone knows the most recent headlines about our country’s greatest leaders. In this feature, we’d like to shed some light on the lesser-known facts about these folks in hopes of giving you a little greater insight as to what makes them tick.
common - comments - 23.6.2007

Put your questions to Bill Gate

Bill Gates is to answer your questions at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
microsoft - comments - 3.1.2008

Bill Gates' new project: Farming

Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates announced a new direction Friday as he pledged $306 million in grants to develop farming in poor countries, leading the charge for corporate responsibility at a major meeting of business chiefs.
common - comments - 26.1.2008

The secret of Bill Gates success

As Bill Gates prepares to end his full-time work at Microsoft, he tells the BBC in an interview that it wasn't just what Microsoft did, but what his rivals didn't do that let Microsoft get ahead.
common - comments - 20.6.2008

Rant Collumn for Bill Gates

Jim Lynch from ExtremeTech wrote a rant collumn about Bill Gates leaving Microsoft, here are some parts.
microsoft - comments - 3.7.2008

Bill Gates puts Bedingfield in his Xbox

IN the video that accompanies her first international hit, Unwritten, the British singer-songwriter Natasha Bedingfield is trapped inside a book trying to escape from a musty library.

Unwritten's startling imagery and catchy tune so impressed Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, that he has appointed Bedingfield his first corporate "artist in residence".
microsoft - comments - 26.3.2006

WinHEC 2006: Bill Gates Keynote

The annual WinHEC conference is kicking off in Seattle this morning with a keynote address by Microsoft boss Bill Gates:
microsoft - comments - 23.5.2006

Bill Gates unleashes mosquito swarm on TED crowd

Every year, TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference brings together the world's most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives. Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman, who retired last year to devote himself into the Bill & Melinda Foundation, was invited to speak at TED Conference this year devoted to "Great Unveilings." Gates Foundation has been recently working on ending Malaria and has spent millions fighting the disease. Malaria is a dreadful disease affecting only poor countries and it looks Bill Gates wanted everybody to have a feel of it at the TED conference!

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neowin.net - 05.02.2009

Gates sets TED a-buzzing (and a-swatting)

Bill Gates certainly knows how to get one's attention when he wants to. According to a FOX News report, he did so at the latest TED conference by unleashing a jar full of mosquitoes on the crowd...
betanews.com - 06.02.2009

TED Conference to Tackle Origins of Evil, Theories of Everything

A sold-out confab of celebrities, industry titans and alpha geeks will converge on Monterey, California, for a four-day, invitation-only celebration of big ideas this week.



Now in its 24th year, TED begins on Wednesday and runs through Saturday. It is an elite event where leaders in technology, entertainment and design gather to cross-pollinate ideas and gain inspiration from presentations on the latest developments in sciences and the arts. Political leaders take the stage too: Former President Bill Clinton received the annual TED prize at last year's conference; former Vice President Al Gore has also been a speaker.




winbeta.org - 26.02.2008

How the default Windows 7 wallpaper evolved

Gizmodo tracked down Chuck Anderson, the creator of Windows 7's box art, default wallpaper and login screen. In an exclusive overview of the evolution of the Windows 7 wallpaper and login screen, the gadget lovers managed to secure some rare development shots of how Microsoft came to the wallpaper that is now used worldwide. Chuck Anderson is a 20 something digital media artist living in the US. Both the login screen and wallpapers took approximately four months, start to finish according to Gizmodo. They were achieved by a mix of pen and paper, wacom tablet and Photoshop.

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neowin.net - 06.11.2009

TED video: Microsoft Researchs WorldWide Telescope

Long Zheng: To my surprise, the TED conference organizers has swiftly uploaded the presentation recording from Microsoft’s announcement of their WorldWide Telescope technology showcased no more than 12 hours ago, when in contrast, videos are usually only made available online after a year or two of exclusivity. Remembering, attendees pay several thousands of dollars to go to this conference - one of, if not the best conference in the world, so to make an exception for this particular presentation is really something.




winbeta.org - 28.02.2008

Cool Wallpaper Generator

Create visual stunning wallpapers from your personal photo collections. This Wallpaper Generator makes it easy to compose your most beautiful photos to stunning wallpapers for your desktop!



Remember your last summer holiday a little bit longer, keep in mind your special moments, or think of your sweethearts. With the Wallpaper Generator it never has been so easy to keep those moments in your mind.



Download now this free tool and start to create personal wallpapers! System Requirements: Windows Vista or Windows XP with .NET Framework 3.0.




winbeta.org - 28.10.2007

Gates, Tim Berners-Lee Headline TED @ 25

Microsoft founder Bill Gates and World Wide Web founder Tim Berners-Lee are among the luminaries gathering in Long Beach, California, this week with a host of other industry titans, celebrities, academics and alpha geeks to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference.




winbeta.org - 03.02.2009

Ted Rogers (1933-2008), giant of Canadian tech and media

Americans who think of the media mogul named "Ted," reference Mr. Turner. In Canada, they reference Mr. Rogers. The senior salesperson, founder and CEO of Rogers Communications, died Tuesday morning in his home in Toronto. He was 75...
betanews.com - 04.12.2008

TED Conference Pass+VIP Benefits Auction

The next TED Conference, TED2008 is to be held in Monterey, California from Feb 27-March 1, 2008. One of our attendees Cameron Sinclair is willing to transfer his pass in order to raise funding for his non-profit organization Architecture for Humanity. We do not normally permit transfers, but in this case we have agreed to, because Cameron was a winner of the TED Prize, resulting in the creation of the amazing Open Architecture Network. Cameron wants to raise money to fund the ongoing operation of the OAN and we're eager to help him. So much so, that we've added the unique extras listed above.



TED memberships cost $6,000 and come in two main categories: Standard (which means watching most sessions in Simulcast... this is the pass carried by the majority of TED attendees) and the much sought after Main Hall Priority Pass, which guarantees access to the intimate theater where speakers present. Both types of membership have been sold out for more than a year and we've had to turn away more than 3,000 people since then.




winbeta.org - 25.01.2008

GUI Championship voting: Animated wallpaper

The semi-annual GUI design contest, GUI Championships has begun user voting on the best entries for animated wallpapers. Animated wallpapers are quite a challenge to design properly. A good one should use little CPU, not be distracting, and still look as good as a static wallpaper. This year's entries come from around the world and the categories are most original and most usable. View: GUI Championships website View: Brad's write-up on the entries

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neowin.net - 25.11.2008

Virtual Earth manager demos internal lab projects at TED

If the Oscars or Cannes is for great movies, then TED is for great ideas and great technologies. The latest presentation recording uploaded to TED Talks this week also happens to be a Microsoft one from March 2007. Stephen Lawler, general manager of the Virtual Earth team gave a sneak peek into what goes on behind the silk-screen doors at the labs.



Before you click play on the video below, I want to give you a heads up on the boring bits before you fall right asleep. Unfortunately for the first whole 2 minutes of the presentation, Stephen is in marketing-mode, explaining much of what we already know about Virtual Earth and common sense - more computing power, better experiences. If youre short on time, you want to start at about 2:10, where its all ˜insider peeks from then on.


winbeta.org - 22.06.2007

Windows 7 build 7232 leaks, with new wallpaper

It's that time again, another week and another Windows 7 build leak. They are really starting to flow now leading up to RTM and this time there are changes to report. Last week we had 7229 leak and this week it's build 7232.winmain.090610-1900 that has wriggled out of Microsoft's Redmond HQ and is being distributed across the net. The most obvious visual change is that a new default wallpaper has been set and there is no more betta fish. The new wallpaper is named harmony. Windows 7 is still on track for a July RTM, and it's possible that it may even RTM by the end of June.

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neowin.net - 16.06.2009

U.S. senator: It's time to ban Wikipedia in schools

Here's the newest from Sen. Ted Stevens, the man who described the Internet as a series of tubes: It's time for the federal government to ban access to Wikipedia, MySpace, and social networking sites from schools and libraries.

Early in January, Stevens introduced Senate bill 49, which among other things, would require that any school or library that gets federal Internet subsidies would have to block access to interactive Web sites, including social networking sites, and possibly blogs as well. It appears that the definition of those sites is so vague that it could include sites such as Wikipedia, according to commentators. It would certainly ban MySpace.

The bill is, in part, a rehash of a similar bill introduced last year, the Deleting Online Predators Act, also called DOPA. That bill passed the house, but got bogged down in the Senate. Many people are calling this year's bill "Son of DOPA" because of its similarity to last year's bill.


neowin.net - 15.02.2007

TED: Change the world with $100,000

The concept is simple; it's the execution that requires global collaboration and commitment. Not to mention some serious cash.



Along those lines, TED prizes are an award of $100,000 given to a select group of recipients looking to change the world with one idea or "wish." They can use the money as they choose, and at a ceremony here Thursday night, the three winners expressed their hopes for the future.




winbeta.org - 07.02.2009

How to: Create custom wallpaper collections in Windows 7

Do you love customizing your Windows desktop? If you do, you'll love this trick! By default, Windows 7 includes several locations to choose pictures and desktop backgrounds from, such as Windows Desktop Backgrounds, Pictures Library, Top Rated Photos, and Solid Colors. In this article, I will walk you through the process of creating your own wallpaper collection through the registry, and how to customize it to your liking. This process will help you categorize and sort your wallpapers efficiently, and allow you to use a mix of categorized wallpapers with Windows 7's new automatic background shuffle without the need to lump everything together. Disclaimer: The steps in this article involve modifying the Windows registry.

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neowin.net - 28.07.2009

Telecom Bill Overhaul Proposed

A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that is intended to update the country's telecommunications laws and accommodate new technologies, a congressional aide said on Thursday. The bill would limit state powers in putting regulations on broadband...
betanews.com - 17.09.2005

How to: get Bing's daily photo as a Windows 7 wallpaper

No matter what you think of Bing as a search engine, you have to admit that the daily homepage photos are pretty cool. They range from amazing nature photos to holiday sensitive events. Those images now have a new use, being wallpapers for your Windows 7 PC. One of Windows 7's lesser know features is the ability to download new wallpapers via a RSS feed. Thanks to the efforts of Long Zeng from www.istartedsomething.com & makeuseof.com you can now do just that. By using the code below, you can create a live daily updating bing theme.

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neowin.net - 05.08.2009

Source: Microsoft To Announce WorldWide Telescope On February 27

Michael Arrington: A source close to Microsoft says the company will launch new desktop software called WorldWide Telescope on February 27 at the TED Conference in Monterey, California. Our guess is that this is what Robert Scoble was talking about last week when he said he saw a new Microsoft project that brought him to tears.



The service will be accessed through a downloadable application - Windows only for now is what we hear. Users will be able to pan around the nighttime sky and zoom as far in to any one area as the data will allow. Microsoft is said to be tapping the Hubble telescope as well as ten or so earth bound telescopes around the world for data. When you find an area you like, you can switch to a number of different views, such as infrared and non-visible light.




winbeta.org - 19.02.2008

French bill would ban Internet use for illegal downloaders

France's Cultural Minister Christine Albanel introduced a bill to discourage the consumption of pirated media, under the threat of revoking the perpetrator's Internet access. Yesterday, that bill was approved by the Council of Ministers...
betanews.com - 20.06.2008

Windows DreamScene coming soon on Ultimate

Windows Vista Ultimate users began to receive the first set of "Ultimate Extras". But arguably the most anticipated Ultimate Extra was not there -- Windows DreamScene.

Windows client director, Jeff Putt has confirmed that this extra will not be available in its final form immediately after launch. However, a technology preview may be coming soon for Windows Vista Ultimate users who want to give it a try.

Windows DreamScene enables users to use looping high-definition video content (MPEG, WMV) as an animated wallpaper. Thanks to the new 3D accelerated desktop in Windows Vista, the animated wallpaper uses virtually no CPU (just a little for decoding the video).

Microsoft demonstrated Windows DreamScene yesterday at the launch event which showed Windows DreamScene using an animated wallpaper created by Stardock . The wallpaper they showed will be available exclusively at Neowin.net's partner site, WinCustomize .com, in February.

More information on public availability for Windows Vista Ultimate users is expected soon.


neowin.net - 30.01.2007