Bill Gates tops Forbes' list of billionaires
New York (NY) - Bill Gates leads Forbes' list of the world's richest people for the 13th time in a row. The Microsoft co-founder's wealth is estimated at $56 billion.
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11.3.2007 Mexico's Slim Bumps Buffett as World's 2nd-Richest, Forbes Says
April 12 (Bloomberg) -- Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu displaced U.S. investor Warren Buffett as the world's second-richest man in March after almost doubling his personal fortune in 14 months, according to the Forbes magazine Web site.
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13.4.2007 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.
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4.2.2007 Gates still has a long to-do list
For years, the Microsoft chairman has been a fiery advocate, inside the company and out, for the notion that computers should be controlled, not just by mouse and keyboard, but also by more natural means, such as voice, touch and digital ink.
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19.10.2007 List Of Windows 7 Leaks
We already mentioned that Windows 7 is probably the Microsoft operating system with the most leaks in history (read: Microsoft we have a leak).
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4.4.2009 Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list
Cynics see the new Engineering Windows 7 blog, which launched last week, as a pure PR play from Microsoft. Maybe its just a matter of setting expectations properly.
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20.8.2008 Windows 7 SKU feature list
Microsoft yesterday announced its plans for the Windows 7 SKU. Here is the feature list I created based on the information that is currently available.
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4.2.2009 Updated List of updates for Vista SP1
This guy Aaron Tiensivu keeps a VERY good list of non-critical Vista updates and this looks like it could be part of SP1.
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14.6.2007 Heres the list of fixes in those new Vista fix packs
I linked to an AeroXP post this morning listing hot fixes for Windows Vista provided in two new Knowledge Base postings. The AeroXP post is gone now. Poof!
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30.7.2007 Ultimate List of Free Windows Software from Microsoft
Microsoft has over 150 FREE Windows & Office Programs available for download -- finding them all is extremely difficult . . . until now.
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2.1.2007 List of Google Search Strings for Finding MP3
This How-To will teach you how to use Google to find mp3s. This How-To will be highly pragmatic and will focus on the hows and not the wherefores of the various search strings.
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10.4.2007 Bill Gates Again Tops List of Richest Americans
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest person in America for the 14th year in a row, followed by investor Warren Buffett, according to Forbes magazine's latest list of the wealthiest Americans.
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21.9.2007 List of Available Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23041 ROMs
Ready to install cooked ROMs of Windows Mobile 6.5 Build 23041 are now available for a variety of popular Windows Phones.
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3.9.2009 A Software Compatibility List for Microsoft Windows Vista RC 1
Iexbeta has a nic Wiki page with a huge list of software and its compatibility with Windows Vista.
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29.9.2006 Windows 7 top feature request list leaked to the public
With Windows still managing to find its way to over 95 percent of the desktop computers sold each year, it's not surprising that one can find plenty of people interested in giving their feedback about what future versions of Windows should be able to do.
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18.11.2007 Windows 7 top feature request list leaked to the public
With Windows still managing to find its way to over 95 percent of the desktop computers sold each year, it's not surprising that one can find plenty of people interested in giving their feedback about what future versions of Windows should be able to do.
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27.1.2008 IE 8's list of 2,400 incompatible sites - including Microsoft.com!
Internet Explorer 8 (IE 8) is nearing the finish line, with a March release to manufacturing looking like a distinct possibility. But is IE 8 or, more accurately Web site developers and owners really ready?
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18.2.2009 View Windows 7 Startup Program List With Portable Starter
If you have tight control over auto starting applications on startup then you can stay safe from malicious programs, worms and viruses without any antivirus software.
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13.10.2009 First actual pictures of Xbox 360 Arcade bundle leaked, with packing list
Here it is, straight from our super-secret inside source. A few things are now confirmed: the system will come with a composite cable, both the system and the controller are still white, and a Pac-Man and Uno game are coming with the system.
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13.10.2007 Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell Top List of IT Influencers
Gates was named by 84% of the participants, Jobs by 73%, and Dell by 53% of CompTIA voters.
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7.11.2007 Microsoft's List Of 800 Windows Vista-Compatible Apps Excludes IBM, Adobe
Microsoft has released
a list of 800 applications that should run properly on its new Windows Vista operating system.
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25.2.2007 COMPLETE List of Original Xbox Games Playable on Xbox 360
The folks at Xbox are working hard to add more of your favorite games to this list, so check back often for the latest updates.
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How to Clear & Stop Displaying Windows Media Player 12 Frequent List in Windows 7
Windows 7 Start Menu is almost similar to Windows Vista however Windows 7 Taskbar aka superbar is way different from Vista & XP Taskbar. In Windows 7 Taskbar you have access to jump list and recently opened document list of Office word and for Windows Media Player you will get frequently played video list.
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20.7.2009 Windows 7 Features Complete Features List with Demo Videos
Windows 7Windows 7 is next iteration of almost-monopolistic Microsoft Windows operating system, after Windows Vista.
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21.7.2009 View Windows 7 Startup Program List with Startup Discoverer
Windows 7 has several ways to start applications & programs automatically commonly referred as startup locations.
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17.11.2009 Silverlight 3 in 2009
Having made available for download version 2 of its Adobe Flash killer, Microsoft is already moving onward to the next iteration.
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18.11.2008 Windows 7 - the End of 2009
As much as Microsoft is trying to make the availability date for the next iteration of the Windows client ambiguous, officially pointing to a development process scoped for 2010, Windows 7 is actually dropping at the end of 2009, were we to believe Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer.
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28.5.2008 Windows 7 Available on September 1, 2009
As Microsoft is making its way to the release to manufacturing milestone of Windows 7, the company confirmed that the gold build of the operating system would be made available to customers months ahead of October 22, 2009, the official launch deadline.
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14.7.2009 Microsoft: Vista follow-up likely in 2009
With Vista just out the door, Microsoft is now drawing up plans to deliver its follow-up client operating system by the end of 2009, according to the executive in charge of building the product's core components.
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10.2.2007 Internet Explorer 8? 2008? 2009?
Internet Explorer 8 followed by a question mark and an interrogatory tone is about all that can be said about the successor of Internet Explorer 7 at this point in time.
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1.10.2007Gates Regains Top Spot on Forbes List as Billionaires Dwindle
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates regained the title of worlds richest person on Forbes magazines annual ranking of billionaires worldwide, as the
global recession slashed the size of the list by 30 percent...
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12.03.2009Gates regains Forbes rich list top spot
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has found himself back at the top of Forbes magazine's list of the richest billionaires as the worldwide economic
downturn takes its effect on the wealth of many of the world's richest people. 332 people have been wiped off the list completely after their
fortunes have fallen below the $1 billion mark, according to BBC News, leaving just 793 total places. One of those booted off the list, also
loosing the title of world's youngest billionaire, is the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg.
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12.03.2009The Forbes 400
One billion dollars is no longer enough. The price of admission to this, the 25th anniversary edition of the Forbes 400, is $1.3 billion, up $300
million from last year. The collective net worth of the nation's mightiest plutocrats rose $290 billion to $1.54 trillion.
Wall
Street led the charge, despite this summer's market jitters. Nearly half of the 45 new members made their fortunes in hedge funds and private equity.
Money manager John Paulson joins the list after pocketing more than $1 billion short-selling subprime credit this summer.
Leveraged buyout titans David Bonderman and James Coulter of Texas Pacific Group make their first appearance on the list, along with William
Conway, Daniel D'Aniello and David Rubenstein of the Carlyle Group. Blackstone billionaires Peter Peterson and Hamilton "Tony" James also join the
Forbes 400 for the first time.
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21.09.2007Seattle tops 'Forbes' most wired cities list
The list-happy business magazine Forbes Thursday released its annual survey of the
nation's most wired cities. Topping the list is
Seattle, the home of Amazon.com, Starbucks, and Microsoft (well, it's in a suburb).
Surprisingly, none of California's
famed tech cities are in the top 10. San Francisco dropped to No. 11 from No. 4 last year, mainly because of its lack of high-speed access options.
But take heart, San Franciscans: Forbes still says you're the most tech savvy city in the country, since you have the highest percentage of
home broadband Internet users in the country. Following right behind the "city by the bay" are San Diego and Los Angeles.
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23.01.2009Did Yahoo Bid Cost Bill Gates "World's Richest" Title?
Dan Frommer: Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man,
according to Forbes
magazine. The new leader: Berkshire Hathaway boss Warren Buffett, worth an estimated $62 billion. Gates fell to third place -- after Mexican
telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu -- and is now worth an estimated $58 billion.
Not that Gates cares, but did Microsoft's (MSFT)
$44.6 billion bid for Yahoo (YHOO) cost him the title?
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06.03.2008Gates: Great To Be An Underdog
In the wake of Microsoft's collapsed bid for Yahoo!, Bill Gates spoke with Forbes.com on Sunday afternoon in an exclusive interview to talk about
Google, the future of Microsoft and why he likes being the underdog.
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05.05.2008Cisco Software Takes On Microsoft, IBM
If Cisco wasn't making enough enemies with its string of bold acquisitions and a brazen push into the server market last spring, it's now picking a
software fight with several more tech heavyweights: Microsoft, Google and IBM...
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09.11.2009Ellison tops tech exec salary list
Congratulations, Larry Ellison, you're No. 1!
Forbes , as it does every year, has released its list of
top executive salaries. In the
overall list as well as the technology category, Ellison, the Oracle chief exec and billionaire yachtsman, was tops with total 2007 compensation at
$192.9 million.
It's another big win for Ellison, who recently won a
$3 million tax break on his $200
million estate in swanky Woodside, Calif. Ellison's lawyers successfully argued that the house suffered from "significant functional obsolescence"
because it turns out there's a limited market for 23-acre estates built to look like 16th century Japanese summer palaces.
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03.05.2008iPhone bug to hijack phone by SMS will be revealed tomorrow
Forbes is reporting that two researchers plan to reveal an un-patched iPhone bug that could virally infect phones via SMS. The hijack was discovered
by iPhone hacker Charlie Miller. Miller is a well known security researcher, famous for hacking a Macbook within seconds earlier this year at Pwn2Own
2009. Miller plans to unveil the attack methods during a talk he is holding at tomorrow's Blackhat security conference in Las Vegas. Miller
claims he is able to take over the iPhone with a series of malicious SMS messages. "This is serious. The only thing you can do to prevent it is turn
off your phone," Miller told Forbes.
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29.07.2009Gates Slips From 'Richest Man' Status
Microsoft's Chairman Bill Gates has been supplanted as the world's richest man, according to a
revised Forbes Magazine ranking, using October 1 data. Gates
now takes second place to Berkshire Hathaway Chairman and CEO Warren Buffett, whose wealth Forbes estimated at $58 billion.
Gates had held the top richest spot for 15 years, but his wealth slipped from $57 billion in August to $55.5 billion in October, the magazine
reported. Taking third place, at $25.4 billion, was Gates' ostensible nemesis, Larry Ellison, cofounder and CEO of Oracle Corp.
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11.10.2008Bill 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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24.09.2005Bill Gates Again Tops List of Richest Americans
According to Forbes magazine's 25th annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans, Microsoft founder Bill Gates ($59 billion) is the richest person
in America for the 14th year in a row, followed by investor Warren Buffett ($52 billion) - the pair's fortunes each grew by $6 billion in the
past year. Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson ($28 billion), head of Las Vegas Sands, and software tycoon Larry Ellison ($26 billion), chief
executive of Oracle, remain at spots 3 and 4, respectively. " The collective net worth of those listed on the 400 this year rose $290 billion
to $1.54 trillion ," Forbes said.
For the first time since 1989 there are no members of the Walton family, descendants of Wal-Mart
founder Sam Walton, in the top 10. The Waltons were displaced by Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who came in at 5th place with fortunes
of $18.5 billion, and brothers Charles and David Koch, who run Koch Industries and are each valued at $17 billion, earning them 9th place.
Investor Kirk Kerkorian was the biggest gainer on the list, his fortune rising by more than $9 billion in the past year to $18 billion and
moving from 26th to 7th place. Of the top 400 richest Americans, Forbes said 270 are entirely self-made, 74 inherited their wealth and 39 are women.
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22.09.2007Bill Gates tops U.S. wealth list 15 years in a row
Microsoft founder Bill Gates is the richest person in the United States for the 15th year in a row, but economic woes have claimed some members of
Forbes magazine ranking of the 400 wealthiest Americans.
Dropouts this year include former American International Group chief
executive Maurice Greenberg, and former eBay chief Meg Whitman, while among those on the list some 126 fortunes declined -- six times more than last
year.
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18.09.2008Compatibility View List and IE8 RTW
Scott Dickens: Ive blogged about the
Compatibility View features included in Internet
Explorer 8 a
few times during the Beta 2 and
Release Candidate milestones. Now that Internet
Explorer 8 has released, I wanted to follow-up with a quick post highlighting the content thats been created on MSDN regarding the Compatibility View
List...
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01.04.2009Microsoft's Sneak Attack On Google
Forget about that $44 billion takeover bid for Yahoo. Microsoft's latest assault on Google is slier.
Since May Microsoft has
been reimbursing people up to half of the value of items they buy using its search technology. The gimmick isn't working. In July Google's share of
all searches jumped to 60% from 53% a year ago, while Microsoft's share slumped to 12% from 13.6%, according to Nielsen Online...
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28.08.2008Windows 7: A few more changes from Beta to RC
Steven Sinfosky: Hey folks, just wanted to provide another update (building on the recent post on
some changes since Beta) on some of the changes you will see
in the Release Candidate. Again, there are many and this is not an exhaustive list. Of course we continue to gather telemetry from the
large number of people running the Beta full time. Just a reminder, the Beta is the only official build from Microsoft. Chaitanya compiled
this list from a broad set of feature teams focused on visible changes based on feedback that go beyond bug fixes, though we included some of the
more widely reported bugs on this list as well.
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13.03.2009Oscar movie pirates battle the MPAA once again in 2009
With the nominations of the Oscars named just a few days ago I wondered how many of the movies nominated have actually been seen by people at home
rather then the cinema in the form of piracy. Of course no website gives out that kind of information but there is a blog post that was featured on
slashfilm that gave some shocking figures. Displayed above is a small section of a list of films (see full list here over the last 7 years that
have been nominated in some form or another for an Oscar. In the years Andy Baio has been researching this information he has found some quite
shocking statistics regarding the piracy of the nominees.
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24.01.2009Warren Buffett Tops BusinessWeek's Annual Ranking of 'The 50 Most Generous Philanthropists'
For the second consecutive year, Warren Buffett tops BusinessWeek's annual ranking of "The 50 Most Generous Philanthropists." Bill and Melinda
Gates, George Kaiser, George Soros, and Gordon and Betty Moore round out the top five.
Whittling down a lifetime of earnings -- a
prospect most of us would like to avoid -- is the goal of many of the billionaires and multimillionaires in BusinessWeek's annual ranking of most
generous givers. If their megagifts to causes ranging from cancer research to civil rights to the prevention of meth addiction are any indication,
they're making good progress. Sixteen of the 50 U.S. philanthropists on the list gave north of $100 million this year, nine donated $200 million or
more, and one towered above them all with $723 million in gifts.
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16.11.20072009's 50 most innovative companies
The Fast Company has unleashed its list of the 50 most innovative companies for 2009. Innovation is a key nowadays to making (and more importantly,
selling) products, so making a top 50 list is certainly a grand achievement. Without further ado, here is the list. 1. Team Obama: Barack Obama made
the top position because his team innovated in his quest to become the next President of the United States. He employed the power of technology, using
Twitter and various other internet tools to connect with voters, doing what no other President has done fully before. 2. Google: Google continues to
make it to innovation lists, and with little wonder.
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21.02.2009Mac Attack For Apple
Apple's going back to the future this holiday season.
Forget new gadgets like iPhones and iPods. The company expects to get a
year-end lift from the product that made it a sensation in the first place: the Macintosh computer, which seems to be winning converts from the
Microsoft Windows world.
Shares of Apple rose 2.4%, or $4.46, to close at $189.96, after two analysts lifted their price targets
the stock. Both said they expect strong holiday Mac sales.
RBC analyst Mike Abramsky upped his price target of Apple shares to
$215.00 from $205.00 on Thursday. He maintained his "outperform" rating on the stock.
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