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Gates: Custom Windows could run on PCs
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates acknowledged on Wednesday that an existing version of Windows for ATMs and other specialised machines, which lets companies drop included components such as a browser, could be configured to run on everyday computers.
[April 25, 2002, 9:15]
Gates hints at Microsoft version of iTunes
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said his company is exploring ways to develop a music download service similar to Apple Computer's iTunes that would tie into the software giant's multimedia applications.
[July 28, 2003, 12:02]
'Double-booked' Gates to launch Vista in London
News Microsoft has confirmed that chairman Bill Gates will visit London at the end of this month for the official launch of its Vista operating system and Office 2007 productivity suite. Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, will be attending this event...
[January 8, 2007, 14:08]
A Year Ago: Sun and Netscape lambast Microsoft
News Sun chairman Scott McNealy and Netscape chief executive Jim Barksdale called on the Justice Department to bring a new and broader anti-trust suit against Microsoft for leveraging monopoly power. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, Sun's McNealy and...
[March 2, 1999, 7:04]
Gates gamble pays off for Microsoft
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates redeemed himself as a witness on Monday, repeatedly rebuffing attacks made by states' attorney Steven Kuney in the latest phase of the four-year-old antitrust case. Gates also emphasized Microsoft 's attempt to fully...
[April 23, 2002, 8:14]
Gates woos cable companies to Microsoft middleware
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, speaking at the opening session of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association's annual trade show, outlined his company's new software for bridging cable television and interactive digital technology.
[June 10, 2003, 7:21]
China inspects Windows code
News What's more, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates hinted that China will be privy to all, not just part, of the source code its government wished to inspect. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who is visiting China, said: "As part of Microsoft's commitment to...
[February 28, 2003, 14:41]
Microsoft on 'Open Windows': Baloney!
News Microsoft's ever-in-the-news chairman was again the object of attention on Thursday afternoon, and not because of the launch earlier in the day of Windows 2000, the anticipated upgrade to the company's powerful network operating system.
[February 18, 2000, 10:47]
Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood
News The UK Unix User Group is up in arms at the prospect of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates receiving an honorary knighthood. Other operating systems rarely suffer such problems, said UKUUG chairman Charles Curran, "having been designed with security and...
[January 27, 2004, 14:55]
Microsoft's plot to block Sun revealed
News E-mail messages from Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates and other executives, introduced during testimony last week, offer rare insight into the political maneuverings of the company. Microsoft executives apparently attempted to steer the direction of a...
[May 15, 2002, 8:28]
'Hype will happen' - Gates
News The Microsoft chairman said on Monday that most of the advances promised during the Internet boom will eventually come true. Even for a company as big as Microsoft, the chairman said, there are enough new areas of growth to keep it expanding...
[July 29, 2003, 8:40]
Gates bids UK adieu
News In his final UK appearance before he steps down as Microsoft chairman to pursue his philanthropic and charitable work, Bill Gates said developments in technology and software will continue to radically change ways of working and interacting for...
[January 30, 2008, 14:29]
Microsoft on trial: Sharp at Comdex, forgetful on tape
News The testimony presented in the ongoing state-federal antitrust case against Microsoft once again showed a forgetful and combative Microsoft chairman and CEO incapable of explaining the meaning of common English words in memos written by Microsoft...
[November 17, 1998, 10:55]
A Year Ago: Red tape hinders e-trade
News Former Microsoft UK chairman David Svendsen last week called for a light legislative touch to maximise the UK's opportunities in e-commerce Svendsen, who stepped down from the chairman's role last month after 13 years at Microsoft in this country...
[March 5, 2001, 6:02]
Gates admits IE failings, looks to an AJAX future
News Bill Gates, Microsoft's chairman, delivered a keynote speech on Monday at Mix '06 in Las Vegas, the first edition of a Microsoft conference aimed at developers building online applications that combine Web and mobile access.
[March 21, 2006, 7:55]
A Year Ago: Gates: MS won't be broken
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates said in an interview aired on Friday he does not expect the government's landmark antitrust suit against his company to lead to its breakup. Gates will remain chairman of the world's largest software maker, which he co...
[January 15, 2001, 6:01]
Gates lays out vision for the digital decade
News Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has said the software giant is "the most optimistic company" about advancing new technology innovations. We are putting our money where our mouth is on this one," Microsoft's chairman said.
[February 13, 2003, 12:28]
Ballmer should follow Gates out of Microsoft
Leader As you've probably read, seen and heard already today, Microsoft's chairman will take a back seat in 2008 and devote more of his talents to his charitable foundation. But by deciding to wind down his role as Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates is...
[June 16, 2006, 16:40]
Truce paves path of cooperation
News Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer and Sun chairman Scott McNealy said at a press conference on Friday that the two companies had struggled for many months to find ways to ensure that they could share technical information without infringing...
[April 5, 2004, 8:40]
Gates reassures businesses
News After a long week, and very little weekend, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates arrived in Texas for the Convergence 2006 trade show to offer an update on the software maker's least well-known unit, Microsoft Business Solutions.
[March 29, 2006, 14:55]
