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. By the end of the decade we'll add several dozen things to that list, things relating to note taking and reading...
[February 13, 2003, 12:28]
Microsoft Puts PCs Into Heart Of Home Entertainment
News Earlier this year, chairman Bill Gates said that selling customised versions of Windows, as requested by nine states pursuing the antitrust case against Microsoft, would confuse customers. Originally code-named Freestyle, this entertainment version...
[July 16, 2002, 8:19]
CES: Samsung Chief Executive Unveils Home Gadgets
News Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates had briefly demonstrated the handheld device the night before during his own keynote speech. Chin also unveiled the Home Media Center, one of the first products based on the Freestyle extension to the Windows XP...
[January 9, 2002, 9:12]
Media Center PCs In The Spotlight
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates introduced the new operating system software, then code-named Freestyle, at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. The new computers are made by HP and run the new Windows XP Media Center Edition, a derivation of...
[October 29, 2002, 8:35]
Microsoft Updates Longhorn Roadmap
News Microsoft chairman Bill Gates first mentioned the update in an interview in March with ZDNet UK sister site CNET News.com. Also slated for this year are updates to the Tablet PC and Windows Media Center editions of Windows XP.
[May 5, 2004, 13:00]
Redmond Takes Aim At Your Home
News Chairman Bill Gates said the company hopes to see this version sell four or five times as much as the prior versions. The software giant is counting on Media Center, along with new portable media players and other devices to reinvigorate sales of...
[October 13, 2004, 9:10]
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]
Microsoft Scales Back Longhorn For 2006 Launch
News Microsoft has been reluctant to pin down a date for the launch of the Windows update, though Chief Software Architect Bill Gates said recently that 2006 was a likely target. Allchin said the software giant also plans a marketing effort to tout...
[April 12, 2004, 10:35]
Little Things Mean A Lot For Gates
News Slicked up versions of those common objects -- based on Microsoft's previously announced Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT) -- were the highlights of Microsoft chairman Bill Gates' opening keynote address on Wednesday night at the Consumer...
[January 9, 2003, 7:51]
Microsoft Pledges £3.3bn To R&D
News Microsoft plans to increase its research and development budget by 20 percent and hire 5,000 new workers in the coming year, Chairman Bill Gates said on Thursday. Gates, speaking at Microsoft's annual meeting with financial analysts at its Redmond...
[July 26, 2002, 7:32]
Gates On Geekery And Gadgets
News Bill Gates says his house is already wired to the hilt, with touch screens and high-definition displays. As Windows Vista's debut looms, Gates takes measure of Windows XP's legacy to computing. Gates says he's impressed by the number of high...
[January 9, 2007, 9:10]
Why Microsoft's Media Center Is Stuck On The Edge
Leader Bill Gates will tomorrow unveil the next version of Windows XP Media Center, an event that marks an important moment in the convergence of computing and consumer electronics. Tomorrow he will announce the Media Center Extender, which will allow...
[October 11, 2004, 11:20]
Gates Fights Gremlins At CES
News Bill Gates ran into more a fair number of problems while demonstrating Windows XP Media Center at CES - this video showcases some of his bloopers
[January 10, 2005, 15:35]
