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		<title>Bill Gates reflects: Steve Jobs, old rivalries, and Foundation future</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates has described his final meeting with Steve Jobs, in an emotional interview with 60 Minutes&#8217; Charlie Rose in which he recalled his rival and friend&#8217;s &#8220;forward looking&#8221; attitude. &#8220;He and I, in a sense, grew up together&#8221; Gates said of his relationship with Jobs, a complex friendship that saw each man engage and  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bill-gates-reflects-steve-jobs-old-rivalries-and-foundation-future-13281699/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates: iPad users frustrated over lack of keyboard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 14:19:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft founder and former CEO Bill Gates thinks that a majority of iPad users are frustrated with the tablet over the lack of a physical keyboard, as well as the inability to access Microsoft Office to create documents. He then points to the Microsoft Surface as a proper tablet of sorts, with a desktop-like operating  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bill-gates-ipad-users-frustrated-over-lack-of-keyboard-06280715/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates discusses Microsoft and their mobile sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Sin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an interview with CBS, Bill Gates talks to Charlie Rose about his life, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and more interestingly Microsoft. He says that the way that Microsoft went about the mobile industry didn&#8217;t allow them to get the leadership they needed. He says that they should have entered the market earlier  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bill-gates-discusses-microsoft-and-their-mobile-sector-18269731/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates shows off his 80-inch Perceptive Pixel display</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates conducted a Reddit AmA today (Ask me Anything) to talk about developments with his charity, as well as answer question on his past as Microsoft CEO. Gates provided a ton of insight on his Bill &#38; Melinda Gates Foundation and the progress its making towards providing vaccines for various illnesses. However, when asked  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bill-gates-shows-off-his-80-inch-perceptive-pixel-display-11268865/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates discusses future of Microsoft with Surface and Windows 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Craig Lloyd</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Microsoft CEO Bill Gates sat down and talked for the first time about Microsoft&#8217;s upcoming launch of its Surface tablet and Windows 8. Gates talks about the future of Windows with touch and tablet experiences, which are new for the company, but he also mentioned that the shift towards tablets is a big step  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bill-gates-discusses-future-of-microsoft-with-surface-and-windows-8-22253075/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: October 5, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Oct 2012 00:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eric Abent</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve arrived at another Friday evening, which means that the weekend lies ahead. Today, as many of you probably already know, was the one-year anniversary of the passing of Steve Jobs. Apple paid tribute to Jobs in a new video released today, and it was announced that three modified MacBook Pros will be auctioned off  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/slashgear-evening-wrap-up-october-5-2012-05250811/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>How Will Bill Gates Be Remembered?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 22:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Reisinger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a special person. He was able to combine some of the finer elements of the industry into products that made users worldwide drool. And along the way, he established himself as one of the most important figures in the technology industry. To say his contributions to the industry were significant  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/how-will-bill-gates-be-remembered-05250790/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates assures Windows 8 will be &#8220;a big deal&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 21:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Burns</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s always good to hear that the most famous face of the company that&#8217;s pushing a brand new operating system does think that it&#8217;ll be successful &#8211; thus is the situation with Bill Gates and Microsoft&#8217;s own Window 8 this week. In an interview given with the Associated Press, Gates spoke primarily on the Bill  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bill-gates-assures-windows-8-will-be-a-big-deal-27249555/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Classic Steve Jobs interviews released on iTunes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 07:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cache of classic Steve Jobs appearances has been released free of charge, showing the iconic CEO and founder of Apple in some of his most enthusiastic, sage and contrary moments. Filmed at various AllThingsD conferences, spread between 2003 and 2010, the six segments include the memorable moment Jobs shared the stage with Microsoft founder Bill Gates.  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/classic-steve-jobs-interviews-released-on-itunes-31231001/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates confirms that he&#8217;s not returning to Microsoft</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 06:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Fang</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates today squelched all rumors (that have surfaced in the last week or so) that he was considering a return to being the head of Microsoft. During an interview with Fairfax Media in Australia, Gates stated that &#8220;I made the transition to work full-time on the [Bill &#38; Melinda Gates] Foundation, and that&#8217;ll be  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bill-gates-confirms-that-hes-not-returning-to-microsoft-16202777/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates helping China build super-safe nuclear reactor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 14:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Gates is helping China go nuclear safely, with an innovative new reactor design being developed between Terrapower and Chinese engineers that would prioritize long-lasting, clean energy with minimal waste. Gates expects work on the fourth-gen reactor to cost in excess of $1bn over the next five years, the BBC reports, with the company he founded, Terrapower,  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bill-gates-helping-china-build-super-safe-nuclear-reactor-08200894/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gates to testify in $1B Microsoft legal battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shane McGlaun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 1994, Novell alleged that Microsoft had a monopoly and was undermining the WordPerfect program that competed against Microsoft Word. This is certainly not the first and likely, not the last time that Microsoft is accused of monopolistic behaviors. Apparently, Microsoft founder Bill Gates is going to have to testify in the case. Gates  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/gates-to-testify-in-1b-microsoft-legal-battle-21196789/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates speaks: Yes to Zune, No to Microsoft CEO job</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:34:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Evil impressions, Zune defensiveness and a willingness to give away $28bn dollars: can you blame us for liking Bill Gates? The Microsoft chairman has been talking to UK paper the Daily Mail, and while the focus is the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization which kicks off today, there&#8217;s still plenty of time for gadget anecdotes and singing  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bill-gates-speaks-yes-to-zune-no-to-microsoft-ceo-job-13158935/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft board refuses Ballmer roust</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 08:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite calls for Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to be toppled, the company&#8217;s board of directors are apparently standing behind the outspoken exec. According to a source close to the board talking to Reuters, the nine-strong directorial team &#8211; which includes ex-CEO and current chairman Bill Gates &#8211; all support Ballmer; earlier this week, notorious hedge  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/microsoft-board-refuses-ballmer-roust-27155070/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates &#8220;strong proponent&#8221; for Skype deal; Microsoft bypassing carriers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 08:49:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft&#8217;s acquisition of Skype may have proved controversial thanks to the big sums involved &#8211; $8.5bn in cash, no less &#8211; but according to chairman Bill Gates it&#8217;s not just &#8220;a great deal for Microsoft&#8221; but something he personally was pushing for. &#8221;I was a strong proponent at the board level for the deal being done&#8221;  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/bill-gates-strong-proponent-for-skype-deal-microsoft-bypassing-carriers-18152705/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paul Allen accuses Bill Gates of co-founder conspiracy in new Microsoft memoir</title>
		<link>http://www.slashgear.com/paul-allen-accuses-bill-gates-of-co-founder-conspiracy-in-new-microsoft-memoir-30143377/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Extracts from the upcoming autobiography of Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen have revealed significant resentment toward Bill Gates, with the ex-exec accusing his one-time partner of conspiring to take shares in the company from him while he underwent treatment for cancer. &#8220;Idea Man: A Memoir by the Co-founder of Microsoft&#8221; is scheduled to go on sale  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/paul-allen-accuses-bill-gates-of-co-founder-conspiracy-in-new-microsoft-memoir-30143377/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>1977 Bill Gates image secretly squeezed into Outlook 2010?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 15:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In what probably takes the award for today&#8217;s strangest news, Ars Technica spotted that the generic user icon in the Outlook 2010 People Pane appears to use the outline of previous Microsoft CEO Bill Gates.  More bizarrely, the image the Microsoft developer(s) responsible for the icon have used is seemingly Gates&#8217; 1977 police mugshot, from when  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/1977-bill-gates-image-secretly-squeezed-into-outlook-2010-30105386/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Gates: &#8220;Microsoft has a lot of different tablet projects&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 09:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apple&#8217;s iPad may be an early sales success, but it&#8217;s still polarising opinion between those for whom fingers are the be-all and end-all, and those who prefer the precision of stylus input.  Nobody represents that split better than Steve Jobs and Bill Gates; the Apple CEO recently said that if users had to reach for  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/gates-microsoft-has-a-lot-of-different-tablet-projects-0484146/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Project Natal will spread to HTPC and office claims Gates</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Davies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Microsoft aren&#8217;t just aiming for your games room with Project Natal, but your living room and even your office.  That&#8217;s the latest from Bill Gates, who confirmed that both the Xbox and Windows teams have &#8220;latched onto&#8221; the motion-tracking camera system and each plan to develop applications that will range from gaming through controlling an  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/project-natal-will-spread-to-htpc-and-office-claims-gates-1549411/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jobs v. Gates: Icons of a Media War</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brenda Stokes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been around a long time. The Microsoft-Apple war. People on both sides of the fence argue until they&#8217;re foaming at the mouth about &#8220;who is better.&#8221; The media has even poked fun at it but Apple has full on embraced it with the Mac and PC Guys in commercials. That being said, these CEO  <p><a href="http://www.slashgear.com/jobs-v-gates-icons-of-a-media-war-3013198/" class="more-link">Read The Full Story</a>]]></description>
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