Bill Gates wants to use a portion of his billions to reinvent the toilet for third world countries. It’s a wonderful gesture, but whatever made him think of that? A little more info here.
Entries Tagged as 'Gates'
Andy Rooney skewers Bill Gates
August 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Gates, humor, Windows
Love him or hate him, Andy speaks the truth here.
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Melinda Gates’ dirty little secret
March 11th, 2009 · Comments Off · Gates, humor, tech
Bill Gates’ wife recently mentioned during an interview with Vogue Magazine that iPods are banned in their household**. So we can only guess that Zunes are the order of the day. ** See here, eleventh paragraph down. But there’s a POV video floating around of her spilling her guts about the whole thing. Have a [...]
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Popping the bubble
September 24th, 2008 · Comments Off · Apple, clever, Gates, Mac, Microsoft, PC
With Microsoft’s $300 million ad campaign under way and a few commercials in the can, it surely didn’t take long for a clever video editor to take the wind out of the sails of the whole I’m a PC shebang. Although, like the Gates/Seinfeld ads, the new PC ads say nothing of value. It was [...]
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The MS Gates-Seinfeld ad – take 2
September 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Gates, Microsoft, opinion, tech
The second Gates/Seinfeld ad from Microsoft has hit the airwaves with more of the same tripe that accompanied the first. Somehow the boys are living in a home with the resident family. This disconnected-ness between the first ad and this one has left many viewers as befuddled as before. They’ve gone from a discount shoe [...]
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The second Seinfeld Microsoft ad
September 8th, 2008 · Comments Off · Apple, Gates, Jobs, Microsoft, tech
This one makes a lot more sense.
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Shoes and computer sales
September 5th, 2008 · Comments Off · Gates, Microsoft, odd, weird
Microsoft recently announced that it would be investing $300 mil in an advertising campaign which will supposedly be a double-edged sword. First, the ads will be a counter or rebuttal to the scathing and successful “Get a Mac” ads that Apple has been pumping out all over. Second, MS wants to convince the masses that [...]
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So long, Bill
June 27th, 2008 · Comments Off · Gates, Microsoft, news, Windows
Today is Bill Gates’ last day Microsoft. The cofounder of the company is leaving (with a lotta bucks as you know) to devote more time to philanthropic efforts. He made a lot of money over the last 30-some years, now it’s time to redistribute the wealth. I don’t hate the guy. I kind of admire [...]
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