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Entries Tagged as 'Gates'

Andy Rooney skewers Bill Gates

August 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Gates, Windows, humor

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 look. (F-bomb [...]

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Popping the bubble

September 24th, 2008 · Comments Off · Apple, Gates, Mac, Microsoft, PC, clever

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 recently [...]

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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, Windows, news

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 him, [...]

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