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ARPA-E: Real Talk From Bill Gates on Energy
When Bill Gates speaks about energy, we should listen. Not just because he’s still one of the richest people in the world, or because he did as much as anyone...

Of Course Bill Gates Isn’t Coming Back to Microsoft
Bill Gates has shot down reports that he'll ever go back to work full-time at Microsoft, the company he co-founded 36 years ago.

Don't Pine for Bill Gates, Microsoft Fans
Putting the kibosh on one of 2011′s biggest non-stories, Bill Gates has said he isn’t going to return to full-time work at Microsoft. Thank heavens. His current...
Gates Testifies in $1B Lawsuit Against Microsoft
Billionaire Bill Gates envisioned a computer in every home in America, and he wanted to be the one who put them there, the Microsoft Corp. co-founder testified...

A Human-Waste Gold Mine: Bill Gates Looks to Reinvent the Toilet
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was...
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Bill Gates: The Early Years
A look at the life of the Microsoft co-founder before the internet revolution
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Persons of the Year 2005
Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Bono: three people on a global mission to end poverty, disease — and indifference
