blog.wired.com - 1/4/2009
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If it seems like technology and cartoon humor don't fit as well together as crusty old millionaires and big-boob gold-diggers, it's probably true.
The principles that drive tech innovation are based on a certain amount of hopeful enthusiasm that is hard to make fun of sometimes. Many new ...
TED Blog: Twitter Snapshot: Bill Gates -- an optimist and a comedian?
blog.ted.com 2/5/2009 — 04 February 2009 Twitter Snapshot: Bill Gates -- an optimist and a comedian? 467740829_2jFoP-M.jpg Yes, they're real. Not they're not malarial: Bill Gates opens a jar of mosquitoes at TED2009. Photo: TED / James Duncan Davidson We certainly saw a peak ...
Bill Gates Unleashes Swarm of Mosquitoes on Crowd
foxnews.com 2/5/2009 — Microsoft founder turned philanthropist Bill Gates released mosquitoes at an elite Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference to make a point about the deadly sting of malaria.
Bill Gates Unleashes Mosquito Swarm [Wtf]
valleywag.gawker.com 2/4/2009 — TED, the annual gathering of the most pretentious people from the fields of technology, entertainment, and design, just got punk'd. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates released a swarm of mosquitos into...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
gatesfoundation.org 2/4/2009 — All Lives Have Equal Value About Us Letter from Bill & Melinda Gates Guiding Principles Leadership Annual Reports Financials Jobs Press Room Contact Us Programs & Partnerships Global Development Program Global Health Program United States Program ...
CES 2009: A Techy Tape Measure
gearlog.com 1/12/2009 —
The Taiwan San Tyau company claims that their eTape is "the first breakthrough in measuring." I'm not sure I'd agree with that. I'd probably give that award to, say, something like the cubit. Still, this is one of the few recent innovations we've ...
Did Gates Really Say 640K is Enough For Anyone?
wired.com 7/30/2009 — Earlier this week, in a column on Bill Gates, fellatio and media, and how all three relate to a profile of Gates in last week's Time magazine, this column daringly offered free software into the millennium to anyone who remembers one thing Bill Gates ...
iPhones and iPods Banned at Gates' Home [Apple Vs Microsoft]
i.gizmodo.com 3/2/2009 — According to linda Melinda in an interview with Vogue, the Gates' kids can play Xbox, run Windows 7, and massage photos on Microsoft Surface all they want, but they can't have iPods or iPhones: There are very few things that are on the banned list ...