Tag: bill gates
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates to conduct joint-interview next week
It’s ever so humid up here in Shiny Towers, and in between alternating between draping ourselves over the rotating fans and nipping down the road for iced teas, we’ve been reading about how Steve Jobs of Apple and Bill Gates of Microsoft will be conducting a 75-minute joint interview next Wednesday the 30th with various ‘tech executives’ at the annual ‘D – All Things Digital’ conference in California. Yikes. It’s obvious…
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates to re-enact "I'm a Mac… I'm a PC" ads at joint conference session
Okay, so they haven't promised exactly that – instead they've merely announced they'll be sharing the stage for an interview session at the Wall Street Journal's 'D: All Things Digital' conference in May. But imagine how cool it would be…
Windows Vista Launch, London – Bill Gates Speech 4 (the one where we find out what it actually does)
David Weeks, Windows Client Marketing Manager for Microsoft UK, jumps onboard this jolly ol' ship, and walks us through a Vista demo. Now this is more like it! 'The great versatility of Vista allows for a greater digital experience',…
Windows Vista Launch, London – Bill Gates Speech 3 (the one where they talk about libraries and we see The Feeling)
Still both yapping on about this new 'Turning The Pages' program that the Library can use with Vista, we're 'treated' to a short film about da Vinci, his manuscripts, and what several key historians think of the involvement with…
Windows Vista Launch London – Bill Gates Speech (the one where Kat gets it on with Bill)
Yawn. It's 10.15, they're running late, and still playing Razorlight. Still, I guess that's better than an Apple presentation, where they would no doubt blast your poor, defenseless ears with U2 and The Gorillaz. While I've got a few…
Windows Vista Launch, London – Bill Gates Speech (the one where Kat waits for it to begin)
Here I am, yet again waiting in a queue to see the great Bill Gates. For the second time in less than a month, I'm privileged enough to attend a keynote speech made by the founder of Microsoft, possibly…
Vista launch: Microsoft's latest Windows OS goes global today
Microsoft's latest PC operating system, Windows Vista, has finally been released to consumers worldwide. Bill's beefy new operating system is set to take over the reins from Windows XP, though there's a hefty upgrade price both for the software itself…
Grr! Bill Gates comes out swinging for Xbox 360
Amid all the fuss around the Wii and PS3 launches, Xbox 360 has quietly continued to rack up sales in the background, boosted by new titles like Viva Pinata and Gears Of War. But Bill Gates chose a post-CES interview…
CES 2007: Bill Gates really IS walking the show floor
Yesterday at his keynote speech Bill Gates mentioned how much he loves to walk around the halls to find out who made the biggest LCD screens each year. "You? Walk the halls? Like a normal person?" we thought. Never going…
CES 2007: Bill Gates keynote – the basics (Xbox, Vista, Windows Live)
Forget combo Blu-ray / HD DVD players, 1 terabyte hard drives and ridiculously large LCD televisions. Obviously what CES attendees were really looking forward to was hearing about Windows Vista and the Xbox 360. Securing seats within heckling distance…
