Gates Foundation plans Web access grants
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The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation says it will expand its program to give people access to the Internet in libraries and other public places to two Eastern European countries and the African nation of Botswana.
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(12/13/04)âA $42.6 million grant from the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation to the Institute for OneWorld Health, the first nonprofit pharmaceutical company in the United States, will create a powerful new approach to developing a more affordable
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Google yesterday laid out its plan for philanthropy and announced $25 million in grants aimed at addressing climate change as well as poverty and health issues in developing countries.
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Google and Microsoft separately plan to introduce on Thursday enhanced information sharing services for Internet users. Microsoft plans for the first time to offer a
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates announced Friday at the World Economic Forum that his foundation would give $306 million to use green technology and farming techniques to boost millions out of hunger and poverty.
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The software giant is expected to formally donate the developer tools to the Accessibility Interoperability Alliance, an engineering working group.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP _ Efforts to try to develop an ancient Chinese remedy to help treat malaria in Third World countries will get a big boost today by an expected donation of millions of dollars from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
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A global fund designed to shrink the technology gap between rich and poor is to be launched in November.
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The $328 million project will help countries plan or install free computer and Internet access in libraries.
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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation of Seattle has donated $43 million dollars grant dollars to Institute for OneWorld Health, a nonprofit drug company, to aid in the development of cheaper malaria treatment.
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Technology eligible for grants includes voice or radio Internet protocols, broadband video applications, mobile public safety networks, multi-band software designed radios and satellite communication systems.
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The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation took its support of AIDS-related research and care to a new level Wednesday, announcing a half-billion-dollar grant to a global fund that provides AIDS assistance in poor countries.
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will sign a co-operation agreement with Unesco today to improve access to computers, the Internet and IT training in developing countries.
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Grants aim to accelerate European research into business applications of shared computing.
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The Mozilla Foundation is busy planning enhancements to its new open-source Firefox Web browser, including the possibility of integrating it with a variety of desktop search tools.
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Google Inc.'s philanthropic arm is making more than $26 million in new grants and investments in organizations and companies devoted to causes that the Internet search leader believes will help make the world a better place.
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The U.S. National Institutes of  Health, which spent nearly $20 billion last year funding  research, urged scientists on Thursday to let the agency  publish their studies on the Internet.