Mr. Microsoft goes to Washington
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Report shows software maker paid $160,000 to one consultant to lobby Congress last year--likely a drop in the bucket of the company's overall government affairs budget.
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Bill Gates made three public appearances during a trip to California late last week. Some of the more interesting moments, as captured in the media coverage: San Francisco Chronicle: &quot;Gates took questions
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Repeating a call Microsoft has been making for years, Bill Gates this week addressed both Congress and a gala gathering at the Center for Democracy and Technology concerning the prospects of a comprehensive consumer privacy law.
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Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will meet with French President Jacques Chirac here Wednesday during a visit to France to defend his company's software against competition from Linux and other free Internet-based software.
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The president of the software giant's platform and services division sends an e-mail to all Microsofties explaining why the Facebook stake was such a coup.
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By Brian Bergstein, The Bellingham Herald, Wash.  Feb. 13--For three weeks this March and April, Microsoft Corp. warns that users of its calendar programs "should view any appointments ...
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By Benjamin J. Romano, Seattle Times  Jun. 1--If Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer were in charge of Washington state, shoring up education would be a higher priority even than easing the commute to Redmond.
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Thank-you, Mr Gates Romania's president delivered an enconium to software piracy during Bill Gates' world tour promoting Windows Vista.â¦
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InfoWorld - Flying bikes, cell phone robots, smart walking sticks, and audio speakers that defy logic are inventions all on display Tuesday at Microsoft&#39;s Redmond, Washington, headquarters.
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Bill Gates is giving his big speech right now at Microsoftâs big âDigital Entertainment Anywhereâ event in Los Angeles. Weâll have a proper report for you soon, but in the meantime we figured weâd
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Pressure from Microsoft chairman and shareholder Bill Gates over a sagging financial outlook and news that Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has bought nearly 9 percent of Six Flags, Inc.
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Bill Gates and Steven A. Ballmer of Microsoft, along with other high-tech executives, are lobbying for more visas for temporary foreign workers and permanent immigrants.
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The area's technology executives have again embraced the idea that Washington is a government town. Over the years when government work was not considered fashionable, some tried to develop a separate identity for the region built on ventures in software, telecom, the Internet -- the whole gamut.
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The Microsoft chairman thinks there are some powerful tasks the computer can tackle once it knows whether--and how--you are available.
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Making the world safe from Linux? Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ) Chairman Bill Gates is in Paris this morning, signing an agreement with UNESCO to boost computer literacy in developing countries.
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By MATTHEW FORDAHL    SAN JOSE, Calif.  -- After years of battling Microsoft Corp...
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Speaking at a lunch meeting in Seattle on Thursday, MicrosoftÂ CEO Steve Ballmer tried to explain the difference between the words "as" and "and" when placed between the words "software" and "service."