Bill Gates

The heat is on Bill Gates The heat is on Bill Gates

He now works to solve humanity's greatest problems with his foundation -- yet has no program to curb global warming. That does not compute.
By Joseph Romm Mar 9, 2009

  • Bill Gates and Wal-Mart want to save the world

    Call it Capitalism 2.0: Microsoft's founder and Wal-Mart's CEO say there's got to be a better way.
    By Andrew Leonard January 24, 2008

  • How Microsoft crushed Linux's Chinese rebellion

    The story starts with a Fortune magazine article, and ends in the second century B.C.
    By Andrew Leonard July 10, 2007

  • What else we're reading

    Helping women protect themselves against AIDS, opinions from Ellen Goodman and Susan J. Douglas, and more.
    By Page Rockwell August 14, 2006

  • Bill Gates goes open source

    To combat AIDS, Microsoft's founder learns from Linux.
    By Andrew Leonard July 20, 2006

  • Bill Gates vs. the WHO

    Will the $60 billion Gates-Buffett colossus make the U.N.'s World Health Organization irrelevant?
    By Andrew Leonard June 27, 2006

  • Gates gives it all away

    Microsoft's slacker founder decides to do something meaningful with his life.
    By Andrew Leonard June 15, 2006

  • What's good for Bill Gates...

    The Microsoft mogul says America needs more foreign engineers and programmers to compete. Critics say it's all about cheap labor.
    By Rebecca Clarren May 26, 2006

  • Will Microsoft make the switch -- again?

    Surprised by the hits his company is taking for abandoning a gay rights measure, Bill Gates says Microsoft may support the bill next time around.
    By Tim Grieve April 26, 2005

  • Microsoft's new project: Building a better high school

    A partnership between the software giant and the Philadelphia School District is an innovative solution to an urban crisis. But can public education survive private management?
    By Christine Smallwood March 13, 2005

  • Flagrante T-shirt-o

    A Brooklyn entrepreneur prints shirts proclaiming that the wearer had sex with everyone from the Strokes to Anna Wintour -- and New York is eating them up.
    By Elizabeth Spiers July 1, 2003

  • When gearheads go gray

    Our iconic whiz kids -- Gates, Case and Jobs -- debut new, mellower versions. Plus: What Hillary really didn't know.
    By Tina Brown June 5, 2003

  • The Fix

    Jessica Lange wows 'em at college, James Gandolfini sings with Kate Winslet, and Egypt looks for its own Pamela Anderson. Plus: Is Bill Gates cheap?
    By Karen Croft May 19, 2003

  • Earth to Bill Gates: Thank you

    Yes, Microsoft is a bullying monopoly. But the software king may go down in history as the single individual who did the most to help the world's neediest people.
    By Andrew Leonard May 9, 2003

  • The free-software tango

    In Argentina, a miserable economy is encouraging computer users to look for low-cost, nonproprietary solutions. Bill Gates is paying attention.
    By Matt Dorn May 7, 2003

  • Settlement talk

    What Bill Gates and advocates for each side have to say about the court's decision to approve the Microsoft antitrust deal.
    By Farhad Manjoo November 2, 2002

  • Like a virgin

    Move over Britney -- Kelly Clarkson wants to be the new chaste one; Wesley Snipes gets some. Plus: What's bigger than a laptop and cries? Ask Bill Gates.
    By Amy Reiter September 18, 2002

  • All hail .Net!

    Microsoft's new software development tools are more than just nifty -- they are a great boon to humanity.
    By Peter Wright February 14, 2002

  • Takin' it to the suites

    Forget the media spectacle on the streets -- the real rabble-rousing at the World Economic Forum is happening inside.
    By Arianna Huffington February 1, 2002

  • Skin deep

    Aguilera promises more flesh for her fans; Heche throws a tantrum. Plus: Timberlake's literary future 'N peril; and Bill Gates gets 15 more minutes.
    By Amy Reiter October 24, 2001

  • Slap on the wrist?

    Is the Justice Department's decision not to pursue a breakup of Microsoft a big wet kiss from Bush, or just smart strategy? The experts weigh in.
    By Andrew Leonard and the Salon Technology staff September 6, 2001
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