http://gates.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for gates en Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:10:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042122 unknown@Netscape.com A media campaign portraying Iran as supplying arms to the Taliban fighting U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, orchestrated by advocates of a more confrontational stance toward Iran in the Bush administration, appears to have backfired last week when Robert Gates and the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan issued unusually strong denials. Tue, 12 Jun 2007 07:10:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2042122DickcheneyiranTalibanRobertgatesbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2018474 unknown@Netscape.com D5 is the fifth edition of the All Things Digital, a conference initiated by Wall Street Journal, has hosted this a very interesting talk show with Bill Gates and Steve Jobs. This is a very rare event, as Gates and Jobs didn't share the stage for more than 20 years. The last time was when Jobs interviewed Gates during the "Macintosh Dating Gam Thu, 31 May 2007 13:41:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2018474billgatesstevejobsD5News http://web2announcer.com/go/1972941 unknown@Netscape.com I think Gates is dead wrong about all of this. Instead of phones getting bigger and PCs getting smaller, phones will get smaller, and mobile PCs -- laptops and tablets -- will get bigger. And the UMPC is dead in its crib. Sun, 20 May 2007 18:02:45 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1972941billgatesumpcmobilitycontradictionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1823130 unknown@Netscape.com During today's Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he doesn't know whether the 2002 resolution authorizing force in Iraq is still valid, acknowledging that his view differs with that of President Bush. Wed, 09 May 2007 20:12:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1823130constitutionwariraqgatesbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1573925 unknown@Netscape.com MOSCOW (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates invited Russia to become a partner in its missile defiance activities on Monday but his hosts made clear they were still against a planned missile shield in Europe. Mon, 23 Apr 2007 17:56:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1573925russiaMoscowRobertgatesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1527756 unknown@Netscape.com Defense Secretary Robert Gates slipped into Iraq Thursday to warn Iraqi leaders that the U.S. commitment to a military buildup there is not open-ended. Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:45:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1527756gatessaysclockisTickingiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1317237 unknown@Netscape.com US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said that the United States was not planning to release the five Iranians arrested in January in a raid on the Iranian consulate's office in the northern Iraqi city of Arbil. Fri, 06 Apr 2007 01:56:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1317237irangateshostagesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1138173 unknown@Netscape.com Microsoft Chairman and Co-Founder Bill Gates may be on the top of the world, and certainly at the top of the world 's 946 billionaires, with an estimated fortune of $56 billion but he has always been regarded as a Harvard drop-out Sat, 24 Mar 2007 23:25:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1138173MicrosoftbillgatesharvarddegreeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1119632 unknown@Netscape.com In his first weeks as defense secretary, Robert Gates repeatedly argued that the detention facility at GuantÃ;¡namo Bay, Cuba, had become so tainted abroad that legal proceedings at GuantÃ;¡namo would be viewed as illegitimate, according to senior administration officials. Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:34:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1119632guantanamogatesgonzalezbushNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1117458 unknown@Netscape.com WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates cautioned on Thursday the Army would face problems without emergency funds but insisted U.S. forces could fight a third war despite being stretched in Iraq and Afghanistan. He painted a mixed picture of the impact Iraq has had on U.S. military readiness at a time when Congress is considering Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:41:59 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1117458despitestrainsU.S.CouldfightathirdwargatesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1047878 unknown@Netscape.com "I think that the way I would characterize it is so far, so good. It's very early," Gates said in an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" program. "I would say that the Iraqis are meeting the commitments that they have made to us," he said, pointing out that Iraqis have sent troops, allowed security operations in all Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:25:26 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1047878iraqU.S.gatesfaceThenationprogramNews http://web2announcer.com/go/696710 unknown@Netscape.com Wow, the whole group looks high or drunk. Plus they look like hippy nerds. But oh well. My computer runs for the most part.lol Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:22:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/696710Microsoftbillgatesfunny1978photoNews http://web2announcer.com/go/672826 unknown@Netscape.com The Canadian government and Bill Gates announced an initiative Tuesday to establish a research institute to develop an AIDS vaccine, committing a total of $119 million to the project. Tue, 20 Feb 2007 21:56:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/672826canadaJoinsgatesaidsvaccinefightNews http://web2announcer.com/go/561526 unknown@Netscape.com AS America's troop surge in Baghdad gathers force, Robert Gates, the defense secretary, is already planning for failure. Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:14:07 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/561526RobertgatesiraqfailurewithdrawRetreatwarsurgeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/550894 unknown@Netscape.com Pentagon chief Robert Gates responded Sunday to Vladimir Putin's assault on U.S. foreign policy by saying "one Cold War is enough" and that he would go to Moscow to try to reduce tensions. Gates also sought more allied help in Afghanistan. Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:47:14 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/550894gatesRespondsPutinstoughtalkNews http://web2announcer.com/go/540445 unknown@Netscape.com Microsoft founder Bill Gates expects an AIDS vaccine will be developed while he's around to see it, he told CBC News in an interview Friday. "In my lifetime, I would be very surprised if we don't have a vaccine for AIDS," he told the CBC's Peter Mansbridge in an exclusive interview in Redmond, Wash. Sun, 11 Feb 2007 03:36:33 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/540445billgatesaidsvaccinedevelopedNews http://web2announcer.com/go/524411 unknown@Netscape.com What's going on in Washington now is unbelievable - Bush is getting away with it. He's escalating the war in Iraq. He's sending 21,500 more soldiers over there. Nobody's stopping him, nobody's going to, either - not the Democrats, not the new Republican realists and not American public opinion, where Bush is heading down to Nixon's Watergate level. Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:14:27 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/524411iraqwarbushRobertgatesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/509282 unknown@Netscape.com Microsoft Chairman, Bill Gates, at the RSA 2007 Conference, said that new methods of computer security are needed. While not pointing at Vista exclusively, Gates mentions of 'PatchGuard' and 'OneCare Live,' and later gave an example of Microsoft's continued effort to improve security on its products. Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:59:58 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/509282MicrosoftvistagatesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/478025 unknown@Netscape.com U.S. Marine Gen. Peter Pace admitted to the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday equipment will be a problem when U.S. forces in Iraq are increased. Pace said the military has about 41,000 armored vehicles in Iraq -- fewer than will be needed "to cover all of the troops that are deploying." Wed, 07 Feb 2007 05:06:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/478025petergatessurgeequiptmentiraqmilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/473665 unknown@Netscape.com Defense Secretary Robert Gates held out hope Tuesday that U.S. forces might be able to start leaving Iraq before the end of the year, if daunting conditions including subdued violence and political reconciliation are met. Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:20:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/473665gatesHopeful2007troopwithdrawNews http://web2announcer.com/go/481524 unknown@Netscape.com Microsoft chairman Bill Gates talked with Newsweek magazine's Steven Levy about the new version of Windows and shared his views on the "I'm a Mac" television commercials. In excerpts from the interview Gates goes on the offensive and claims that the security in Vista is better that the security in the Mac Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:01:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/481524gatesvistamacNews http://web2announcer.com/go/453938 unknown@Netscape.com Well, of course, I'm the wrong person to ask. I like to dial numbers with one hand, and maybe I'm the only one. The phone space is where we think software will be the critical element. If there's anything good about the iPhone, it's software. How many companies in the world can do great software? Will Nokia step up to a world where software is supe Mon, 05 Feb 2007 05:53:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/453938iphonebillgatesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/441953 unknown@Netscape.com Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates showed off a virtual version of his own collection of Leonardo Da Vinci's scientific musings on Tuesday at the British Library as he unveiled the company's eagerly anticipated Windows Vista operating system. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:12:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/441953virtualdavincinotebookMicrosoftChairmanbillgatesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/392861 unknown@Netscape.com It's still a year before Bill Gates shifts from a full-time Microsoft worker to a part-timer. Which is good, because there's plenty he still wants to achieve. In the second half of a two-part interview with CNET News.com, Microsoft's chairman talks about what's on his to-do list, including having a say in the next versions of Office and Windows Wed, 31 Jan 2007 15:09:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/392861billgatesMicrosoftNews http://web2announcer.com/go/359832 unknown@Netscape.com A COALITION of Microsoft's rivals is complaining that the Windows Vista operating system will perpetuate practices found illegal in the European Union nearly three years ago. Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:55:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/359832MicrosoftvistaEuropegatesillegalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/339872 unknown@Netscape.com What's stopping this all from happening immediately? Two things, monetization of content and a simple, ubiquitous TV/internet convergence device. For certain, any company who manages to solve either of those problems and catch the wave of public acceptance is headed for a big payday. Sun, 28 Jan 2007 01:21:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/339872MicrosofttvVideodlsgatesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/332953 unknown@Netscape.com Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is scheduled to appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Monday, January 29, the eve of Microsoft's Windows Vista launch. Sat, 27 Jan 2007 00:16:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/332953billgatesThedailyshowjonstewartWindowsvistalaunchNews http://web2announcer.com/go/324428 unknown@Netscape.com Defense Secretary Roberts Gates said Friday that a congressional resolution opposing President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq amounts to undercutting U.S. commanders in a way that "emboldens the enemy." Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:13:02 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/324428PoliticsgatesiraqresolutionemboldensenmywarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/134801 unknown@Netscape.com The United States could start withdrawing forces from Iraq this year if the additional troops being sent to Baghdad reduce violence significantly, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday. Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:28:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/134801PoliticsgatesTroops2007iraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/120855 unknown@Netscape.com Defense Secretary Robert Gates called on Thursday for a permanent boost in the size of the Army and Marine Corps, the military branches most strained by Iraq , at a likely cost of $15 billion a year. Thu, 11 Jan 2007 19:58:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/120855PoliticsPentagon.chiefgateswarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/71074 unknown@Netscape.com For more than a decade, Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates and others in the tech industry have touted a vision of a connected lifestyle, in which digital content can move across devices throughout the home and be taken on the go. Mon, 08 Jan 2007 05:52:09 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/71074billgatescesMicrosofthomelifestyleNews http://web2announcer.com/go/3888 unknown@Netscape.com A cream, gel or pill that women can use to protect themselves from the AIDS virus is key to stopping the AIDS pandemic, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, who has given hundreds of millions of dollars to HIV programs, said on Sunday. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:52:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/3888womengatesaidsNews