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At 10-Year Milestone, Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing Initiative More Important than Ever

By Guest PostJanuary 13, 2012Technologyasia-pacific, australia, Bill Gates, brad arkin, customer trust, data directive, European Union, information integrity solutions, initiative, it ecosystem, malcolm crompton, Microsoft, microsoft security development lifecycle, pc plus era, personal computers, pivotal moment, potential attackers, scott charney, sdl, security problems, software products, Technology, trustworthy computing, twc, twc next, windows error reporting

*Industry collaboration critical to helping businesses, governments and citizens realize safer computing experiences.*

REDMOND, Wash. – Ten years ago this week, during a time when security problems were threatening trust in software products, Bill Gates sent an email to all Microsoft full-time employees announcing the creation of the Trustworthy Computing (TwC) initiative. A pivotal moment in the company’s history, Gates defined the key aspects of Trustworthy Computing, stating the company must make this initiative the highest priority.

Gates’ memo called upon employees across the company to fundamentally rethink their approach to product development and strive to deliver products that are “as available, reliable and secure as standard services such as electricity, water services and telephony.” (more…)

MSU Research Sheds Light on Origins of Greatness

By Guest PostOctober 8, 2011Culture, Science120 iq, 150 iq, Bill Gates, david brooks, elizabeth meinz, malcolm gladwell, michigan state university, new york times, New Yorker, popular theorists, southern illinois university, what makes people great, working memory capacity, zach hambrick

EAST LANSING, Mich. — What makes people great? Popular theorists such as the New Yorker’s Malcolm Gladwell and the New York Times’ David Brooks argue that intelligence plays a role – but only up to a point. Beyond that, they say, it’s practice, practice, practice.

Zach Hambrick agrees with the practice argument – imagine where Bill Gates would be if he hadn’t honed his programming skills, after all – but the Michigan State University scientist takes exception to the view that intelligence plays no role in determining excellence. (more…)

Developers Tune In to Microsoft’s Channel 9

By Guest PostSeptember 10, 2011Media, TechnologyBill Gates, bill hill, channel 9, channel 9 formula, channel 9 live, cockpit channel, coding4fun, developer and platform evangelist, dpe, Entertainment, halloween videos, jeff sandquist, laura foy, Microsoft, new york times, pdc, professional developers conference, scott guthrie, Twitter, united airlines flights, visual studios, Wall Street Journal, windows, YouTube

*Channel 9 has been broadcasting from inside Microsoft’s labs and offices since 2004, giving a large community of developers an insider’s view of the people behind the company’s products and technologies.*

REDMOND, Wash – Passengers on United Airlines flights have long turned their in-flight entertainment dials to Channel 9 to hear what’s happening in the cockpit. For more than seven years, developers have had a similar opportunity to get inside the mind of Microsoft.

Microsoft’s Channel 9 – named for United’s cockpit channel – has been broadcasting since 2004 from inside the company’s offices and labs. Be it quirky Halloween videos that get hundreds of thousands of hits or hour-long interviews with the company’s most talented engineers, Channel 9 pulls back the curtain at Microsoft to reveal its human side. (more…)

Microsoft Lync 2010: The Future of Communications, Right Now

By Guest PostNovember 17, 20102 commentsTechnologya t Kearney, Bill Gates, communications, fortune 500, gurdeep singh pall, instant messaging, Microsoft, microsoft lync, microsoft office 365, microsoft office communications server, ocs, Technology

*Microsoft Lync puts people at the center of communications, connecting in new ways, across the PC, phone and browser.*

REDMOND, Wash. — Nov. 17, 2010 — Three years ago, the introduction of Microsoft Office Communications Server (OCS) changed the way people stay connected. An individual’s identity and presence became the center of business communication, thanks to the integration of unified communications across e-mail, voice, instant messaging, audio- and videoconference tasks — and even desktop sharing. People could choose how to manage their conversations, redirect calls, set their level of availability, and decide how and when they could be reached. (more…)

Microsoft Helps Demi and Ashton (DNA) Foundation Fight Online Child Exploitation

By Guest PostSeptember 23, 20101 commentTechnologyalison Thompson, ashton kutcher, Bill Gates, child sex trafficking, clinton global initiative, demi and ashton dna foundation, demi moore, ggbc, global give back circle, Microsoft, microsoft digital crimes unit, new york city, pamela passman, samantha doer

REDMOND, Wash. — Sept. 23, 2010 — The Demi and Ashton (DNA) Foundation today announced they have enlisted Microsoft to help combat child sex trafficking online, the actors announced Thursday at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City.

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Next Up for Microsoft: Bring Internet to Everyone

By Guest PostSeptember 5, 20102 commentsTechnologyBill Gates, dan macfetridge, digital access, home access program, jennie, london olympics, mandi, martha lane fox, michelle casio, Microsoft, microsoft education, millie, Philippines, price waterhouse coopers, shape the future, win-win-win

REDMOND, Wash. — Three decades after Bill Gates dreamed of a PC in every home, Microsoft is partnering with governments around the world on a dream to get every home online.

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America’s Billionaires and Their Traits

By ShamsOctober 27, 20091 commentCulture, Technology2009, albert einstein, american billionaires, apple, Bill Gates, billionaire’s traits, Forbes, forbes list of billionaires, george schultz, Google Search, iPhone, jerry jang, michael dell, Microsoft, oval office, president herbert hoover, Reagan era, roman poet, Steve Jobs, u.s. foreign minister, virgil, Yahoo

It’s about a month that Forbes published its annual list of America’s 400 wealthiest citizens (of these 371 are billionaires).

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Gates – how he is going to spend time now

By ShamsJuly 2, 2008TechnologyAll Things D, Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, Bill Gates, Carlos Slim Helu, John Paczkowski, Microsoft, operating system, Warren Buffet

Among the few names that is known worldwide and very popular ‘Bill Gates’ is one of them. Although Mexico’s telecom mogul Carlos Slim Helu and America’s most beloved investor Warren Buffet are now ahead of him, but they are somewhat unknown to the mass people. None of these two gentlemen developed an operating system that millions of people use everyday or the internet explorer that most of the internet-goers browse through. So Gates is in our daily life for the last many years and will be keeping his position for the coming times as well.

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