Bill Gates

'You know, I've got a plan that could rescue Apple'

Fortune's Kindle book is a treasure trove of vintage Steve Jobs vignettes

"Contempt" is probably the word that best describes Steve Jobs' attitude toward the press. But he courts the publications he cares about, and over the years one of the magazines he courted most assiduously -- at least until a certain 2008 cover story -- was Fortune.

While at Apple (AAPL), NeXT, Pixar and Apple again, he gave Fortune's writers and editors MORE

Four things Bill Gates can teach Eric Schmidt

When Google's executive chairman testifies during a Senate hearing on antitrust issues today, he'll be following in the footsteps of another tech titan: Bill Gates. Here's what he should know.

FORTUNE -- When Google's executive chairman testifies during a Senate hearing on antitrust issues today, he'll be following in the footsteps of another tech titan: Bill Gates.

In 1998, Gates appeared before Congress alongside ex-Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy and former Netscape MORE

Business' next generation of 'cover boys'

As icons go, the likes of Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have been around for a long time. It may very well be time to look for titans in other fields.

By Kenneth M. Scigulinsky

FORTUNE -- The Internet age has brought advances in productivity, made technology available the world over and created many millionaires and billionaires. The past few decades also made cover boys of an entire generation of tech stars. MORE

Why Microsoft needs to buy Netflix

By Kevin Kelleher, contributor

For all the reasons a Nokia merger wouldn't work, Netflix can be the core of Microsoft's answer to Apple's iCloud -- and provide Ballmer a canny co-CEO.

FORTUNE -- Poor Steve Ballmer. Standing at the helm of one of the computer age's biggest success stories while its brand withers and its stock languishes at the same level it traded at in 1998. Shareholders are increasingly unhappy with him. MORE

Bill Gates: Don't dismiss nuclear energy

These days, Microsoft's co-founder has more on his mind than software sales figures or even his charitable work -- namely he wants to help solve the world's energy problems. 

FORTUNE -- At WIRED's Disruptive by Design Business Conference today, Bill Gates discussed the current state of energy and potential technology replacements for oil and coal.

Gates suggested there's much more potential for nuclear energy, despite the recent disaster with Japan's Fukushima reactor. MORE

Microsoft's office: Why insiders think top management has lost its way

Steve Ballmer's slavish devotion to Windows and Office has made them cash cows, but some say revenues have come at the expense of innovation.

By Gary Rivlin, contributor

FORTUNE -- What's the matter with Microsoft?  After spending weeks tracking down and talking with a long list of former Microsoft (MSFT) employees, many of them veterans with fifteen or more years with the company, the question is how long do you have to MORE

Today in Tech: Dell says Apple will fail in enterprise, Microsoft co-founder accuses Bill Gates...

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"Apple is great if you've got a lot of money and live on an island. It's not so great if you have to exist in a diverse, open, connected enterprise; simple things become quite complex." -- Andy Lark, Dell global head of marketing (CIO Australia)

The problem with Microsoft...

No one questions CEO Steve Ballmer's drive or intentions - but is his devotion to the company and its Windows business hurting its ability to innovate?

By Gary Rivlin, contributor

It seemed a little like love when a blogger named The Paperboy got his hands on a secret device being developed inside Microsoft under the code name Courier. With its icon-rich user interface and multitouch, stylus-friendly screens, Courier represented "an astonishing take MORE

7 fun facts about Steve Jobs' wealth

Starting with the fact that he's $176 million poorer on paper than he was a month ago

According to the current issue of Forbes, Steve Jobs is the 34th richest person in the U.S. and tied for 110th in the world, having climbed 40 spots in the magazine's annual list of the world's billionaires.

But where does that wealth come from, and how does it compare with other tech luminaries? Let's take MORE

Steve Jobs, KBE? It was not to be

Gordon Brown reportedly nixed a proposal to make Jobs an honorary knight

According to a report in the Telegraph, Steve Jobs was put forward for an honorary knighthood in 2009, but the proposal was blocked by then Prime Minister Gordon Brown because Jobs had declined an invitation to speak at the Labor Party's annual conference.

The Telegraph's source, an unnamed former senior member of Parliament, claims Apple (AAPL) was aware of the MORE