We guess Forbes went back to measuring rich folks. It was announced today, courtesy of Forbes' annual billionaires list, that Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. The title now belongs to U.S. financier Warren Buffett, who had a very good year in 2007. He saw his wealth jump from an estimated $52 billion to $62 billion. A $10 billion year in the midst of a recession--wow. Interestingly, Buffett saw......

The Bill Gates Show in Vegas is wrapping up but if you want to catch up on all the hot Gates action there's the Gates keynote, the Gates/O'Reilly interview and the Gates blogger lunch. At what point does Gates become a bigger brand than Microsoft itself? Bill and others have taken the stage during Mix 06 and issued a big fat mea culpa for the fact that you're still using Internet Explorer 6. They're very......

Salon.com is reporting today that The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, local philanthropy extrodinaire, has pledged ten million smackaroos to the Discovery Institute since 2000. Wait, you say, the same Discovery Institute tank of thinkers that promotes Intelligent Design? Yes, we tell you, that same Discovery Institute. Say it ain't so, Bill. The money was specifically given to the Cascadia Project to research transportation issues in the area. Seattlest is anxiously awaiting a report from......