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Gates testifies in $1B lawsuit against Microsoft

Last updated Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 10:08am

SALT LAKE CITY — Microsoft’s Bill Gates returns to the witness stand Tuesday to defend his company against a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit that claims the software giant tricked a competitor into huge losses and soared onto the market with Windows 95.

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Novell, Microsoft fight over Windows 95

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Last updated Wednesday, October 19, 2011 - 10:25pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- High-tech industry giants Novell Inc. and Microsoft Corp. are in a Salt Lake City courtroom, squabbling over fair business practices.

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Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates speaks Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at a breakfast hosted by Climate Solutions in Seattle. Gates spoke about climate change and other energy issues, but did not talk about Microsoft's purchase of Skype. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Gates puts his energy into finding solutions for climate change

Kristi Heim, The Seattle Times

Last updated Wednesday, May 11, 2011 - 10:34am

SEATTLE -- Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is investing more of his own time and money in the search for clean energy and solutions to climate change.

Gates is moving into a third arena, after software and philanthropy, and is using his Kirkland-based incubator, BGC3, to fund related science.

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