Washington, May 13 (ANI): Bill Gates got emotional when CBS in the 60 Minutes Interviewer Charlie Rose asked him about his long time business rival, the late Steve Jobs.

London, Apr.26 (ANI): Microsoft founder and a business magnate, Bill Gates has pledged to donate 1.8 billion dollars for the cause of eradicating all polio types.

Boao (China), April 7 (Xinhua-ANI): Microsoft founder Bill Gates has highlighted the innovations China is adept at that can benefit the world.

New York, Mar 26 (ANI): Microsoft founder Bill Gates' charity has offered 100,000 dollars for a anyone who can create 'new generation' condom that makes sex more enjoyable.

London, Feb. 21 (ANI): British entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson is the latest billionaire who has promised to donate at least half his fortune to charity.

Washington, Feb. 1 (ANI): The irritating rumor that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg wants to buy the New York Times just won't go away.

Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates, who is trying to save the world by reducing child death rates and eliminating polio, has said that he is less 'less geekier' that Steve Jobs.

London, Jan 31 (ANI): Bill Gates has said that 13 is the appropriate age for a child's first cell phone, adding that he has applied the rule to his family.

Washington, Jan. 30 (ANI): Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said polio could be eradicated throughout the world by 2018.

London, Dec 29 (ANI): Software giant Microsoft's research boss Craig Mundie is stepping down ahead of his retirement in 2014.

London, Dec 29 (ANI): Wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Melinda, has said her children are banned from owning Apple products.

Washington, Dec 12 (ANI): Orchestrating Pope Benedict XVI's debut on Twitter is a part of the micro blogging platform's powerful and low-cost strategy to expand its influence and rack up more users, according to a report.

London, Nov 20 (ANI): Online courses provided by some of the top universities such as Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US will now be used by students at local community colleges, in a project funded by the Gates Foundation.

London, November 4 (ANI): Devastating tropical storms like Superstorm Sandy, which battered the US last week, could be weakened and rendered less lethal by using a simple and cheap technology based on a surprising component - old car tyres, it has been claimed.

London, Oct 19 (ANI): Profits at software giant Microsoft have slumped to 4.47 billion dollars in the third quarter from 5.74 billion dollars in the same quarter a year earlier.

London, Oct 16 (ANI): An obscure king who ruled West Africa in the 14th century, has been named the richest person in history in a new inflation-adjusted list of the world's 25 wealthiest people of all time.

London, Sept 30 (ANI): Will.i.am and Simon Cowell have teamed up for an 'X Factor' spin-off to find the new Bill Gates.

Washington, Sept 28 (ANI): Microsoft founder Bill Gates has described the new Windows 8 operating system, which would be released next month as 'a very exciting new product'.

Sydney, Sep 20(ANI): Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is possibly 'biggest dollar loser' in Forbes' latest ranking of the 400 wealthiest Americans after he fell from No.14 to No.36 on the list, thanks to the social website's lackluster IPO in May.

Sydney, August 14 (ANI): The Bill 'n' Melinda Gates Foundation has bought about 200 litres of fake poo to trial out revolutionary new toilets designed to function without electricity or plumbing.

Washington, Aug 8 (ANI): Amancio Ortega, owner of Spanish clothing and accessories brand Zara has replaced legendary US investor Warren Buffett as the third richest person in the world.

London, July 9 (ANI): Melinda Gates, wife of Microsoft founder Bill Gates, has slammed religious groups for criticizing a bid to bring birth control methods to the developing world.

London, July 4 (ANI): Microsoft founder Bill Gates who rejected the touchscreen e-book gadget, could have evaded the declining state of his firm, had he adopted the gadget years ago.

London, June 30 (ANI): Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates predicted in 1987 how technology would change the world and people would have flat panel displays, interactive entertainment gadgets and voice recognition apps in the future, according to a report.

London, June 13 (ANI): Bill Gates wants to fit school students with mood bracelets to see how interested they are in their lessons.