CES 2008 - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates prepares for his "Guitar Hero" battle with Robbie Bach, President, Entertainment and Devices Division during the opening keynote for 2008 International CES. Las Vegas, Nev., Jan. 6, 2008.

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COLLEGE TOUR 2008 - Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates announces Microsoft DreamSpark student program to students and faculty at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 19, 2008.

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RSA 2007 - Bill Gates (right) and Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie discuss security challenges facing the technology industry. San Francisco, Feb. 6, 2007.

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U.S. SENATE HEARING - Bill Gates testifies at a Senate commitee hearing on strengthening American competitiveness. Washington, D.C., March 7, 2007.

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WinHEC 2007 - May 15, 2007, Los Angeles: Keynoting WinHEC 2007, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates discusses why it’s an exciting time to be building hardware solutions for the Windows platform.

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CES 2006 - Bill Gates (left) and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (right) play the Xbox 360 Fight Night, Round 3 video game with boxing commentator Al Bernstein (center) during Gates’ keynote address at the 2006 International CES. Las Vegas, Jan. 4, 2006.

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E3 - Bill Gates charts the future of interactive entertainment at a press conference during Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). Los Angeles, May 9, 2006.

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WinHEC 2006 - Bill Gates at the Microsoft Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC). Seattle, Wash., May 23, 2006.

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TRANSITION PLANS - Bill Gates discusses his plans to transition out of a day-to-day role at Microsoft. Redmond, Wash., June 15, 2006.

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TRANSITION PLANS - Bill Gates (right) and Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at a news conference to discuss Microsoft's senior-leadership transition plans. Redmond, Wash., June 15, 2006.

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SENIOR LEADERSHIP - Bill Gates (far left) and (L-R) Microsoft Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie, Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie and CEO Steve Ballmer at a news conference announcing plans for Ozzie and Mundie to assume increased roles in the company. Redmond, Wash., June 15, 2006.

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ZUNE LAUNCH - Bill Gates (left) receives a wirelessly transmitted song on a new Zune device from John Richards of Seattle radio station KEXP at a Zune preview event. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 13, 2006.

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HUMANITARIAN AWARD - Bill Gates (right) accepts the James C. Morgan Global Humanitarian Award from Applied Materials President and CEO Michael Splinter at the Tech Museum of San Jose, Calif., Nov. 15, 2006.

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INNOVATION SUMMIT - Bill Gates (left) is interviewed by journalist Charlie Rose at the TechNet Innovation Summit. Stanford, Calif., Nov. 15, 2006.

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CES 2005 - Bill Gates playing an Xbox car racing game during his keynote at the 2005 International Consumer Electronics Show. Las Vegas, Jan. 5, 2005.

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CEO SUMMIT - Bill Gates addresses business leaders at the ninth annual Microsoft CEO Summit, Redmond., Wash., May 19, 2005.

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PDC - Bill Gates discusses advances coming in the Windows Vista operating system at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference, Los Angeles, Sept. 13, 2005.

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PALM, VERIZON, WINDOWS MOBILE - (L-R): Bill Gates; Palm, Inc. President and CEO Ed Colligan, and Verizon Wireless President and CEO Denny Strigl announce a strategic alliance to expand the Smartphone market with a new line of Treo Smartphones from Verizon Wireless. San Francisco, Sept. 26, 2005.

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CAMPUS TALKS - Bill Gates speaks to computer-science students at Columbia University during a tour of U.S. and Canadian campuses. New York, N.Y., Oct. 13, 2005.

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SHAREHOLDER GATHERING - Bill Gates discusses the coming wave of software breakthroughs at Microsoft’s annual shareholder meeting. Bellevue, Wash., Nov. 9. 2005.

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