SXSWedu Announces Bill Gates as Keynote

Microsoft founder and education reformer to close event

"...Cross one big name off the SXSW bucket list: Bill Gates will serve as the keynote speaker for SXSWedu..."

Jan. 8, 2013 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Gates Speaks at UT, Laymen Everywhere Confused

Bill Gates tells UT students about software, innovation and giving back.

"...Here's the video of Bill Gates' last day working full time at Microsoft that..."

Feb. 21, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Gates Champions Classroom Computing

Microsoft founder continues push for bridging education divide

"...of the most prominent SX speakers ever: Microsoft founder Bill Gates...."

March 15, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Your 15 Minutes Are Up, Mr. Gates

Top Nine Cyber Stories

"...On February 4th, 1998, Bill Gates got hit by a cream pie in Brussels...."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Bill W.

Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, is the subject of this admiring yet enlightening documentary.

"...Hanlon and Dan Carracino. Starring: Blake J. Evans, Chris Gates, Dennis Lowell, Julia Schell and Tim Intravia...."

July 27, 2012 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Adds Melinda Gates

Philanthropist joins keynote speaker list, plus more names

"...for 2018, and today sees another big name: Melinda Gates, often seen as the real philanthropic force behind the..."

Jan. 8, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

I Got Lighter, Then I Got Dark Again: Two Nights with Bill Callahan

Late-August eulogies, love letters, and sardonic, patriotic cries

"...view. Those without tickets camped out just beyond the gates. Not a drop of casual behavior dotted the air,..."

Aug. 30, 2019 Music Post by Elise C. Barbin

Protesters Stage Sit-in at Governor's Office to Oppose Sanctuary Cities Bill

Activists won't move until Abbott vetoes "racist" bill

"...today. Following an all-day sit-in and protest against anti-immigrant bill SB 4, DPS officers forced journalists to exit the..."

May 1, 2017 News Post by Mary Tuma

Revolution OS

"...anyone with the inclination) on one side and Microsoft's Bill Gates on the other. It's a pure capitalist versus..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Book of Life

"...Harvey, Thomas Jay Ryan and Miho Nikaido. Take this, Bill Gates: Jesus Christ uses a PowerBook. At least, in..."

Aug. 20, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Antitrust

"...instantly, he's hired away from his fledgling startup by billionaire junk-food addict Gary Winston (Robbins, woefully miscast but clearly..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postscripts

My Kind of Memoir

"...bard of Silicon Valley"), Rivlin's The Plot to Get Bill Gates is subtitled An Irreverent Investigation of the World's..."

July 23, 1999 Books Column

The Luv Doc: A Cult of Ignorance

Belligerent idiocy has been trending in America since we started tossing tea in Boston Harbor

"...they post something about celebrity pedophile cults, or about Bill Gates trying to microchip everyone so he can force..."

Aug. 14, 2020 Column by The Luv Doc

The Scene

Jones' town

"...Ring the bells! Storm the gates! Raise the flags! And spread the word over the..."

Oct. 26, 2007 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Cyber Send-Ups

Technology Parodies Itself

"...were losers!" There are outlandish corporate intrigues, such as Bill Gates "instituting a hostile takeover of Ben & Jerry's,"..."

Nov. 15, 1996 Screens Feature

One Man's SXSW ... Times 4

Our intrepid correspondent wanders through all four Festivals – and lives to write about it

"...for businesses is to follow the money. Closing keynote Bill Gates predicted a reshaped market, where cash previously ring-fenced..."

March 29, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hightower Report

Bill Gates wants to tax your e-mail, and the Bush administration finds the science it wants

"...None other than Bill Gates, the emperor of Microsoft's virtual kingdom, has acknowledged..."

March 5, 2004 News Column by Jim Hightower

illustration by Doug Potter HOW ABOUT A DELL-A-THON?

"...easy being Michael Dell. The burden of having $5.5 billion is immense. And now Dell -- the richest person..."

Oct. 17, 1997 News Feature

Luv Doc: Long-Distance Relationships

For those willing to believe in the impossible, anything is possible

"...the percentage chance that I might become the next Bill Gates or LeBron James is so infinitesimal it won't..."

Sept. 11, 2015 Column by The Luv Doc

The Man Who Knew Too Little

"...Directed by: Jon Amiel. Starring: Bill Murray, Peter Gallagher, Joanne Whalley, Richard Wilson, Alfred Molina..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Naked City

Danny Thomas gets the Austin Police Association PAC endorsement; city signs contract with CSC; Bill Gates appears via satellite at the Austin Convention Center; election workers needed for the March 14 primary

"...time he ran, and he won; they didn't endorse Bill Spelman, and he won, and they didn't endorse Beverly..."

Feb. 18, 2000 News Feature by Amy Smith

Dazed, But Not Confused

The next 96 hours of SXSW Music starts here

"...hosted more stars than can be mapped, everyone from Bill Gates, who closed SXSWedu last Thursday, to honorary local..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

The World as He Knows It

H.W. Brands? The Age of Gold is just the latest in a long line of well-crafted history.

"...house several blocks away. He sticks out his hand: "Bill Brands." His intelligence is as unmistakable as his good..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Books Feature by Tim Walker

Websites from Hell

It's 4am -- Do You Know Where Your Monitor Is?

"...marriage presided over by your choice of deities (Elvis, Bill Hicks, "the Fightin' Jesus," etcetera)...."

Dec. 26, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW Film Reviews

Moore manages to encapsulate the entirety of the open source software movement and keep non-techheads awake simultaneously.

"...anti-Microsoft, and you've got the idea. Nefarious software overlord Bill Gates predictably takes a beating throughout; one memorable passage..."

March 16, 2001 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSWedu: A Conference and a Festival ... Times Two

Conference executive producer Ron Reed is hoping that the education-centered gathering will get top grades from attendees

"...conversation about massive open online courses; and Microsoft founder Bill Gates will represent the intervening hand of philanthropy. However,..."

March 1, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Timeline

Time-traveling archeologists can't make the time pass quickly enough.

"...Richard Donner. Starring: Paul Walker, Frances O'Connor, Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly, Anna Friel, Ethan Embry, Marton Csokas and David..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Hightower Lowdown

Dubya lets polluters make messes, but we pay for the clean-up; the computer industry isn't as clean as it would like us to think; and the National Academy of Scientists calls for closer scrutiny of biotech.

"...tax, which had amassed a fund of nearly $4 billion. Now, however, that fund is down to $28 million,..."

March 8, 2002 News Column by Jim Hightower

Bittersweet Motel

"...looks less like a rock star than one of Bill Gates' microserfs -- the group takes its name from..."

Sept. 22, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

In the Beginning … Was the Command Line

"...is often contradictory (Stephenson can't seem to decide whether Bill Gates is a demon or an angel) and repetitive...."

April 7, 2000 Books Review by Sidney Moody

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