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Bill Gates Creates Mysterious Company, Everyone Looks Around Nervously [Bill Returns]
gizmodo.com - 10/23/2008
Bill Gates Creates Mysterious Company, Everyone Looks Around Nervously [Bill Returns]
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World, get ready because Bill Gates is returning. His new company is called bgC3. Bill Gates Concept 3? Bill Gates Cartman 3? Big Goose Charbroiled 3? Bad Gastrointestinal Catastrophe 3? We have no idea. The truth is that very little is known about it, except its trademark categories, and the ...
Bill Gates' mysterious new company - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source
techflash.com - 10/22/2008
Bill Gates' mysterious new company - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source
— techflash.com — Just months after his Microsoft farewell, Bill Gates is quietly creating a new company -- complete with high-tech office space, a cryptic name and even its own trademark. Public documents describe the new Gates entity -- bgC3 LLC -- as a think tank. ... (more) Bill Gates' mysterious new company - TechFlash: ...

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TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source
techflash.com - 10/22/2008
TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source
— techflash.com — TECHFLASH EXCLUSIVE Bill Gates' mysterious new company Just months after his Microsoft farewell, Bill Gates is quietly creating a new company -- complete with high-tech office space, a cryptic name and even its own trademark. Public documents ... (more) TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source

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blogs.zdnet.com - 10/22/2008
Bill Gates founds a new tech company
— blogs.zdnet.com — Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates has founded a new company (some time in between sleeping and working countless hours for the Gates Foundation and a day a week for Microsoft). (more) Bill Gates founds a new tech company

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MacUser:  Bill Gates aims to catalyze technology again

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Bill Gates aims to catalyze technology again
MacUser — ... in the fields of “scientific and technological services,” “industrial analysis and research,” and “design and development of computer hardware and software.” According to Tech Flash, bgc3 stands for “Bill Gates Catalyst 3”, though honestly, that makes it sound more like some sort of eerie supervillain-like corporation. Let’s open this up to you, dear readers: what is Billy G up to now? Chime in below. [via Gizmodo] Primary category: Apple : Rivals Read - ...

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