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Bill Gates's third act [BGC3]
valleywag.com - 10/22/2008
Bill Gates's third act [BGC3]
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Oh, surely you didn't think Bill Gates would fade away into saintly obscurity after retiring from his day job at Microsoft, did you? Techflash reports he has a new company, a sort of think tank called BGC3. The letterrs stand, roughly, for "Bill Gates Catalyst". The three? Microsoft was Gates's ...
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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macnn.com - 10/27/2008
Microsoft's Gates steps up FCC white space lobbying | Technology | Reuters
— macnn.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bill Gates and other Microsoft Corp officials stepped up lobbying of top U.S. communications... regulators on Monday, ahead of an important vote next week to open up unused wireless airwaves. The Federal Communications Commission ... (more) Microsoft's Gates steps up FCC white space ...

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Gizmodo:  Bill Gates Creates Mysterious Company, Everyone Looks Around Nervously [Bill Returns]

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Bill Gates Creates Mysterious Company, Everyone Looks Around Nervously [Bill Returns]
Gizmodo — ... Bill Gates' new venture has a federal trademark as a think-tank, covering: • Scientific and technological services. • Industrial analysis and research. • Design and development of computer hardware and software. The company is not being created in his garage, though: He has opened a small office near his home, apparently full of high tech toys including a Microsoft Surface used as a guest book. [TechFlash via Read Write Web via Valleywag] ...

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