ted.com - 2/6/2009
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About this talk Bill Gates hopes to solve some of the world's biggest problems using a new kind of philanthropy. In a passionate and, yes, funny 18 minutes, he asks us to consider two big questions and how we might answer them. About Bill Gates A passionate techie and a shrewd businessman, Bill ...
valleywag.gawker.com - 2/4/2009
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valleywag.gawker.com —
TED, the annual gathering of the most pretentious
people from the fields of technology, entertainment, and design,
just got punk'd. Microsoft chairman Bill Gates released a swarm of mosquitos into the crowd. Ending malaria is a particular passion of ...
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Bill Gates Unleashes Mosquito Swarm
twitter.com - 2/4/2009
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twitter.com —
Loader Twitter.com Bill Gates just released mosquitos into
the audience at TED and said: "Not only poor
people should experience this." :) #TED about 2 hours ago from TwitterBerry Picture_2_bigger davemorin Dave Morin Footer 2009 Twitter About Us ...
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Twitter / Dave Morin: Bill Gates just released m ...
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Fake Melinda Gates Loves Apple, Fears Bill [The Gates Family]
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TED Blog: Twitter Snapshot: Bill Gates -- an optimist and a comedian?
blog.ted.com 2/5/2009 — 04 February 2009 Twitter Snapshot: Bill Gates -- an optimist and a comedian? 467740829_2jFoP-M.jpg Yes, they're real. Not they're not malarial: Bill Gates opens a jar of mosquitoes at TED2009. Photo: TED / James Duncan Davidson We certainly saw a peak ...
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