twitter.com - 2/4/2009
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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
ethanzuckerman.com - 2/5/2009
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ethanzuckerman.com —
This post is part of a series from
the TED 2009 conference held in Long Beach, California...
from February 4-8th. You can read other posts in the series here, and the TED site will release video from the talk in the coming weeks or months. Because ...
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Bill Gates Unleashes Mosquito Swarm
Gawker: valleywag —
... has spent millions fighting the disease. But he apparently didn't feel like TED attendees were taking the threat seriously. "Not only poor people should experience this," Gates said as he let the bugs loose on his audience, according to Facebook manager Dave Morin. ( ...
Bill Gates Just Unleashed a Swarm Of Live Mosquitoes On A Room Full of Geniuses [Whoa]
Gizmodo —
... has Gates saying as he released the swarm into the audience. Malaria is a cause that Bill and Melinda have been hitting hard with their philanthropy, and this is certainly a way to drive that point home. No word yet on the size of said swarm, or confirmation that they weren't actually infected with malaria for that matter, but as far as stunts go, this is prit-tay fucking awesome. We would know. Bravo Bill—your sense of humor does geeks proud. [Valleywag, Twitter, Photo: jurvetson/flickr]
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Not only poor people should experience this.”
– Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates unleashes a swarm of mosquitoes on his audience during a talk about malaria eradication at the TED conference today. ...
Bill Gates releases bugs
Web User | News —
Web User: Bill Gates unveils new touch screen tehnology Microsoft founder Bill Gates is well used to dealing with bugs and on Wednesday he released a jar full mosquitoes at a technology conference. Gates' stunt at the Technology, Entertainment, Design (TED) Conference was to highlight malaria and its prevalence in the developing world. News of the event first broke on Twitter when one of the attendees blogged about the insects release. "Malaria is spread by mosquitoes," Gates said while opening a jar onstage. "I brought some. Here I'll let them roam around. There is no ...
Bill Gates threatens TED attendees with malarial infection
Boing Boing Gadgets —
... on how to go about solving many of the problems the third world faces in regards to disease and child mortality, Microsoft founder Bill Gates released a jarful of several hundreds of mosquitos and quipped: "Not only poor people should experience this." ...
Bill Gates Unleashes an Insect Attack at TED Conference
Green Daily —
... that an etymologist at the University of Wyoming had written a book describing a form of eco-terrorism that hinges on using insect infestations to wreak havoc, rather than bombs. Much to my surprise, we've already got the first report of an insect strike. According to reports-- or rather, tweets -- coming out of the fancy, invite-only TED conference, ...
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blogs.msdn.com 2/6/2009 — Bill was on stage at TED today and caused a flutter in the audience and on Twitter when he released a troop of mosquitoes in to the audience. He was talking malaria and I’ve got to say, this sure sounds like it beat some of his CES demos. ...
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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 ...
Bill Gates wants to help the third world with cellphone banking
crunchgear.com 2/17/2009 —
The GSMA, a worldwide consortium of mobile industries, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (owned by the guy who used to run Microsoft and his lady wife) have teamed up to found the the Mobile Money for the Unbanked (MMU) initiative, ...
Bill Gates sees '3, 4, 5' tough years —
SFGate: Technology 2/4/2009
Bill Gates used to live and breathe business. He created the most successful software company in history. He was accused of being a monopolist. He was a ruthless competitor. Today, Bill Gates spends his waking hours worrying about malaria and ...
Bill Gates sees '3, 4, 5' tough years —
SFGate: Technology 2/5/2009
Bill Gates used to live and breathe business. He created the most successful software company in history. He was accused of being a monopolist. He was a ruthless competitor. Today, Bill Gates spends his waking hours worrying about malaria and ...
DTV Delay Bill Approved by House —
I4U News 2/5/2009
I have mentioned before that the DTV transition has been so highly publicized over the last year or more that I cant see how anyone can claim they didnt know that the transition was set to occur on February 17.
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