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• Photos: Bill Gates, a photo biography

  Just days before he finally hangs up his hat as Microsoft's figurehead and inspiration (on 27 June), ZDNet.com.au looks back at Bill Gates' career over the past 30 years.

• Microsoft in 'trouble' as Bill Gates leaves

  A Harvard University dropout who ushered in the home computer age and made billions of dollars along the way will have his last official day of work at Microsoft on 27 June.

• Is Bill Gates a great leader?

  How would you rate Bill Gates' leadership qualities?

• Bill Gates to step down from full-time role

  Bill Gates, the man who started Microsoft and has been its public face throughout its three decades of existence, plans to step away from daily work at the company.

• Ballmer plays up business focus

  Microsoft will spend US$500 million this year to promote upcoming products designed to make business workers more productive, CEO Steve Ballmer said on Thursday.

Features and Case Studies (2)

• Ballmer era: Easy does it

  In the five years since Bill Gates surprised the technology world by announcing he would give up his title as chief executive at Microsoft, has the company changed?

• Geeks in space

  From Paul Allen to Jeff Bezos, high-tech luminaries have ambitions that are out of this world. What is it with deep-pocket geeks and space?

Reviews (1)

• Not laptop, not PDA: Should you buy a tweener?

  There's a new generation of machines out there that split the difference between laptop PCs and handheld PDAs--call them "tweeners." Question is, what are they good for?

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