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Top row: Steve Wood (left), Bob Wallace, Jim Lane. Middle row: Bob O'Rear, Bob Greenberg, Marc McDonald, Gordon Letwin. Bottom row: Bill Gates, Andrea Lewis, Marla Wood, Paul Allen. December 7, 1978.
Gates has donated the proceeds of both books to non-profit organizations that support the use of technology in education and skills development

William (Bill) H. Gates is chairman of Microsoft Corporation, the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential. Microsoft had revenues of US$51.12 billion for the fiscal year ending June 2007, and employs more than 78,000 people in 105 countries and regions.

On June 15, 2006, Microsoft announced that effective July 2008 Gates will transition out of a day-to-day role in the company to spend more time on his global health and education work at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. After July 2008 Gates will continue to serve as Microsoft’s chairman and an advisor on key development projects. The two-year transition process is to ensure that there is a smooth and orderly transfer of Gates’ daily responsibilities. Effective June 2006, Ray Ozzie has assumed Gates’ previous title as chief software architect and is working side by side with Gates on all technical architecture and product oversight responsibilities at Microsoft. Craig Mundie has assumed the new title of chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft and is working closely with Gates to assume his responsibility for the company’s research and incubation efforts.

Born on Oct. 28, 1955, Gates grew up in Seattle with his two sisters. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Their late mother, Mary Gates, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent, and chairwoman of United Way International.

Gates attended public elementary school and the private Lakeside School. There, he discovered his interest in software and began programming computers at age 13.

In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, now Microsoft's chief executive officer. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer - the MITS Altair.

In his junior year, Gates left Harvard to devote his energies to Microsoft, a company he had begun in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers. Gates' foresight and his vision for personal computing have been central to the success of Microsoft and the software industry.

Under Gates' leadership, Microsoft's mission has been to continually advance and improve software technology, and to make it easier, more cost-effective and more enjoyable for people to use computers. The company is committed to a long-term view, reflected in its investment of approximately $7.1 billion on research and development in the 2007 fiscal year.

In 1999, Gates wrote Business @ the Speed of Thought, a book that shows how computer technology can solve business problems in fundamentally new ways. The book was published in 25 languages and is available in more than 60 countries. Business @ the Speed of Thought has received wide critical acclaim, and was listed on the best-seller lists of the New York Times, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal and Amazon.com. Gates' previous book, The Road Ahead, published in 1995, held the No. 1 spot on the New York Times' bestseller list for seven weeks.



In addition to his love of computers and software, Gates founded Corbis, which is developing one of the world's largest resources of visual information - a comprehensive digital archive of art and photography from public and private collections around the globe. He is also a member of the board of directors of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which invests in companies engaged in diverse business activities.

Philanthropy is also important to Gates. He and his wife, Melinda, have endowed a foundation with more than $28.8 billion (as of January 2005) to support philanthropic initiatives in the areas of global health and learning, with the hope that in the 21st century, advances in these critical areas will be available for all people. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has committed more than $3.6 billion to organizations working in global health; more than $2 billion to improve learning opportunities, including the Gates Library Initiative to bring computers, Internet Access and training to public libraries in low-income communities in the United States and Canada; more than $477 million to community projects in the Pacific Northwest; and more than $488 million to special projects and annual giving campaigns.

Gates was married on Jan. 1, 1994, to Melinda French Gates. They have three children. Gates is an avid reader, and enjoys playing golf and bridge.

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MUIGIZAJI bora wa kike kupitia tuzo za Risasi Award 2005/ 2006 Riyama Ally yupo location akirekodi filamu inayokwenda kwa jina la DNA, msanii huyu mahiri katika kuigiza filamu za kusikitisha amekuwa kivutio pale anapocheza katika filamu za uzuni, ameiambia filamucentral kuwa kwa sasa anatarajia kuwashika wapenzi wa filamu hapa nchini.

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Filamu ya DNA inaandaliwa na kampuni ya Sam Enterprises ya jijini Dar filamu hii ambayo ipo katika hatua za mwisho katika uhariri imeongozwa na Seleman Abass Mkangara na kushirikisha nyota wengine kibao.

Aidha Riyama amesema kuwa vile vile yupo katika maandalizi ya filamu zake mpya mbili ambazo anatarajia kuanza kurekodi wakati wowote kuanzia sasa, Riyama ni muigizaji mtunzi na mtayarishaji pia, filamu alizotayarisha ni pamoja na filamu iliyofanya vinzuri soko ya Mwasu.

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Katika Kuonyesha kuwa ni wazi kwamba Tasnia ya filamu Tanzania inakua na kwamba ni muhimu kuwekeza katika tasnia hii, Leo tumemkuta Steven Kanumba akiwa na Gari lake ambalo ni mahususi kwa ajili ya Production na masuala yote ya utayarishaji wa filamu zake.

Kanumba katikati ya mwaka huu alifungua rasmi kampuni yake na kuweka ofisi katika mitaa ya sinza, Hii kweli inavutia na inakupa fikra kwamba kama huyu anafanya hivi ni kwa sababu gani? Je ni kwamba wadau wanamkubali na kumuwezesha!!!? BIG UP Kanumba, tunamatumani tutaona wengine mkirasimisha utendaji wenu wa kazi.

Liverpool continued their recent resurgence as Fernando Torres scored both goals in a 2-0 victory over leaders Chelsea at Anfield.

Ili kumlinda rais wa Marekani Barack Obama anayefanya ziara yake nchini India, serikali ya India imeamua kuangua nazi zote toka kwenye minazi iliyo karibu na majengo ambayo Obama atayatembelea.
Katika kujiandaa kumpokea kwa mara ya kwanza rais wa Marekani, Barack Obama, serikali ya India imeangua nazi zote toka kwenye minazi iliyopo karibu na majengo ambayo Obama atayatembelea mjini Mumbai.

Obama anawasili leo jumamosi nchini India katika hatua yake ya kwanza ya ziara zake katika bara la Asia.

Pamoja na ulinzi mkali kuwekwa kama ilivyotegemewa, maafisa wa serikali ya India wameamua pia kuchukua hatua zaidi kwa kumlinda rais huyo wa Marekani hata kwa hatari zitokenazo na mimea.

Nazi zote toka kwenye minazi yote inayolizunguka jengo la ukumbusho la Gandhi zimeangushwa chini ili kumlinda Obama.

Jengo hilo ni mojawapo ya sehemu tano ambazo Obama atazitembelea mjini Mumbai. Katika sehemu zote hizo hatua sawa za ulinzi zimechukuliwa.

"Kwanini tubahatishe?, tumewaagiza maafisa husika kuziangua nazi zote toka kwenye minazi iliyo karibu na jengo hili", alisema mkurugenzi wa jengo la Mani Bhavan ambalo Mahatma Gandhi aliishi wakati wa kupigania uhuru wa India toka kwa Uingereza.

Wiki iliyopita maafisa wa Marekani walilifanyia uchunguzi jengo la Mani Bhavan pamoja na sehemu zingine ambazo Obama atazitembelea.

Obama atazitembelea pia nchi za Indonesia, South Korea, Japan na China katika ziara yake ya siku 10 barani Asia.

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Mahakama ya nchini Iran imeruhusu adhabu ya kifo inayomkabili mama wa watoto wa wawili wa nchini Iran ambaye alikamatwa akifanya mapenzi na mwanaume aliyemuua mume wake.
Pamoja na shinikizo kubwa toka nchi za Magharibi na taasisi za kutetea haki za binadamu, Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani huenda akauliwa leo kwa kupigwa mawe kwa mujibu wa vyanzo vya habari.

Mwanaharakati anayemtetea Sakineh alisema kuwa wamepokea taarifa toka kwa mtu anayefanya kazi ndani ya mahakama kuwa Sakineh atauliwa siku ya jumatano.

"Tumepokea taarifa siku tatu zilizopita kuwa Sakineh atauliwa siku ya jumatano", alisema Mina Ahadi, mwanaharakati anayemtetea Sakineh wakati akiongea na shirika la habari la AFP kuhusiana na barua aliyotumiwa na mtu ambaye hakutajwa jina lake.

Mahakama ya mji wa Tabriz ambako Sakineh ametupwa jela imeruhusu adhabu ya kifo inayomkabili Sakineh itekelezwe. Kwa kawaida adhabu za kifo nchini Iran hutekelezwa siku ya jumatano.

Tangu mwezi julai mwaka huu Iran ilikuwa ikisema kuwa adhabu ya kifo kwa kupigwa mawe inayomkabili Sakineh haitafanyika mpaka baada ya kuidhinishwa na mahakama kuu.

Sakine mwenye umri wa miaka 43 ambaye ni mama wa watoto wawili, alihukumiwa adhabu ya kifo na mahakama mbili tofauti mjini Tabriz mwaka 2006.

Adhabu yake ya kwanza ilikuwa ni adhabu ya kifo kwa kunyongwa ambayo baadae ilibadilishwa kuwa kifungo cha miaka 10 jela. Adhabu hiyo ilitokana na Sakineh kutuhumiwa kushiriki kwenye mauaji ya mumewe.

Adhabu ya pili ya kifo ilikuwa ni kuuliwa kwa kupigwa mawe kwa kosa la kufanya mapenzi nje ya ndoa na mwanaume aliyekamatwa kwa mauaji ya mumewe.

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