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The Comcast Show: Has Brian Roberts become cable's Steve Jobs?

In 2006, NCTA changed the name of the cable industry's annual convention to The Cable Show. With Comcast and its CEO Brian Roberts dominating this years convention--from the general sessions to the show floor--this year's confab could've been called The Comcast Show.

Microsoft's initial mobile strategy 'clearly a mistake,' Bill Gates says

Microsoft's co-founder and chairman, Bill Gates, called the company's initial efforts to dominate the smartphone market "clearly a mistake."

Bill Gates admits Microsoft's early mobile strategy was 'clearly a mistake'

Microsoft co-founder and chairman Bill Gates admitted the company failed to execute on its early mobile strategy, calling its initial efforts to dominate the smartphone market "clearly a mistake."

IDC: Do Windows Phone 7's teaser commercials tease too much, or not enough?

With the launch of Windows Phone 7 smartphones coming up shortly, I've been keeping an eye out for some of the teaser advertisements. You've probably seen some of them here and here . In each of

Charter boss Paul Allen pledges wealth to charity

Charter Communications Chairman Paul Allen, worth an estimated $13.5 billion thanks to his role in the co-founding of Microsoft, has pledged to leave most of that money to charity, perhaps setting an

Charter, Microsoft founder Paul Allen begins cancer treatment

Best known as the co-founder of Microsoft and later cable MSO Charter Communications, Paul Allen announced this week that he has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and is currently undergoing

Telmex faces anti-trust allegations

While Carlos Slim is working hard to take the title of the world's richest man away from Bill Gates (according to recent estimates in Forbes Magazine), his telecom fortunes are now coming under

Genachowski appoints FCC managing director and general counsel

Newly appointed FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski is wasting no time getting his staff in order, as he has appointed Microsoft alum Steven Van Roekel as managing director and Austin Schlick as General

Bill Gates pledges $12.5 million for mobile banking

Wireless industry trade group the GSM Association and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the launch of Mobile Money for the Unbanked, a new program created to introduce mobile banking

Microsoft forecasts its mobile future

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates kicked off CES 2008--as well as his final year at the company's helm--with a keynote address that focused in part on the software goliath's continuing push into mobile.