Gates: Microsoft, the Suit and His Foundation
Bill Gates looks back at the road he and Microsoft have traveled, and at what's ahead for his foundation.
Richard Branson: Virgin Master
Entrepreneur Richard Branson wants to save the Earth—and ride his rocket into outer space.
Steven Levy: Getting Scholarships on FastWeb
Fast Web links students with scholarships. But is a $1,500 grant for duck-calling really worth pursuing?
Levy: Campaigns Get Personal
Microtargeters know all about you, and try to push your personal hot button so you'll cast your vote for their candidate.
Levy: Take the Millions Now
Auctomatic is a parable of the Net's start-up culture. You can still make a fortune before you're barely old enough to shave.
Levy: From Search Wars to Star Wars
Want to explore the mysteries of deep space from your desktop? Google can help you. And soon, so can Microsoft.
Candidates Need Tech Savvy
They don't have to be geeks, but pols can't be clueless about the digital world.
Life After Chess
Former champ Garry Kasparov still sees the world in terms of pawns and kings—and thinks you should, too.
Levy: Rip This Book? Not Yet.
The very existence of a book scanner for consumer use is one of those early warnings of turbulence to come.
Yahooligans at the Window
Microsoft's $45 billion bid for Yahoo is a 'Hail Mary' to beat Google in search.
Levy: The Net Meter Is Running
Government and industry should figure out how to get faster service for less money, no matter where people live.
Levy: The Rosy View From CES
If we can't get today's tech stuff working smoothly, what does that portend for tomorrow's ambitious plans?
Bill Gates Kicks Off CES
Microsoft's founder offers up a celeb-studded video but few tech surprises at his last CES.
And Now … The Eyephone
Good news for those who think we don't stare enough at screens—soon there will be a way to keep up with e-mail, news feeds and TiVoed movies every waking minute.
The Peachfuzz Billionaires
The myth of the peachfuzz billionaire has emerged. This new Horatio Alger typically launches his first start-up in middle school, and somewhere between the campus computer-science lab and a move to Palo Alto hacks up a Web site where users provide fun or useful content.
A Hungry Crowd Smells iPhone, and Pounces
Technology writers are seldom subject to frenzied, Beatlemania-esque paroxysms of public attention. June 29, 2007, was the exception. I was in the wrong place—Apple's Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan—with the right device.
Do Real Friends Share Ads?
Who wants to broadcast the news that he's bought a can of Sprite? Who wants to see that on a Facebook News Feed?