Seattle man who helped launch Microsoft left $65M for gay rights
Ric Weiland, who helped his friends Bill Gates and Paul Allen launch Microsoft, was a quiet philanthropist. But his final gift has provided one of the most powerful financial boosts ever to the gay-rights movement. Weiland has left $65 million to the Pride Foundation in Seattle and 10 nonprofit organizations, believed to be the largest estate gift ever given to the gay and lesbian community in the U.S. His generosity didn't stop there.

Bill Gates uses 10,000 times the energy of the average American
Time to start the finger-pointing again. A class at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has begun to track the carbon footprint of different lifestyle in different nations. And the picture painted for the U.S. isn’t pretty: Even the most power conscious people in this country use more than twice the energy of the average person around the world. If you are looking for people with the worst carbon footprint, look among the super-rich such as Bill Gates and Oprah Winfrey, MIT says. It is comm

Jerry Seinfeld is the new face of Microsoft
So Jerry Seinfeld, who I’m sorry, IS JUST NOT THAT FUNNY, is now the new spokesperson for Microsoft, doing some major damage control for the crapfest commonly known as Windows Vista. Jerry’s going to be getting a whopping $10 million dollars for this sweet little gig, in which he’ll be appearing with Microsoft CEO Bill Gates in a series of ads. The ads will be focused on the catchphrase “Windows not Walls” in order to demonstrate that yes, Vista sucks, but look at this here p

Buffett Overtakes Gates as World's Richest Person
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Chairman Warren Buffett toppled Bill Gates from the top spot on Forbes magazine's annual list of billionaires worldwide, ending a 13- year reign for the Microsoft Corp. co-founder. Buffett's wealth grew $10 billion to about $62 billion in the 12 months through Feb. 11, mostly due to a gain in his company's shares, Forbes said in a statement. The fortune of Gates, 52, rose $2 billion to $58 billion. The Microsoft chairman fell to third on the list behind Mexican telecommunications