Bill Gates says Steve Jobs was “always cooler than me”

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Steve Jobs may have been “cooler” than Bill Gates, and that’s OK. The Microsoft co-founder and chairman made his first-ever appearance on The Colbert Show last night and answered questions about his philanthropy, his days at Microsoft and Jobs. “I was lucky enough to meet Steve Jobs a few times, and people always say ‘what… Read More…

Stephen Colbert visits Google to promote his book, has no idea Google sells books

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Stephen Colbert is rarely serious, at least not when he’s in character, but the TV host seemed genuinely surprised during a recent visit to Google to find out that the company sells ebooks. The irony: He was there to promote his own book. The exchange with Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt, starting around the 8:00 mark… Read More…

‘Slut factories’ and Super PACs: Melinda Gates on ‘Colbert’

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Did Stephen Colbert just get away with calling the Gates Foundation a ‘slut factory?’ Last night the cantankerous faux right-winger took aim at Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, on The Colbert Report. Gates appeared on Colbert to talk foreign aid, especially the Foundation’s new initiative to make contraceptives more widely… Read More…