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On 'creative capitalism,' Gates gets it

January 25, 2008 1:27 PM PST

perspective More people should follow the lead of Microsoft's co-founder in freeing up innovative thinkers to help the developing world, and not just cause it feels good.

Gates misses the point on 'creative capitalism'

January 25, 2008 1:26 PM PST

perspective The Microsoft chairman's well-intentioned pitch for corporate activism missed the root causes of poverty. (Hint: it's not lack of corporate charity.)

Doing philanthropy the Google way

January 18, 2008 9:36 AM PST

The well-heeled company touts its plans to bestow money on worthy causes. But how does that compare with other tech sector do-good efforts?

Google to enter clean-energy business

November 27, 2007 1:46 PM PST

Search giant earmarks hundreds of millions of dollars with the goal of generating a gigawatt of clean energy that's cheaper than coal.

Ex-techie's nonprofit Room to Read has room to grow

October 11, 2007 12:25 PM PDT

CEO John Wood plans to expand nonprofit that taps wealthy donors to help build schools and libraries in developing countries.
Photos: Building Room to Read

Making the iPhone a charity case

June 28, 2007 10:30 PM PDT

Some of those in line for the much-coveted Apple handset are doing so to put the device on eBay and donate the proceeds to charity.

Gates to Harvard grads: Pay it forward

June 7, 2007 4:51 PM PDT

World's richest Harvard alum tells grads to take on issue of human inequity and not be deterred by complexity.
Photos: Gates goes back to school

Music meets politics in Darfur campaign

June 1, 2007 2:07 PM PDT

A widget called MixedTape carries the tune in an online fundraiser by Amnesty International that features John Lennon songs.

Engineering change: Plugging Africa's kids in to $100 laptop

February 4, 2008 1:44 PM PST

Hassounah has lived with a significant pay cut and long hours on the road to help countries buy cheap laptops for children.
Photos: Laptops in the classroom

Engineering change: Photos

April 11, 2007 9:04 AM PDT

From Mongolia's wind-torn steppes to the slums of Buenos Aires, technologists are finding ways to help the world's poor.

Engineering change: Finding clean water for the slums of Buenos Aires

April 11, 2007 10:55 AM PDT

Day 2: Stanford University Ph.D. Rebeca Hwang has a plan for boosting the power of water treatment technology in Argentina.
Photos: Tapping pure water

Engineering change: Of PDAs and maternal medicine in Mongolia

February 4, 2008 1:42 PM PST

Day 1: Jaspal Sandhu wants to find out if 50 personal digital assistants can help puncture Mongolia's inflated maternal death rate.
Photos: Life in rural Mongolia

Tapping TED to get tech to help others

March 12, 2007 6:11 AM PDT

A gathering of the rich, famous and geeky hears ambitious wishes from Bill Clinton and biologist E.O. Wilson.
Photos: Bill Clinton tops TED trio

IBM donates new privacy tool to open-source

January 26, 2007 5:57 AM PST

Software designed to let people keep personal information secret when transacting online is going to open-source identity project.

Gates Foundation expands U.S. libraries initiative

January 19, 2007 6:16 AM PST

New investments aim to help low-income libraries keep up with the rapid pace of tech advancement.

Gates Foundation expands library project

December 1, 2006 6:47 AM PST

The $328 million project will help countries plan or install free computer and Internet access in libraries.

Kids, technology focus of $50 million grant

October 19, 2006 6:00 AM PDT

Nonprofit foundation's donation intended to study how technology affects children and how they learn.

Red iPod supports AIDS charity

October 19, 2006 1:00 PM PDT

Apple and others are selling red products to support a Bono-backed fund that fights AIDS in Africa.
Photos: Nano Red

Colin Powell urges corporate philanthropy

October 13, 2006 12:53 PM PDT

Businesses should make regular contributions to community action, former secretary of state tells show crowd.
Photos: Powell tries to inspire leaders

Pay checks for Gates, Ballmer fall short of $1 million

October 5, 2006 6:03 AM PDT

With slight salary hikes but reduced bonuses, they each pull in $966,667 in the last fiscal year.