Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates (L) speaks with former Infosys Technologies co-chairman and current head of the government agency Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan Nilekani during the conferment ceremony of the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize at the presidential palace in New Delhi July 25, 2009. Gates received the peace prize and on Friday urged India to move away from low-cost labour toward high-end research and development to keep its giant IT sector competitive. Reuters Pictures 4 months ago

Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates (L) speaks with former Infosys Technologies co-chairman and current head of the government agency Unique Identification Authority of India Nandan Nilekani during the conferment ceremony of the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize at the presidential palace in New Delhi July 25, 2009. Gates received the peace prize and on Friday urged India to move away from low-cost labour toward high-end research and development to keep its giant IT sector competitive.

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  1. Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates listens to a question as he appears with investor Warren Buffett for a town hall style meeting with business students broadcast by the financial television network CNBC at Columbia University in New York November 12, 2009.
  2. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 27: Microsoft founder Bill Gates (2nd L) and his wife Melinda Gates (3rd L) leaves after addressing a weekly Republican policy luncheon in the U.S. Captiol October 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. Gates has been on Capitol Hill to promote the idea of more U.S. funding of global health and foreign aid.

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  2. Microsoft founder Bill Gates (R) cuts a ribbon with chairman of Hillman Foundation Henry Hillman during a dedication ceremony for the Gates Center for Computer Science and the Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 22, 2009.
  3. In this image released by PictureGroup, Bill Gates, left, and his wife Melinda, right, pose with President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom Philippe Dauman at the "Get Schooled" conference and premiere hosted by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Viacom on Tuesday Sept. 8, 2009, in Los Angeles.
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  5. Microsoft founder Bill Gates delivers a speech during a dedication ceremony for the Gates Center for Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania September 22, 2009.
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  7. MUNICH, GERMANY - OCTOBER 07: Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Corporation Steve Ballmer addresses the media during a news conference on October 7, 2009 in Munich, Germany. Ballmer talked about the upcoming launch of the new Windows 7 computer operating system.
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