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9 Jan
Video: Bill Gates is looking for a job — fruitlessly
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Would you hire a 52 year old college dropout who’s only had one job his entire life? Ok, but what if the college he dropped out of was Harvard, and the one job he’s is as founder and chairman of the world’s most powerful software company? No, not even then? If you haven’t already seen it, watch as our man Bill flounders in the hunt for a new gig, as shown at his final CES keynote a couple of days ago. Good luck out there, man — and don’t forget, if you’re looking for a few extra bucks we’d love your help covering Macworld next week.
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9 Jan
Sources say Universal and Paramount are both going Blu
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Rumors just won’t stop about the future of HD DVD, and while we try not to post all of them, some seem too believable to pass up. Our friend Bill Hunt, at the Digital Bits, — still waiting on those permalinks, Bill — is reporting that his “second to none” sources informed him that both Universal and Paramount are in the process of going blu. But don’t bother asking ‘em, because the same contracts that prevent them from switching now, prevent them from confirming the rumor. In addition, Bills sources tell him that while Paramount could make an announcement any day now, Universal’s won’t come until February — at the earliest — because “their contract period with the HD-DVD camp expires at the end of January.”