Yesterday, a new book on Bill Gates and Microsoft hit store shelves – Idea Man. Only this one has been penned by Microsoft co-creator Paul Allen, who appeared on 60 Minutes to talk about the early days of Microsoft; the computers they were writing software on, and just what went wrong along the way between the two co-creators. More »
You might recall Paul Allen’s August bombardment of seemingly every tech company in the US over some rather tenuous patent accusations. Google and Apple? Not havin’ that. The two are teaming to have the case dismissed with a legal counterattack. More »
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has launched a salvo of litigation over disputed patents, targeting Apple, Google, AOL and Netflix, among others. None of the patents involve technology Allen was responsible for creating, but were licensed through his Silicon Valley incubator. More »
The 92m-long Tatoosh is number 26 on the world’s largest yachts list, but don’t worry too much about Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen: he still owns the world’s ninth largest, the Octopus. More »
