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Microsoft Co-Founder Hits Out at Gates

NICK WINGFIELD And ROBERT A. GUTH The Wall Street Journal 03/31/2011
Microsoft Co-Founder Hits Out at Gates

Bill Gates schemed to take shares in Microsoft Corp. from his co-founder during the early days of the software company following his partner's treatment for cancer, according to a new memoir by the billionaire co-founder, Paul Allen.

Microsoft Co-Founder Launches Patent War Against Google, Facebook and eBay

They're the everyday fixtures of the Internet experience: pop-up stock quotes on a website, suggestions for related reading near a news article, videos along the side of your screen. Now, Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen says he owns the technology behind all these ideas, and he's demanding that some of the world's top Web companies pay up to use them.