Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen ended his day-to-day involvement in the company’s operations way back in 1983, when it was …
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Allen Institute: Microsoft Cofounder’s Organization Holds Brain Hackathon
Yesterday, I wrote about a researcher “hacking” into Stephen Hawking’s mind with a new device called the iBrain. But for most scientists, hacking the brain doesn’t mean bypassing the physical body — it means making sense of the …
Microsoft Cofounder Paul Allen Slams Bill Gates in New Book
Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has a book coming out this month called Idea Man. You’ll find that Vanity Fair has a multi-page excerpt of the book, and the Wall Street Journal has a slightly shorter synopsis.
The chunk of the book dedicated to the story of Paul Allen and Bill Gates co-founding Microsoft together sounds eerily …
Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen Sues Eleven Tech Companies
Paul Allen’s company, Interval, is alleging that four of its patents have been infringed by AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Google, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo, and YouTube.
The patents were developed in the 90′s and include “fundamental web technologies” that Allen’s company asserts are being used “by major …