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  In pictures: 8 tech superstars as comic book characters

• Steve Jobs 'was an incredible genius' - Bill Gates

  By Ben Camm-Jones | 31 January, 2012 06:06

  Former Microsoft boss and philanthropist Bill Gates said that he considers Steve Jobs to have been an "incredible genius" rather than a rival.

• Bill Gates reveals how Steve Jobs inspired him

  By Ben Camm-Jones | 27 January, 2012 02:22

  Bill Gates has been inspired to push on with his philanthropic work after the death of Steve Jobs reminded him that we only have "limited time" on earth.

• Tech stories of 2011: Jobs, Android and Anonymous rank in top 10

  By Marc Ferranti | 14 December, 2011 03:32

  In 2011, the increasingly mobile and socially networked world of technology became more intertwined than ever with politics and the law. Patent wars shaped competition in tablets and smartphones, hacktivists attacked a widening array of political and corporate targets, repressive regimes unplugged citizens from the Internet, and the U.S. government moved to block the giant merger of AT&T and T-Mobile USA. With the passing of Steve Jobs, the world lost a technology icon who redefined the computer, entertainment and consumer electronics industries. These are the IDG News Service's picks for the top 10 technology stories of the year:

• Gates testifies in Novell's billion-dollar lawsuit

  By AAP | 22 November, 2011 08:48

  Microsoft's Windows 95 rollout presented the most challenges in the company's history, leading to several last-minute changes to technical features that would no longer support a rival software maker's word processor, Bill Gates has testified in a $US1 billion ($A1.01 billion) antitrust lawsuit filed by the creator of WordPerfect.

• In pictures: 8 tech superstars as comic book characters

  By Patrick Miller | 25 August, 2011 16:19

  Ever wonder what superpowers Steve Jobs or Bill Gates would have in a comic book? Check out our slideshow of what-if tech superheroes (and supervillains). ART: Neil McAllister and Tony Talbert

• Smart move: ACT team to represent Australia in Microsoft’s Imagine Cup finals

  By Hafizah Osman | 06 May, 2011 12:17

  Team UCEGG has won the Microsoft-hosted Imagine Cup national finals and now moves on to the worldwide finals of the student innovation competition.

• In-depth: Senator Stephen Conroy on the NBN, voluntary Internet filter, Telstra and Turnbull

  By David Ramli | 22 February, 2011 12:10

  Let's face it: Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, drives the Government’s National Broadband Network and Internet filtering measures. They are his initiatives and their future depends - to some degreee - on his performance and imagination. In this in-depth interview he discusses why natural disasters will never affect NBN’s funding and the voluntary Internet filter’s introduction.

• Q&A with Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy

  By David Ramli | 05 February, 2011 12:00

  Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, is the single biggest driving force behind the Government’s National Broadband Network and Internet filtering measures. He discusses why natural disasters will never affect NBN’s funding and the voluntary Internet filter’s introduction

• Strategy's Limits: A chat with Ernest von Simson

  By Nancy Weil | 03 August, 2010 03:59

  As co-founder of The Research Board, an exclusive, IT-focused think tank established in 1970, Ernest von Simson watched time and again as corporate leaders took their companies through change and crises over three decades. During those years, he came to believe that steadfastness is the most vital leadership characteristic for success, as he demonstrates in his new book, "The Limits of Strategy: Lessons in Leadership from the Computer Industry".

• Is the iPad Bill Gates' next 640K moment?

  By Jared Newman | 12 February, 2010 10:12

  Somehow, I have a feeling Bill Gates' recent comments on Apple's iPad will come back to haunt him.