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Forbes magazine published its celebrated list of the world's wealthiest people Wednesday, with Carlos Slim bagging the number one spot for the third year running.

Ray Ozzie, the man who succeeded Bill Gates as Microsoft Corp's tech visionary, believes the world has moved past the personal computer, potentially leaving behind the world's largest software company.

Ray Ozzie, the man who succeeded Bill Gates as Microsoft Corp's tech visionary, believes the world has moved past the personal computer, potentially leaving behind the world's largest software company.

Forbes Magazine released its list of the world's billionaires on Wednesday, a collection of 1,153 families and individuals, rife with familiar names like Bill Gates, Warren Buffet and Carlos Slim Helu, who topped the list with a net worth of $69 billion.

Forbes magazine is due to release its annual list of the world's billionaires around midday on Wednesday, with Mexico's Carlos Slim poised to retain the top spot and attention focused on how far up the list Facebook's IPO has catapulted Mark Zuckerberg.

Microsoft Corp co-founder Bill Gates' privately held Corbis, which provides photos and film video for advertisers, is expanding further into entertainment by launching an online music service with songs from the four largest publishers.

Tech giant Apple has bypassed $500 billion market cap on February 29, becoming the sixth company in the world to do so. This is another record set by the world’s most valuable company, which has a distinction of releasing products that have grown to set benchmarks in their market segments.

Some two decades ago, Brian Moynihan's younger brother Patrick came to him for advice. Patrick who had been a trader wanted to move to Africa to work as a missionary.

Apple saw its stock market value close above $500 billion on Wednesday to become the most valuable company in the world at present.

For Steven Sinofsky, the stern but creative engineering manager who runs Microsoft Corp's flagship Windows division, February 29 is showtime.

For Steven Sinofsky, the stern but creative engineering manager who runs Microsoft Corp's (MSFT.O) flagship Windows division, February 29 is showtime. Sinofsky will preside over the public test release of the Windows 8 operating system, his biggest test.

A source revealed some of the 231 names that have been submitted for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, according to the Associated Press.

Warren Buffett, the head of U.S. investment company Berkshire Hathaway, said the firm had chosen his successor but did not identify the person.

Visionary Steve Jobs would have celebrated his 57th birthday Friday. The legendary Apple co-founder and innovator passed away on Oct. 5, 2011 after a long and public battle with disease. He was 56. In commemoration of what would have been his 57th birthday, we honor the legendary Jobs with ten funny and inspirational quotes he said throughout his life.

In November 2011, Rupert Murdoch's tablet-only digital magazine The Daily discovered that Microsoft was planning to build a version of Microsoft Office for the iPad. On Tuesday, sources tell The Daily that the Microsoft Office app will soon be submitted to Apple for approval in its App Store.

Steve Jobs pushed an entire industry to think different. After passing away late last year, Jobs left an impression among many across the world as an innovator, rebel and entrepreneur. While Apple still maintains a cult-like status, many remained fixated on the lessons that can be learned from iconic founder Steve Jobs. For those who have finished the book, but still crave more from the fabled story of Jobs, Scott Hurff has put together The Ultimate Steve Jobs Collection.

Like many other sectors, the U.S. IT jobs market has been threatened by armies of smart, skilled and English-speaking professionals from emerging market countries like India, Pakistan and Russia.

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates opened a new $15 million visitor center at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Seattle campus Feb. 4, and now that construction is finished, the software titan can focus on his foundation's goals. That means helping people all over the world gain access to medicine and immunizations, helping small farmers in Africa and, of course, improving access to technology.

Craig Silverstein, the first employee at Google after co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, will leave the search giant for Khan Academy, an online education portal based in Mountain View, Calif.

Canadian researchers from the University of Western Ontario claim they have developed a promising HIV vaccine, which has received the green light by U.S. FDA officials to begin testing the vaccine on humans.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg may have set the record for being the youngest billionaire, but the company’s IPO might also put him in the books for paying the highest taxes. Since the 27- year- old entrepreneur plans to exercise stock options worth billions, his tax bill could reach as high as $2 billion.