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Video: Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen Defends Gates-Bashing on "60 Minutes"

Kara Swisher in News on April 14, 2011 at 1:56 pm PT

BoomTown loves me some Lesley Stahl. The “60 Minutes” correspondent is back in the tech space, grilling Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen about allegations he makes in his new memoir, “Idea Man,” that his partner Bill Gates tried to shanghai him out of stock when he was suffering from a major illness.

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Microsoft Co-Founder Hits Out at Gates

Nick Wingfield and Robert A. Guth, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 30, 2011 at 8:35 am PT

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. The allegation is part of a critical portrait in the book of Mr. Gates, with whom Mr. Allen formed a friendship in grade school that evolved into one of the iconic partnerships of American business.