Monday, November 13, 2000		Lens on IT

Microsoft chairman and co-founder Bill Gates gestures while speaking at the company's annual shareholders meeting at the Washington State Trade and Convention Centre in Seattle.

Yahoo! co-founder Jerry Yang (L) shakes hands with T.J. Huang, chairman of Taiwan portal Web site Kimo as they seal an acquisition deal in Taipei.Yahoo is acquiring Kimo, one of Taiwan's most popular Web sites, for 2.25 million shares, hoping the portal's slick content and expertise in Chinese-language technology will give the US firm an edge in mainland China.