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Microsoft Corp Chairman Bill Gates (R) hands the Xbox videogame machine to Japanese customer Atsushi Ishizaki, first in line to buy the first machine in Japan from Gates, at an early morning
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Xbox shares hilarious throwback of Bill Gates and The Rock to celebrate 19th anniversary - Mirror Online
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