Gates Retires & Obama-Clinton Solidify.

Big news!  Bill Gates Retired roughly a week ago.  Clinton's democratic VP and Obama as Presidential nominee.  How did I miss this news?!!  Well, okay I learned about Gates's retirement before July, but Why wasn't there more coverage of this?  Especially the Bill Gates news?  That's one of the biggest computer news items of the 21st century!   I think I have to get into a system of instead of trying to catch "all" big news, merely follow a few major themes (like '08 race, '08 olympics, occasional celebrity, and Apple news).