Right this moment , Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is select the stage to face up the adore throngs at CES for the last time . Before he act on to the greater task of solving the man ’s problems , he will look back on his previous keynote , talk about where Microsoft is head , and make a few last announcements . Here are the Cliff ’s Notes to his last CES speech ever :
Bill appears and after a abbreviated country - of - the - industry intro , notice that this is his terminal CES show . He ’ll look back on some of his late experiences , note how far we ’ve march on since he declared the “ Digital Decade ” in 2001 for three reason :
1 . The promulgation of downcast - monetary value HD displays and soon interactive surfaces .
2 . Mobile intelligence – cellular and GPS enabled Cartesian product that help us get through the Clarence Day
3 . Interaction with engineering increasingly mirror the manner we interact with people
First announcement : NBC Universal is making MSN the exclusive domicile for NBC ’s reportage of the 2008 Summer Olympics in China . It ’s the first “ tenacious arse ” Olympics : there will be chiliad of hr of content useable at nbcolympics.com , ranging from the most popular mutation to the most unnoticeable — from basketball to badminton . The video will be both unrecorded and on need , with over 30 coinciding live broadcasts ; 2,200 hours of live broacasting and 3,000 hours of on - demand contentedness . All of the video will be shared in Silverlight data format in “ near HD ” quality .
hand - on : Never - before - seen demonstration of the Surface table . In this demonstration , Bill designs a snowboard for himself — yes , a snowboard — using multitouch engineering science to strain out unlike designs , then carry through them to his Windows Mobile phone and portion out with his friends . I only wonder what his policy company thinks about his snowboarding plans .
Robbie Bach , Microsoft ’s President of Entertainment & Devices Division , will take the stage to cover up the bulk of the presentation , talking about :
• Xbox ’s banner year – 17.7 million Xbox 360 building block sold ; 7 titles surpassing 1 million sale stain ; U.S. users spent more on Xbox 360 in 2007 than more on any other game console table ever
• telecasting show tidy sum with ABC Television and Disney Channel for Xbox Live programming , available for direct download to Xbox 360 . It includes 500 hours of content , in received and high def , available at the final stage of the month , with show such as Desperate Housewives , Lost , Grey ’s Anatomy , plus Disney register including Hannah Montana .
• Movie deal with MGM – Xbox will offer MGM films in stock def and high def including the intact Rocky serial publication , Terminator , Dances With Wolves , Silence of the Lambs , de jure Blond , Barber Shop and the Bond franchise .
• New app for Microsoft ’s Media Room IPTV , distributed by AT&T U - Verse : On TNT , NASCAR fans can choose a horizon of the race from the television camera inside their favourite number one wood ’s car via their set - top box ; Showtime boxing will let you choose camera angle and audio feed from the trainer , ref , or the reviewer ; in CNN ’s coverage of US presidential campaign , viewers can vote on issuing , gauging voter notion in realtime .
• Media Center Extender support is get in the consumer - electronics industry , led by Samsung , which will be work on a machine-accessible tv set with MCE capability .
• Zune 2 off to a ripe scratch , with 1.5 million people starting Zune social fan pages since the help start in November . Bach will announce the accessibility of the Zune in Canada , the first dispersion outside the US .
When Bill engage the stage again , he will shew a “ machine of the hereafter , ” something that wo n’t of necessity become a product sold by Microsoft , but still a good glance of thing to follow . The gadget will seemingly store and catalogue all of Bill ’s memories so that he can perpetrate up a Scottish reel of all his preceding CES keynotes . At one point , he will snap a picture of the Venetian auditorium and the gadget will recognize the venue , proposing various recreational activities he might enjoy after the keynote .
This is a rough sketch of the legal proceeding , one that ’s bind to transfer considerably . I ’m told there will be some surprises — maybe a celebrity guest or some farewell treat . Who knows ? That ’s why we plan to catch the whole effect , and fill in any gaps that may be missing from this otherwise thorough digest . ( You ’re welcome . ) [ Microsoft at CES ]
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