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Microsoft Unveils Wave of New Products and Services at CES — Bill Gates and Robbie Bach hit play on new releases from Windows Vista, Xbox 360, Microsoft TV and more. — Speaking at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates …
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Microsoft and Ford Combine Products — Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft, is using the Consumer Electronics Show here to highlight several new consumer-oriented products and to unveil a partnership with the Ford Motor Company to build Microsoft technology into several Ford models.
Charlie Kindel / cek.log:
Windows Home Server — I am writing this from the Windows Home Server blogger's lounge in the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas. Bill Gates just finished up his CES 2007 keynote where the product I have been slaving over for the last 3 years was finally formally announced to the world!
Jesse D. Lewin / Microsoft 10:
Windows Home Server will live in your closet, simplify your life — A show of hands: Who here among us is storing all of their important data (media and otherwise) in a safe location where it's constantly accessible, as well as backed up to prevent loss? Not a lot of hands here at the 10 HQ, and probably not many of the rest of you.
Robert Scoble / ScobleShow:
Exclusive lunch with Robert Scoble and Bill Gates — This is probably Microsoft's biggest CES ever with Windows Vista shipping in a few days and Bill Gates met with bloggers from Engadget, Gizmodo, Kotaku, PodTech.net, and Joystiq for a ...
Peter Rojas / Engadget:
Live from the Bill Gates keynote — 6:20 (PST) - The connection is spotty as hell, but Ryan and I are here at the Bill Gates keynote, which should be starting shortly. Stay tuned for updates — at least barring a failure of our EV-DO lifeline. — 6:22 - They're asking us to take our seats
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Between the Lines, Guardian Unlimited, TechBlog, Joystiq, Read/WriteWeb, Skype Journal, Shiny Shiny, Paul Colligan's … and Scobleizer
Sony:
SONY BRINGS INTERNET VIDEO TV TO THE LIVING ROOM — Broadband Internet Video Access Available Via Modules Attached to New Televisions — LAS VEGAS (CES Booth #14200), Jan. 7, 2007 - Broadband Internet video was the hit of 2006 and now it's coming to Sony televisions with the touch of a remote control button.
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Gizmodo:
Gallery and Hands On: Sony BRAVIA Internet Video Link Box — [UPDATE: I Suck at Reporting. Changes below. ] Whoa! Sony just announced a set top box that can stream HD video and audio over the internet for use on your TV. Free! Free? Of course, any system like this is only as good as its content …
Sony:
SONY UNVEILS 70-INCH BRAVIA LCD; WORLD'S LARGEST HDTV COMPLIANT WITH x.v.Color — Technology Establishes New Standard for Color Reproduction — LAS VEGAS (CES Booth #14200), Jan. 7, 2007 - Sony Electronics today introduced a 70-inch flat-panel, high-definition LCD television …
Tina Wood / Microsoft 10:
You heard it People! Carbon is real! — You heard it from the mouth of Microsoft "Carbon" is official. Now xbox lovers can enjoy episodes of their favorite television shows from the comfort of their wireless 360 controllers. They've added television into the menu in your dashboard.
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news.vzw.com:
LG Mobile Phones and Verizon Wireless Announce the LG VX9400 to Support V CAST Mobile TV — Handset Features Innovative Form-Factor Designed Specifically for New Service — Media Contact Info — LAS VEGAS, NV — Today, LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc. (LG Mobile Phones) …
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Fred / A VC:
Building It Up and Then Knocking It Down — Something about human nature loves promoting something beyond its natural limits and then relishing bringing it down hard. I saw this firsthand in the late 90s Internet bubble. Flatiron Partners and our portfolio were never as good as everyone made us out to be in 1999.
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Netgear:
NETGEAR® and BitTorrent™ Collaborate to Deliver High-Definition Movies and TV Shows to HDTVs — New NETGEAR Digital Entertainer HD (EVA8000) Media Receiver to Support High-Definition Entertainment from Forthcoming BitTorrent Online Marketplace on Home-Theater Systems
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Microsoft at CES:
2007 International CES Keynote — The live keynote is now over. On-demand feeds will be available at aproximately 10:00 p.m. Pacific Time. … Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | live it!
Pew Internet:
Social Networking Websites and Teens: An Overview — A social networking site is an online place where a user can create a profile and build a personal network that connects him or her to other users. In the past five years, such sites have rocketed from a niche activity into a phenomenon …
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Microsoft:
Bill Gates: 2007 International Electronics Show — 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show — BILL GATES: Well, good evening. I've always loved coming back from Christmas vacation, you're nice and relaxed, and you come right into the most managed environment ever …
Gary Rivlin / New York Times:
When Buying a Diamond Starts With a Mouse — MARK C. VADON is one of the world's top diamond retailers, but wholesalers often decline to meet with him on the convention floor at jewelry trade shows. At the very least, many ask him to flip over his nametag so that no one knows who he is or what company he runs.
Darren Waters / BBC:
Technology 'embraced by public' — Technology editor, BBC News, Las Vegas — More people than ever are becoming early adopters of technology, says research outlined in Las Vegas. — "Consumers get it; they understand technology and they are adopting it accordingly," analyst Sean Wargo told the Consumer Electronics Show.
