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Gates lifts a finger, demos new Touch Wall (Gadgetell)

Thu, 15 May 2008 22:46:21 GMT

Section: Computers , Hardware , Gadgets / Other , Lifestyle , Miscellaneous It's his last time to host a Microsoft CEO Summit as company chairman before answering philanthropy's call, so Bill Gates decided to use the opportunity for one more demonstration of Microsoft Research prowess. Gates allowed the high-profile executives attending the annual meeting of high-dollar minds...

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Bill Gates demos the Touch Wall to CEOs, plus video clip (MSDN Blogs)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:18:22 GMT

While waiting for a conference call to begin, a quick post on Touch Wall demo'ed by Bill Gates at the CEO Summit this week in Redmond . Benjamin J. Romano of the Seattle Times covers today how Bill Gates demonstrated the Touch Wall at the CEO Summit in Redmond this week... "On Wednesday, he gave about 115 chief executives gathered at his company's headquarters a sales pitch...

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Bill Gates shows CEOs how to waste research money (Computer World)

Thu, 15 May 2008 19:57:01 GMT

KOS, GREECE -- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates showed off a Microsoft Research project at his annual CEO Summit today called TouchWall . read more

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Elgan: Bill Gates shows CEOs how to waste research money (usa today)

Thu, 15 May 2008 17:03:00 GMT

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Will A-list journos reveal what happened at Bill Gates' summit (Everyday Ethics)

Thu, 15 May 2008 11:42:46 GMT

Seattle Times Blog Charlie Rose , Tom Friedman , Tom Brokaw , Michael Kinsley and Maria Bartiromo are all mingling with execs at Bill Gates ' annual closed-door CEO Summit. "If Microsoft's inviting select journalists behind the curtain, does that mean we'll finally get news coverage from inside the event?" asks Brier Dudley .

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Bill Gates: E-Mail, cell phones not effective enough (TG Daily)

Thu, 15 May 2008 09:11:49 GMT

Bill Gates, a constant forward-thinker and innovator, spoke at a summit for corporate CEOs this week and talked about what he sees as possible 5 - 10 years in the future. He also demoed a new vertical "wall" version of Microsoft Surface, a touch-powered operating system. Gates, who is six weeks away from leaving Microsoft per a previously announced resignation, is always talking...

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Gates hosts his annual Eastside gathering for key CEOs (Seattle Times)

Thu, 15 May 2008 04:39:14 GMT

Twelve years ago, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates conceived of the CEO Summit as an exclusive forum to discuss technology and other issues...

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Bill Gates shows CEOs how to waste research money (Computerworld Blogs)

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:33:57 GMT

KOS, GREECE -- Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates showed off a Microsoft Research project at his annual CEO Summit today called TouchWall . The prototype is designed to demonstrate how inexpensive hardware could turn a large surface -- in this case a 6 x 4 foot screen -- into a dynamic touch display. So while Microsoft is investing millions in hardware it will never sell, where's the multi-touch...

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Gates: Windows 7 won't be nearly as bad as Vista (Cnet)

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:05:00 GMT

Bill Gates is asking customers to wait out Vista for Windows 7, which is much nicer, apparently.

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Gates to show off multitouch wall device at CEO Summit (InfoWorld)

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:23:45 GMT

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is expected to show off new technology on Wednesday that is designed for the board room and is a spin-off of Microsoft's Surface computer . TouchWall, a prototype device developed by Microsoft Research and Office Labs, is a vertical representation of Surface, the multitouch tabletop computer from Microsoft. TouchWall could be used by business people to give...

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Calling Bill Gates (Billings Blog)

Wed, 14 May 2008 20:05:00 GMT

... a couple of questions:1. Is there any way to turn these reminders off?2. If I were to call up Bill Gates, would he come over and show me how to do it'3. If I spent all the money to buy this machine, why does Bill Gates seem to own it?

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Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates sells shares (Boston Globe)

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:53:18 GMT

Bill Gates, the chairman of software company Microsoft Corp. , sold 3 million shares of common stock, according to Securities and Exchange Commission filings Tuesday.

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Bill Gates demos Touchwall, vertical Microsoft Surface (Ars Technica)

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:22:00 GMT

If you can picture a vertical Microsoft Surface, you already know exactly what the TouchWall looks like. Trust me though, you'll want to see Bill Gates use it with (almost) no problems. Read More...

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Unified Communications is the Web 2.0 Trend for Telephony - Bill Gates Microsoft Innovation Speech at Microsoft CEO Summit (PodTech Network)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:54:39 GMT

This is Bill Gates last CEO Summit. Here is the link to his keynote speech where he talks about innovation. Here at the UC Summit I just sat through a talk by Eric Swift, Microsoft's Senior Director of Unified Communications, where Eric talks about the innovation of software in the Unified Communications area. [...]

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Bill Gates Takes on Keyboards and the Cloud (GigaOM)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:47:44 GMT

Like the rotary dial, the keyboard's role as a technological interface will soon come to an end as more information — especially visual information such as photos and videos — is stored on computers. And Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates hopes to help put the nail in the keyboard's coffin, according to his presentation at the [...]

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Bill Gates talks about Windows 7 speed, efficiency and file synchronization (Bink)

Wed, 14 May 2008 14:45:00 GMT

Last week Bill Gates spoke at the Windows Digital Lifestyle Consortium in Tokyo, Japan about the Windows PC platform and it's future. Altough it was a very generic speech about Windows and... Continue this aticle on Bink.nu

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Gates shows Microsoft 'TouchWall' prototype (ActiveWin.com Headlines)

Wed, 14 May 2008 18:29:51 GMT

At Microsoft's CEO Summit in Redmond this morning, Bill Gates showed a prototype called TouchWall, which the company described as a vertical version of its Microsoft Surface tabletop computer. Gates gestured across the screen with his hands to browse digital files on the screen, using a companion software prototype that the company calls Plex.

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Gates brings journos to CEO Summit, so where's the coverage? (Brier Dudley's blog)

Wed, 14 May 2008 17:35:33 GMT

I'm not sure why Bill Gates brought so many A-list journalists this year to his annual shindig for business leaders to yack about the future of technology. Charlie Rose, Tom Friedman, Tom Brokaw, Michael Kinsley and Maria Bartiromo are all mingling with the moneybags this year. It used to be that Gates and Microsoft alone had enough star power to lure the biggest names in business....

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Gates: Every surface to be a computer (Crave RSS)

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:23:00 GMT

During his keynote Wednesday at the CEO Summit, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates shows off TouchWall, a 4-foot-by-6-foot touch-screen computer prototype. (Credit: Microsoft) It's one step removed from the Midas approach, but Bill Gates wants to turn nearly everything we touch into a computer. Speaking to a crowd of CEOs ...

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Bill Gates Demos TouchWall - Like Surface for the Office (Microsoft 10)

Wed, 14 May 2008 16:22:00 GMT

The 12th annual Microsoft CEO Summit was held May 13-15th. At this forum, business leaders meet up to discuss the most pressing issues affecting global business today. This year's topics included decoding financial markets, establishing cultures of execution, and exploring how the Internet will evolve over the next five years. The keynote speech was by Bill Gates. One of the highlights...

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