Microsoft has now put on-demand (wmv) videos of Gates's CES keynote online here. It's about 90 minutes, but includes the CES intro and a Microsoft video puff before before Gates appears. Engadget and Microsoft's Robert Scoble were among the sites that blogged it live.
The demos include a futuristic home/office/airport system with a short bit showing a cool-looking Tablet PC, Windows Vista (Aero Glass, live previews, Flip 3D, Sidebar with gadgets and RSS feed, Sideshow, IE quick tabs, parental controls), Microsoft Flight Simulator, Windows Media Player 11 with new user interface, digital photo album etc; Van Toffler of MTV Networks announces Urge with more than two million tracks (with Justin Timberlake); Gateway Tablet PC; big plug for Palm Treo 700w running Windows Mobile; Windows Live Messenger buddy list on a Phillips smartphone with VoIP calls via Windows Live Call Services; HDTV; Windows Media Center; plug for Intel Viiv and a small Averatec PC; Toshiba Gigabeat and LG Electronics widescreen Portable Media Player; Starz new Vongo service and a Portable Media Player; HD DVD for PC; Media Center PC with built in cable TV support (DirecTV, Sky); Dell digital cable receiver with a Cox Cable card; an external HD DVD will be available for the Xbox 360; EA's Fight Night Round 3.
Gates and Steve Ballmer have a fight (as Ali v Frazier). "C'mon, Bill, 30 years I've been training for this opportunity," says Ballmer. "You've got the weight on me, I give you that," Bill replies. Gates wins and Ballmer throws in his controller.
