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microsoft.com:
Upcoming Live Webcast  —  Bill Gates Keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2006  —  For the tenth year in a row, Microsoft Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates returns to kick off CES with his vision of the year ahead in consumer electronics.
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Scobleizer / Microsoft Geek Blogger:
Bill Gates keynote at CES (that playtable rocks)  —  You can watch along.  I'm sitting in the Bellagio with a bunch of geeks watching on a video feed.  Updates to come.  —  I heard he won't use any PowerPoint slides tonight.  That'll be interesting to see.  —  6:45 p.m. Bill just came out.
Paul Boutin / Engadget:
Live coverage of Bill Gates CES keynote  —  6:25pm We'rekicking back in the Engadget VIP balcony at the Hilton.  Paul is on the keys, Ryan on camera.  We've justgotten the warning that things are about to start.  —  6:34 Still waiting!  —  6:36 The thumpy music isgetting louder …
Discussion: Between the Lines
microsoft.com:
Microsoft Showcases Windows Innovations to Help Customers Navigate Through the Digital "World of More"  —  Bill Gates demonstrates consumer benefits of Windows Vista and highlights new enhancements for Windows XP Media Center Edition.  —  LAS VEGAS — Jan. 4, 2006 — Microsoft Corp. Chairman …
Discussion: IP Democracy and Microsoft Watch
Lockergnome / Chris Pirillo:
BILL GATES CES KEYNOTE
microsoft.com:
Microsoft and MTV Networks Unveil …
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Reuters:   Gates to exhibit Vista Windows upgrade at CES
Mike Musgrove / Washington Post:
Electronics Show Moves Beyond Gadgets  —  The Technology Driving Hardware Will Get More Attention in Las Vegas  —  The International Consumer Electronics Show, which opens this week in Las Vegas, has always been about the gadgets.  —  The VCR and DVD players were introduced at CES.
Discussion: IP Democracy
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CNET News.com:   Internet search meets the gadget
Yahoo! News:
Internet Companies Storm Consumer Electronics Show
Discussion: PaidContent.org
Reuters:
Four studios unveil Blu-ray hi-def lineups  —  LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Four studios have announced slates of titles to be ready for the soon-to-be-launched Blu-ray Disc high-definition format.  —  Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and Lionsgate …
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PR Newswire:
Rich Content Ranging From Sci-Fi Classic The Fifth Element to Comedy Hit Hitch to Visually Stunning House of Flying Daggers  —  BD Java Games, Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down and David Lean's Oscar-winning The Bridge on the River Kwai, both on 50 GB Dual Layer Discs, Also Set for Release
Discussion: Gizmodo
Lino / logic is not obsolete:
The beauty and the blog  —  Preamble  —  This is a loose translation/summary of the (legal) differences between Heidi Klum(s father) and the german 'Werbeblogger' weblog.  I will mainly stick to this continously updated post and the comments and trackbacks there, but I might add translations or summary of other sources.
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Patrick Breitenbach / Werbeblogger:
The case Heidi and Guenther K.
Discussion: Naked Conversations
Matt Cutts:
Feedback on Bigdaddy data center  —  About a month ago I alluded to a data center called "Bigdaddy" that people could check out as a preview.  We're ready to collect feedback on the Bigdaddy data center now.  Let's start with some Q&A.  —  Q: Why are you giving this a name?
Danny Sullivan / Search Engine Watch Blog:
Being A Big Voice In SEO  —  How do you get to be a big voice in SEO?  There's a series of posts out there now offering such advice, which I'll recap below, along with some thoughts on generations in SEO.  —  5 Tips to Make it in the SEO Community from Andy Hagans at Search Engine Journal puts …
RON / Xooglers:
We are experiencing technical difficulties  —  Happy new year everyone!  —  If you've been watching my personal blog you will have seen that I've actually been back for a while now.  The reason I've been quiet on xooglers is that Google legal has asked to talk to me about it …
Discussion: Google Blogoscoped
Rob / BusinessPundit:
WHY I QUIT ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND GOT A REAL JOB  —  ... and what I learned from the experience.  —  I. Why I Took a Job  —  It has been more than two years since I left my last full-time corporate position.  In that span I've started a small business, written a chapter for a book …
Discussion: tjacobi.com and EirePreneur
Om Malik / Om Malik on Broadband:
No Google PC, Think Google Video  —  The speculation about Google announcing a Google Cube, which has been summarily dismissed by David Krane, Google's PR big cheese on his blog.  So what will Larry Page talk about during his Friday keynote at the CES?  A reliable source of mine pinged …
BBC:
Texting record for New Year's Eve  —  Checking your mobile phone for messages and wishing friends and family a happy new year via SMS has become as much a tradition as Big Ben's chimes.  —  A record 165m text messages were sent in the UK on New Year's Eve, according to the Mobile Data Association.
Discussion: textually.org
Brendan I. Koerner / Wired News:
Geeks in Toyland  —  Lego built a global empire out of little plastic blocks, then conquered the wired world with a robot kit called Mindstorms.  So when the time came for an upgrade, they turned to their obsessed fans — and rewrote the rules of the innovation game.  —  A sneak preview from Wired magazine's February issue.
Discussion: The Long Tail

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