Bill Gates unveils new 'Intelligent' products
Reuters | at | by Mike
Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates declared on Sunday that the best in computing was yet to come, despite the gloomy state of the technology industry, with a new breed of intelligent products set to debut in the near future. Gates, delivering the opening keynote address at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas, revealed that Microsoft has been working to develop new software and hardware designs that let people harness the power of computers without being tied to a desk.
Although the pen-based Tablet PC, a multimedia personal computer, and software for mobile devices have been part of Microsoft's recent drive to get its software into users' hands and pockets, Gates said the software giant was starting to target more mundane everyday objects, such as the alarm clock.