SYNC_BillG_CESBill Gates gave the opening keynote at CES the other day.  You can  see a video of it here.  I didn't think the press and blog coverage that I saw this morning did a very good job exposing the ton of cool stuff he covered, so I whipped together this guide to give you a feeling for what he did cover and also to help you skip to the "good parts" -- whatever they may be for you.  :-) 

A few notes: The times at the end of each bullet are the minutes:seconds into the video.  All times are approximate - within 30 seconds.  FYI, Bill shares stage time with Robbie Bach and a few others, so some sections will have someone besides Bill on stage -- either with him or in some cases by themselves for a short time (so don't worry if you skip to a section and don't see BillG on stage...).

  • Bill comes on stage - 5:00
  • The First and Next Digital Decade: All media and entertainment will be software driven - 7:00
  • Imagining Bill's Last Day at Microsoft - Hilarious video! (link to high quality version of spoof-only)- 10:00
  • Second Digital Decade focused on connecting people and user-centric - 18:30
  • Software + Services (without using the term) - 19:00
  • High Definition experiences everywhere - 20:30
  • Service-connected environments pervasive - 21:30
  • Natural User Interfaces -- beyond keyboard and mouse -- speech (TellMe, Ford SYNC) and multi-touch (Surface, iPhone), gestures recognition, plus more -  23:00
  • New form factors - 25:30
  • Windows Live Platform + Windows Vista + Windows Mobile - using all together - 26:30
  • Microsoft and NBC partner to show Olympics on web with Silverlight at NBCOlympics.com - 35:00
  • Robbie Bach on "Connected Entertainment" - 39:00
  • Disney/ABC and MGM bringing TV and movies to XBOX Live - 41:00
  • HP building MediaCenter Extender into HD TVs - 43:00
  • DVR Anywhere - record on one TV, play on any TV in household network - 43:30
  • MediaRoom - 44:00
  • British Telecom to use XBOX 360 as set top box for video (e.g., "cable") service - 44:30
  • Zune Social - 47:00
  • Ford SYNC and Lincoln MKX - 50:00
  • 911 Assist - a Ford SYNC upgrade - Can set option for automatic 911 call if airbag deploys unless you stop it - 52:30
  • Windows Mobile/SmartPhone voice search with TellMe - 52:30
  • Visual Recognition and context awareness on Phone - Microsoft Research device - 58:00
  • Guitar Hero smackdown!  - 1:03
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