In what might have been <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2245984,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594">his final keynote address</A> at an International CES event, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates opened the 2008 expo with talk about entering a new "digital decade," where his company plans to play a major role.
Gates delivered his final keynote as the full-time leader of Microsoft to a standing-room-only crowd as the 2008 CES began Jan. 6. While his opening address offered few specifics on the new technology Microsoft has been developing, Gates said the next decade of technology can offer users a rich array of choices and new ways to gather and organize their data.