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Bill Gates flops again

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I saw an article in the USA Today about Gates and his digital lifestyle. I tried to look athe Media Center PC presentation, but with the justing and buffering it was not worth the trouble.

What found very interesting in the articles are that people will be getting rid of thier iPods for the M$ Portable Media Center players.

Gates said:
To bring that vision to fruition, the software giant must overtake Apple and Sony. Neither is likely to give up ground without a fight.
Click to expand...
 
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I watched it in the morning, because I knew everyone would be wanting to watch it all day, and the stream would have many buffers. I was grinning through the whole thing. And it was so funny listening Conan, while Gates was squirming in his chair pressing all the buttons on the remote to get the thing working. I can't wait to download the video, whenever somebody gets it uploaded.

If you get a chance to watch the stream, you should seek to the 24th minute. It's around there.

Edit: Found the video:
http://webpages.charter.net/thetruedarkone/billgates.mov
 
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Does anyone test this crap out before they go on stage? I mean c'mon.
 
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Haha! He actually starts laughing with them. But then at the end he was burned and stopped smiling :)
 
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Thanks IWHAT for that link! Funniest thing I have seen since the famous Windows 98 Crash live on stage with Gates and his helper. Made my day!
 
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But you know I remember when apple had a technical difficulty.. i dont remember what it was, but it was a few wwdc's ago... it was so minor they covered it up and i guess it was forgotten...

nice indeed
 

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