Bill Gates Forecast: Everything Will Communicate (CES 2008)

In a good news/bad news speech (you decide) Bill Gates, forecasted at the obvious at CES when he said that computers and technology will become even more ingrained in our everyday lives.

“The trend here is clear, all media and entertainment will be digital driven. The first digital decade has been tremendously successful,” Gates said.

“Part of this has to do with Microsoft being tired of announcing new stuff that doesn’t ever materialize or shows up in a form very different than what was shown,” Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg wrote.

At CES, Gates suggested televisions and cell phone will deliver digital content. He predicted the next digital decade will bridge gadgets and that everything will hook up with everything else to share information.

Bill Gates’ Video Parodies His Own Retirement (CES 2008) (VIDEO)

As Bill Gates tried to balance on his exercise ball, he turned to his personal trainer, Matthew McConaughey, and asked him if he was ready to take his shirt off. Can’t picture it? Then you’ll have to check out the video shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. That’s just one scene fro… [More]