9:45 Stringer is on stage. Mossberg: Last time you were up here, things were tough. Stringer: We’ve turned things around but before Profit was not big priority in Japan. Reminds me too much of Benny Hill.
During their interview last night at All Things D, Walt Mossberg called Steve Ballmer the “maestro of the whiteboard” and presented him with a fresh one to draw whatever he wanted (or maybe explain Yahoo, whatever). You’re looking at the finished product. What the hell is it?
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While yesterday’s All Things D conference had appearances by Gates and Ballmer unveiling Windows 7, today will feature Sony CEO Howard Stringer. He’ll be there showing off new OLED displays measuring an insane 0.3mm thick. That’s three tenths of a millimeter, or about the thickness of a playing card. Let’s hope they’re a little more generous in the surface area than their first OLED display, eh? [Silicon Alley Insider]
Last night at All Things D, we got to witness Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer being interviewed by Mossberg and Swisher. We also got Windows 7 photos and features. But there was also a funny moment when Gates said:
The first legit shots of Windows 7, the successor to Windows Vista, were just unveiled by Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer in person at the All Things D conference. It’s the evolution of the surface table, using multitouch on the desktop. Looks like Tablet PC. I’m not impressed so far, but only because it doesn’t move that far beyond the Surface Table demos we saw last year. More photos in a bit. [All Things D]
UPDATE: Windows 7 photos and feature details here. Highlight videos, way easier to digest than my liveblog, are after the jump.
Windows 7′s UI is going to be unveiled by Ballmer and Gates tonight at All Things D during their interview. We’ll be there, so check back periodically to see what the Steves have, since pretty much all we’ve seen so far is Windows 7 under a Vista UI. [All Things D - Image Credit (Just a concept)]
