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Retromodo: Bill Gates Last Moments at the Office CES 2008 Video
9:11AM Benny Goldman | Is Bill’s last day in the office going just like this video he showed us back at CES? Rumour has it that its going EXACTLY like this, but with a bit more emotion. [Original Post] More »
Software
Retromodo: Gizmodo’s Bill Gates Interviews Through History
3:15AM Wilson Rothman | Bill Gates puts up with us, having granted us three interviews in the past three and a half years. It’s an intense experience: Bill isn’t always fond of making eye contact, and is known to snap at reporters who ask dumb questions. After all, he’s not just the Andrew Carnegie–or Emperor Palpatine–of his time. He’s also a guy who gets interviewed a hell of a lot, and doesn’t stand for bush-league Q&A. But we have always enjoyed the guys company and even have had the opportunity to make him laugh a few times. Here’s a quick look back at our three Bill interviews, in a Retromodo re-run fashion: More »
Software
Retromodo: Our Bill Gates CES 2008 Interview
12:42AM Wilson Rothman | What’s a Bill Gates sendoff without this January’s CES video interview with the man? That there’s the full 20 minutes–digitally remastered and with all of my awkward stuttering intact. If you just want to re-live the juiciest bits, including the famous “What Did Bill Just Say About Windows?” moment, you can pick and choose from the list: Part 1 – On the difference between Microsoft and Apple Part 2 – On his changing public image Part 3 – What he worries about most Part 4 – On Windows Vista maybe, just maybe, sucking -Video and Digital Remastering by Chris Mascari More »
Screens
Samsung’s LCDs and Plasmas from CES, Now With US Prices
3:28AM Benny Goldman | Samsung unloaded a whopping 27 plasma and LCD TVs on us at CES, but didn’t get around to saying how much they cost. We just got the prices on all of them, from the US$430 18.9″ Series 4 LCD to the US$5000 mammoth 63″ Series 6 plasma. The whole list, after the jump. [Samsung] More »
Announcements
CES Prank: No Harm Will Come, I Promise
2:19AM Gizmodo US Edition | While responding to the press reaction to our CES prank, I neglected to mention one important thing on the mind of some readers: So far, no AV techs have gotten in trouble for it. Making sure no one ever gets in trouble for it is my highest priority, and I’ll be taking the rest of the week to call around and double check that is the case. Honestly, I’d rather resign than have that happen to anyone. More »
Gadgets
The Best of CES 2008
9:22AM Gizmodo US Edition | CES is filled with thousands of gadgets and lots of people to talk to. But most of these “new” products are really just moderate updates. So in case you missed the goodies in the wave of CES news, here’s just our favourite stuff after the jump. Yes, lazy people—life takes care of you again! More »
Gadgets
Solar-Powered Laptop-Charging MediaStreet eMotion Media Player Allegedly Shipping (and Cheap)
8:35AM Gizmodo US Edition | It looks like a concept—in fact, the only pictures we have of it are fancy 3D renderings doctored up in Photoshop. But according to the press release (after the jump), MediaStreet’s 1GB eMotion solar-powered portable media player is already shipping for $US169. That’s a lot for a typical 1-gig audio-video player, but when you consider that this device can, according to claims, provide power for “most portable devices such as mobile phones, MP3/MP4 players, laptops, digital cameras” and presumably itself, it’s chump change. We’ll get to the bottom of this, hopefully getting a review sample in, but in the meantime, have a closer look and feel free to stretch your skeptic muscles. More »
Porn Star Belladonna Talks Digital Camcorders on the CES Show Floor
8:15AM Gizmodo US Edition | The crazy folks from over at Camcorderinfo.com who made that sweet CES rap and tested out a digital camera in a fishtank last week also happened to interview noted porn star Belladonna about digital video cameras. I don’t know how we managed to miss this one, as we know how familiar many of you are with the work of Belladonna, but here it is. I’m pretty shocked that Chen didn’t think to bring a porn star onto the show floor for an interview, but he’s a shy boy, as you all know. [Camcorderinfo.com] More »
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