1-10-2012
Ryan Seacrest hosted the final Microsoft CES keynote address last night and the syndicated radio star joked he could be the company's mascot. Microsoft said this would be the last CES where it delivers a keynote address and stage a massive booth. In announcing the decision, the company said its ?product news milestones generally don?t align with the show?s January timing.?
During a discussion of Windows PCs, Seacrest noted that Microsoft faces new competition from the iPad and Android tablets. ?Nothing better than good competition,? Ballmer says. ?It?s a great thing, and I?m glad we?ve got Windows.?
Ballmer also said Microsoft has now sold 66 million Xbox 360s, with more than nearly 40 million Xbox Live users, and 18 million Kinect sensors sold. He also said Xbox Live will be adding content from Fox broadcast shows, Fox News and other News Corp properties in 2012. That will add to a large library of live and recorded television launched by Xbox Live in the U.S. this fall.
Thanks to Alan Wallace for the photo. http://www.allanwallace.com/
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