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Right this minute, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is taking the stage to face the adoring throngs at CES for the last time. Before he moves on to the greater task of solving the world's problems, he will look back on his previous keynotes, talk about where Microsoft is headed, and make a few final announcements. Here are the Cliff's Notes to his last CES speech ever:
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Bill Gates Farewell CES Keynote Cheat Sheet
Right this minute, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates is taking the stage to face the adoring throngs at CES for the last time. Before he moves on to the greater task of solving the world's problems, he will look back on his previous keynotes, talk about where Microsoft is headed, and make a few final announcements. Here are the Cliff's Notes to his last CES speech ever:More »
9:30 PM on Sun Jan 6 2008
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AT&T Considering Scary, Content-Recognizing Anti-Piracy Filter for Entire Network
Remember YouTube's content filtering system? AT&T is mulling setting one up across its whole network. BusinessWeek's reporting AT&T's in talks with NBC Universal and Disney to possibly use content-recognition tech developed by Vobile—a company they've all invested in—to block pirated material from being sent to and fro along its network. More »
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ABC Adds HD Streaming Channel to their Web Player
ABC has just added an HD channel to their online streaming player, allowing you to watch episodes of shows like Lost, Desperate Housewives, and The Bronx is Burning in hot, hot HD quality. It's still in beta, and it'll obviously require a pretty decent connection to run properly, but it's pretty awesome that you can now see HD episodes of modern classics like According to Jim whenever you want. So go ahead, try it out and let us know how it works. Don't pretend like you have work to do or anything; we know better. [ABC]
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ABC.com's HD Streaming Not So HD After All
A few weeks ago, ABC.com announced that it'd deliver some of its popular shows in high-def online. Well, as it turns out the content won't be that HD after all. ABC.com will rely on a codec from On2 Technologies to deliver 720p content at 25fps at a bitrate ranging from 850 kilobits per second to 2 megabits per second. Considering that ABC.com's current standard def videos are encoded at 1.5mbps, the jump to 2 doesn't seem so high-def. But since they offer the best video to date, chances are we'll still watch. More »
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ABC.com to Deliver HD Programming Online This Summer
ABC's online content is about to get better. Starting this July the network will launch a broadband HD channel on ABC.com that'll stream shows like Lost and Grey's Anatomy in 720p. The plan is to start small and bulk up the network's offerings come the fall season. No word on what bit-rate ABC will be using to compress the shows, but the last time we checked in with ABC, we were pretty impressed with what they had. Here's hoping for a repeat. More »
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ABC Becomes First Network to Unveil Full Screen "HD Streamer"
On the same day that EMI stripped its tunes of DRM protection, ABC quietly became the first broadcast network to feature a broadband "HD player" that lets you watch shows like Lost and Grey's Anatomy in full-screen mode. While NBC has had a full-screen player up and running for some time, ABC claims theirs looks closer to high-def. The above shot is what ABC's video looks like in full-screen mode. After the jump is a screen grab of NBC's player, which clearly doesn't.... More »
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CES Remainders: Lost, the Final Episode
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You're Young, Rich and Smart (Probably)
A new study by Nielsen Analytics (as in TV ratings) claims that people who watch TV online are younger, richer and more educated than the average TV audience. So if you're watching Heroes next to Giz (like I am) congratulations, you're awesome. Actually, they're just assuming that you have broadband, so you probably have a higher-than-average income, a college education and don't quite draw Social Security yet. You can still feel free to pat yourself on the back, though. More »
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ABC Trying to Kill PVR Ad Skipping
It had to happen. TiVo makes it just too damn easy to skip over commercials, so now ABC is on the warpath, trying to persuade personal video recorder (PVR) manufacturers to add a "feature" that disables the ability to fast forward a digital video recording. ABC President of Advertising Sales Mike Shaw thinks this will not be a big deal for consumers, instantly revealing to all the world that he is a clueless moron. More »
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ABC Uses iTunes To Debut Pilot
Apple must be doing something right, since yet another major network has decided to put more of its content on Apple's iTunes Music Store. The latest is ABC, which is debuting Kyle XY on the iTMS on June 20, a show about "a mysterious teenage savant who is devoid of such human instinctive behavior as anger, joy and love, and the family who found him." Sound like pure gold. Users will be able to download the first episode of the show for free from the iTMS, with later episodes, which start appearing after June 27, costing $1.99 per episode. More »
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ABC Online Video Downloads Hit 3 Million Mark
ABC launched its online video service earlier this month and in just two weeks, the shows have racked up 3 million downloads of four of its most popular programs, including Desperate Housewives and Lost. CEO Bob Geiger said ABC is considering options for expanding the service, and added that the company plans to experiment with different business models. More »
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ABC Launches Free Online Streaming
As announced last month, ABC launched its streaming video service today, offering a two-month trial that lets you stream full episodes of Desperate Housewives, Lost, Alias, or Commander-In-Chief for free. We gave the a new service a try, and it actually looks pretty good, giving you a "full screen" option that shows you a standard-definition stream in a 700x390 window. Nope, you can't pop it full screen, and you can't avoid the commercials, but there are limited commercial breaks, and there's a neat trick that lets you skip one of the commercials for the next, only sentencing you to a 30-second commercial break between segments where you can switch between the commercials of your choice. More »
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ABC to Offer Popular Programs Online
Starting April 30, ABC will stream full episodes for next-day viewing of many of its programs including Lost and Desperate Housewives. Entire programs will be shown, but you won't be able to skip through the commercials like you do on that PVR of yours. However, you'll still be able to pause and rewind, and fast-forward if there's not a commercial playing. Alas, all the programming will be presented in murky-looking standard definition. More »
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