Last year, Macworld and CES were booked over the same week in January. Quite unfortunate. Does anyone even remember what happened at CES last year? The iPhone, Apple TV, and a slew of other Apple products hit the ground and blew away anything that was being discussed in Las Vegas. Well this year, Apple barely had to try. Macworld is next week, and as you know, Apple announced minor, incremental updates to their pro-line. Result? News of CES is swept away on the blogs (that is, if you count TechMeme as an accurate portrayal of what's being talked about). Heck, ...
Those poor guys who have to go cover the CES keynote. Ben Gold may or may not be there (he's quite the enigma), but he apparently watched it and had this to say: Other than that, it was basically just Bill talking for a little bit and then these two other Microsoft dorks for the majority of the keynote, a man and a woman, I already forgot their names. The guy was wearing the same exact outfit as Bill, but his sweater was green and Bill's was violet. It was a little bit creepy. "Here at Microsoft we like to ...