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Bill Gates Takes on Keyboards and the Cloud

Posted on May 14, 2008

Like the rotary dial, the keyboard s role as a technological interface will soon come to an end as more information especially visual information such as photos and videos is stored on computers. And Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates hopes to help put the nail in the keyboard s coffin, according to his presentation at the 12th Annual CEO Summit. In his keynote Gates focused heavily on natural user interfaces that combine touch, pens and speech to navigate computers and phones and that he expects to be available within the next decade. The keyboard, he made clear, is on notice. He also ...

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