Post by Deleted on Oct 13, 2007 14:01:18 GMT -6
By Paul Hochman
Gear and technology editor
TODAY
Updated: 4:03 p.m. CT May 30, 2007
In the next year, Bill Gates will manage one of the highest-profile transitions in American business history — he’ll leave his day job as chairman at Microsoft, the $300 billion company he co-founded 32 years ago, and will move full time into philanthropy.
But before he leaves, Gates has a few more high-tech projects to finish. Until this morning, one project — almost five years in the making and code-named 'Milan,’ — was top-secret.
In a TODAY exclusive, I had a chance to talk with Gates at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus about a revolutionary new device Microsoft now calls “Surface.” (MSNBC.com is a Microsoft-NBC Universal joint venture.)
Continued
Surface demonstration:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW-d3zgRsOM
www.microsoft.com/surface/
Gear and technology editor
TODAY
Updated: 4:03 p.m. CT May 30, 2007
In the next year, Bill Gates will manage one of the highest-profile transitions in American business history — he’ll leave his day job as chairman at Microsoft, the $300 billion company he co-founded 32 years ago, and will move full time into philanthropy.
But before he leaves, Gates has a few more high-tech projects to finish. Until this morning, one project — almost five years in the making and code-named 'Milan,’ — was top-secret.
In a TODAY exclusive, I had a chance to talk with Gates at Microsoft’s Redmond, Wash., campus about a revolutionary new device Microsoft now calls “Surface.” (MSNBC.com is a Microsoft-NBC Universal joint venture.)
Continued
Surface demonstration:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW-d3zgRsOM
www.microsoft.com/surface/