dv-depot.com » Zinger http://www.dv-depot.com The best in Gadgets & Tech Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:14:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Gates: Natal coming to Windows http://www.dv-depot.com/19289/gates-natal-coming-to-windows/ http://www.dv-depot.com/19289/gates-natal-coming-to-windows/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:15:58 +0000 othertech http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=101037 I didn't put it in quotes because he more endorsed it than straight up said it was happening, but I think we all know that if the big guy sees it happening, it's probably happening sometime soon. Gates was talking about Natal in an broad and interesting interview over at CNET, and mentioned that Microsoft Research is deep into working on home and office implementations of the flashy stereo-camera setup. Great, because I'm planning on running Windows 7 for the next five years (or more, if it's the next XP), and the touch and apparently motion controls being researched are making it a more and more versatile operating system than it already is.]]> xbox-360-project-natal_1
I didn’t put it in quotes because he more endorsed it than straight up said it was happening, but I think we all know that if the big guy sees it happening, it’s probably happening sometime soon. Gates was talking about Natal in a broad and interesting interview over at CNET, and mentioned that Microsoft Research is deep into working on home and office implementations of the flashy stereo-camera setup. Great, because I’m planning on running Windows 7 for the next five years (or more, if it’s the next XP), and the touch and apparently motion controls being researched are making it a more and more versatile operating system than it already is.

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The remainder of the interview (to be honest, the Natal part is only a little bit at the end) concerns Gates’ occupations now that he’s left Microsoft’s day-to-day activities, and he talks about some of his investment programs and what he’s looking forward to from Microsoft and other companies.

He gets a zinger off on Google Chrome OS, not exactly on the company or the upcoming OS, but on everyone who is slobbering over it:

When Google is doing anything it gets this–the more vague they are, the more interesting it is.

Is that not exactly right? I like Bill. I ought to call him up.


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