Ballmer Points Way to Keyboard-Free World

Microsoft chief shows off gear with touch, speech interface
By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff
Posted Jan 6, 2010 9:10 PM CST
Ballmer Points Way to Keyboard-Free World
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gives the keynote address at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas tonight.   (AP Photo)

In his keynote speech at the technology super-convention in Las Vegas, Steve Ballmer pointed the way to a future in which we won’t be chained to keyboards. The Microsoft chief took to the stage with a number of devices that instead use touch or sound for user interface, like Hewlett-Packard’s Slate tablet. In the same vein, Ballmer says, Microsoft is adding a voice- and movement-recognition controller to its Xbox 360 gaming system.
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