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Tonight: Live blogging the Steve Ballmer CES keynote

Jan. 7, 2009 Paul Thurrott | Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows

I'll be live blogging the Steve Ballmer 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) keynote address this evening with Mary Jo Foley and Tom Warren. Right now, the event page is down but we'll open it up a little bit after 9 pm EST and get things rolling around 9:30 pm when the keynote actually starts. There are a number of ways you can access this live blog:

Live Blog: Steve Ballmer's CES 2009 Keynote (SuperSite for Windows)

Live Blog: Steve Ballmer's CES 2009 Keynote (Friendfeed)

January 7: Join our Ballmer CES live-blog keynote coverage (ZDNN)

Microsoft CES 2009 Keynote (Neowin)

Also, stay tuned to the front page of the SuperSite for some very special news once the keynote begins!  :)

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Waethorn
on Jan 7, 2009
"stay tuned to the front page of the SuperSite for some very special news once the keynote begins" Would that happen to be stuff that you already knew about but was classified under NDA? Um, not much was said about it, but can we expect Windows Live Essentials (Wave 3) RTM to be announced?
weedmonk
on Jan 7, 2009
That's great, looking forward to switching between the BCS Natl Championship and his keynote. I wonder if Gates is there or watching back at his fortress of solitude. Go Gators! Go SEC!
DRWAM
on Jan 7, 2009
Ask him about Amalga. Tell him him that some doctor claims MS will help save humanity with it.
tayme
on Jan 7, 2009
@weedmonk - The game is tomorrow night... http://msn.foxsports.com/cfb/story/6029552 -tayme
weedmonk
on Jan 7, 2009
@tayme Thanks for the heads up. I had it tonight it Outlook. Dangit I was really excited. Aah well, will have to settle for Ballmer.
DRWAM
on Jan 7, 2009
Paul, Obama stressed the need to digitize health care to reduce costly duplication of services, speed up delivery and reduce error, which will save lives. Amalga looks like the footprint of Hospital information systems. Like I said, we were told that VIRTUA in South Jersey was to use it. I would say it's pretty important, especially if it's more affordable than other third party solutions.
techfan
on Jan 7, 2009
I'll tune it :-) I hope Ballmer mentions the final release dates of Windows Live Essentials and/or IE8
johnbaxter
on Jan 7, 2009
My prediction for Mr Balmer's keynote: he will NOT hop around the stage screaming "Consumers, consumers, consumers, ...".
robertsjoe
on Jan 7, 2009
Wow! Ballmer is as terrible as ever! And nothing of interest.. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Lindy
on Jan 7, 2009
Cant say which was the worse keynote. Some of that was a serious snooze fest.
techfan
on Jan 7, 2009
I have watched the PDC keynote since I saw it live -- yep, it was that good, but this (CES) keynote... oh hell to the no! BAD! That was bad!
tayme
on Jan 7, 2009
Since I missed the keynote, did robertsjoe make a fool of himself on the live blog or did he get sent to bed because of a big day at school tomorrow? --tayme
Lindy
on Jan 7, 2009
That part with the kid and the Xbox VP was beyond boring. To much "in the future" stuff as well, cool but some of it may never see a consumer product. I just cant get excited about Windows Mobile no matter who spins it. They need a Zune phone. Honestly Apples Keynote was boring yesterday and a major let down after all the rumors, but I think this my have been worse!
Dipsh t Admin
on Jan 8, 2009
"To much "in the future" stuff as well" What I saw of it, which was the tail end, was boring, no doubt. But, much of CES is the "in the future" view. So that doesn't necessarily excite most of us here, but it does serve the general audience that CES caters to.
lotsamystuff
on Jan 8, 2009
"Since I missed the keynote, did robertsjoe make a fool of himself on the live blog" There was no need. The keynote was a self-parody.
tayme
on Jan 8, 2009
"There was no need. The keynote was a self-parody." Seems to be an epidemic. But MS and Ballmer were already known for the snore factor...Apple is losing their "wow factor" quickly as of late. One has to wonder how they will get on without Jobs at the helm. Jobs is and always has been Apple, jsut like Gates is Microsoft. Hopefully both companies can bring good people to the top and continue to innovate. --tayme
Master3
on Jan 8, 2009
Troll Call! robertsjoe: Check lotsamystuff: Check Yawn!: Check Ocean: Has yet to troll in.
Ocean
on Jan 8, 2009
Master: Feel like talking technology?
lotsamystuff
on Jan 8, 2009
"Troll Call!" It's not trolling when you comment on the subject, fuc*stain.
Dipsh t Admin
on Jan 8, 2009
Oops, I guess lotsa didn't take his meds again.

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