Bill Gates sat with Fred Katayama to further explain the Vista operating system. He downplayed the threat from Google, saying Microsoft faced a host of rivals ranging from IBM to Apple to Sony to Nokia in its bid to control the next generation of software.
For its part, Google is reportedly planning to allow users to buy videos from content partners in an upgrade to its video-search service. A report in the The Wall Street Journal Thursday says Google expects to announce the service and partnerships with CBS Corp. and the National Basketball Association at CES on Friday.
Related: Full transcript and video clips of Bill Gates’ CES 2006 keynote
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