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Who has bankrupted more companies?
So Engadget has another great interview with Bill Gates up, but there's this one part where Bill takes a low blow at Apple. Peter asks: "So you don't worry about Apple opening things up so an OEM like Sony could offer OS X?" And Bill replies, "Well, the last time Apple went out and licensed their operating system to people they changed their minds and they bankrupted all the people who had been involved in that, and I don't know if we'll see another round of Apple tantalizing people with that or not." Meanwhile, back here in reality: how many technologies and business moves have Microsoft backed out of that resulted in the bankrupting of regular people? I mean, hello kettle! It's a good interview though, so make sure you check it out.
Bill Gates vs. Steve Ballmer in Fight Night Round 3
In this corner, playing as boxing legend Muhammad Ali, Bill "640kb ought to be enough for anybody" Gates! And in this corner, playing as Joe Frazier, Steve "Developers, developers, developers" Ballmer! Following Bill Gates' speech at CES last week, famed boxing announcer Al Bernstein introduced Microsoft's top brass before they duked it out in EA's Fight Night Round 3 on the Xbox 360. It's a cute enough video but, though the game does look great, the gushing grates on you after a while. Who wins? Gates Ali of course! (Link directs to Gamespot's video player) [Via Amanda Murphy's Xbox...]
Engadget chats with Gates; 360, PS3, HD DVD
Engadget had a chance to sit down with the big man himself: Bill Gates, head of Microsoft and the proud papa of the Xbox 360. There have been plenty of huge events in gaming since they interviewed him last May. Good thing they did the interview, 'cause they ask Billy G. all the right questions: "There were some [Xbox 360] shortages this holiday season." "There's been some speculation about the Xbox 360 as a platform for IPTV... What do you see as the 360's potential as a means for delivering video to the home?" "What sort of percentage of market share do you think you have to have by the end of this year?" "Are we going to see Halo 3 launch around the time of the launch of the PS3?" "Do you risk fragmenting the Xbox 360 as a platform by introducing an HD DVD drive?" Head over to find out all the answers, as well as questions about Apple's switch to Intel, the new Treos, and more.[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]
Engadget Podcast 058 - 01.04.2006
While it's been a whirlwind few weeks in the world of the Engadget podcast, the flavor is back and ready for your CES consumption. Today's first episode of the podcast rocks out with more than your classic podcast favs like Ryan and Peter; today's podcast has interviews with everyone from Engadget contributors on the front lines to the exhibitors behind velvet ropes at the Digital Experience. We talk with some of the folks shaping CES including Microsoft's main Windows Mobile man John Starkweather, and OQO's Jory Bell. Clocking in just shy of an hour, this episode is the first of many we'll be recording here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas! Get the podcast [iTunes] Subscribe to the Podcast directly in iTunes (MP3) [RSS] Add the Engadget Podcast feed to your RSS aggregator and have the show delivered automatically (MP3). [MP3] Download the show (MP3). [AAC] Download the show (enhanced AAC) [OGG] Download the show (OGG). [Vote] Vote for us on Podcast Alley! Hosts Peter Rojas and Ryan Block Producer Randall Bennett Music J J J - Jobs that Require Headphones Format 58:16, 26.6 MB, MP3 Program 00:36 Welcome to CES 2006. 03:31 CES Unveiled: ROKR E2 06:41 GigaBeat S-series 08:56 Blu-Ray and HD-DVD players unveiled 10:10 External HD-DVD for Xbox 360 11:40 CES2006.engadget.com 12:53 Barb on Sony's Press Preview 23:23 John Starkweather from Microsoft on the GigaBeat 24:45 Jack from Sony Ericcson and the Sony Walkman Phone 26:08 Tom from Sanyo, talking about the tapeless 720p HD1 27:23 Paul Boutin on the Bill Gates keynote 38:21 In-depth interview: Jory Bell and Dr. Richard Pocklington from OQO talk about the Model 01 getting Tablet PC OS LISTEN (MP3) LISTEN (OGG) LISTEN (AAC) Call up the Podcast at: 1-888-ENGADGET
