Gates Plugs 'Seamless Computing'

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REDMOND, WASH. Microsoft chairman and chief software engineer Bill Gates spoke of a world where various digital devices, from personal computers and mobile phones to digital cameras and PDAs, work in concert, at the MSN Strategic Account Summit here today.

Not surprisingly, the software giant is investing $6.8 billion in research and development behind what it describes as “seamless computing.” These devices will be “glued together by software,” said Gates.

This connectivity inevitably will have implications for the advertising business, Gates said.



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