INFORMATION SOCIETY: BILL GATES UNVEILS HIS VISION OF A DIGITAL WORLD.

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"Several products are about to enter the market that will greatly facilitate the consumer's task" confirmed Bill Gates. This "digital lifestyle" has been made possible by the availability to the general public "of high definition technologies, partnerships and products centred on usage", he explained. In addition to the Xbox 360 gaming console, launched at the beginning of December, equipped with multimedia and internet functions, Mr Gates presented the future "Windows Vista" which is to be marketed this year. It will be equipped with functions to provide more interoperability with other multimedia tools such as mobile phones and desktop computers.

Mr Gates stressed that this interactivity, aimed at increasing work and entertainment capacities, is the result of partnerships such as the one announced with the music channel MTV (Viacom). The future version of the...

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