"Most people are still not in the digital realm," said Bill Gates in his opening keynote. Microsoft is 100% devoted to changing all of that. But it is not the only onion in the stew.

In case anyone doubts that the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2005 that ended yesterday in Las Vegas marks a turning-point in the geek technology market, here is a round-up of some of the week's highlights reported on this site, featuring not only Microsoft, but also Samsung, Hitachi, HP, and others.

Gates In Las Vegas: On IPTV, MTV, and All things Digital

Yesterday at CES 2005 in Las Vegas Bill Gates, chairman and chief software architect at Microsoft, and Judy McGrath, CEO and chairman of MTV Networks, addressed conference attendees. Gates was talking at CES for the seventh successive year. (Continued...)

Samsung Wows CES Attendees: Handset Features Galore

Samsung introduced a number of feature-rich mobile phones at CES, which, if rolled out successfully, may close the technology gap between Korea and the US. (Continued...)

500 GB Hard Disk - World's Largest Ever - Being Launched By Hitachi in Q1

Instead of the 40 hours or so of video storage offered by a standard 80 GB hard disk in a Tivo-type digital video recorder, Hitachi is going to help manufacturers offer consumers half a terabyte of storage. That's more than 500 billion bits of data. (Continued...)

Carly Fiorina: HP Will Take the Home Media Fight To Intel and Microsoft

HP plans to offer a media hub that does not use a cable box. HP has also designed an electronic programming guide that lets consumers find and record content. A music database service will give consumers access to song titles, CD artwork, and other artist information. (Continued...)