Free Trade, Cutting-Edge Technology and Dynamic Keynotes Highlight Day One of the 2008 International CES

Business Wire, Jan 8, 2008

Monday's closing keynote address by Intel's President and CEO Paul Otellini kicked off with a cartoon take-off entitled, "Video killed the Radio World," that focused on how the Internet has changed the world. Otellini said the Internet is going to bring services beyond RSS, push and alerts. Several travel demos of wireless translation technologies showed how technology can seamlessly provide the information we need regardless of the device we choose to use, especially while mobile.

A highlight of the session was when Steve Harwell of Smashmouth sang alone on stage connected to his band virtually over the Internet using "ejamming" software.

Otellini concluded by saying that the personal Internet is inevitable: more powerful, more connected, more context-aware and more personal. He said, "the consumer will be the new generator of content creating brand new business models."

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