From the Dark Side--Gates Exits CES Forever, Probably

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and the world's richest man, will no longer provide his "visionary" keynote addresses at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. According to this Dow Jones report, Gates to told the audience after his keynote at this year's CES running concurrently with Macworld:

"I've already warned them that if I do come back, I'll be talking about infectious diseases."

He might have been talking about computer viruses given the history of Windows but he meant health problems in developing countries where his foundation spends much of its endowment. [Dana Baggett]