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GameDaily recently gleaned a piece of Brier Dudley’s larger Seattle Times column where he speculates things Bill Gates will talk about in his upcoming, and likely final, CES (Consumer Electonrics Expo) pre-CES keynote address (until he retires and needs speaker fee pocket change to buy an island).

The only gaming element of Dudley’s predictions is that Gates may announce that the Xbox 360 will get revamped to include DVR capabilities as well as an internal HD DVD drive.

His other, far less exciting and non-gaming CES predictions concerning Gate’s keynote include:

• Reminding everyone that Microsoft has been working on touchscreen tech. Basically, to remind everyone that Apple ain’t the only cool touchscreen kids in town.
• Mention Microsoft’s mobile software.
• Note media enter will be updated.
• Some nondescript mention of streaming.
• No mention of Zune. (!?!)
• Bragging about deals with automakers.

Dudley has drafted a fairly safe prediction list that draws on stuff that Microsoft has already done. The Xbox element may be the biggest leap, but even that has been floating around the web for at least a year (as Dudley mentions).

To be fair, the column is for a publication that caters to a readership that goes well beyond the hardcore gamer demographic, albeit in a pretty dense area of the country for game development. Besides, no one likes to be wrong and one medium leap prediction is enough for most to accept.

For more on Bill Gates’ CES 2008 keynote, and live coverage of CES 2008, check out Gadgetell’s dedicated CES 2008 page. Gates’ pre-CES keynote will take place 6:30 p.m., Sunday, January 6, 2008, a the The Venetian’s Palazzo Ballroom in Las Vegas, NV.

Read [Seattle Times] Via [GameDaily] Site [Gadgetell at CES 2008]