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10:03 AM
by Gene
Sad news at The Greatest Gadget Show Known to Man:Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates' 10th keynote address to the Consumer Electronics Show may well be his last.
Gates dropped a big hint to that effect Sunday night, when he said in his speech in Las Vegas that if he does return to the huge trade show, he wouldn't be speaking about computers or electronics.
"I've already warned them that if I do come back, I'll be talking about infectious diseases," said Gates, whose philanthropic foundation is spending billions of dollars to fight health problems in developing countries.But isn't computing an infectious disease?