The Microsoft entertainment monster Sunday's CES keynote speech featured an industry first-- Bill Gates gave a talk where the demo didn't crash. Of course the credit goes to Justin Hutchinson, Bill's 'stunt double' who actually ran the demo. Gates talked about connected entertainment centered around what he called 'Media Centered PCs' (now there's a name that instills confidence in my entertainment experience) where the Microsoft monster devours TV's, movies tunes, games and every gadget you can imagine. It's a vision where you jam your entire media experience into devices controlled by Microsoft hardware and software and of course can parse them out into mobile devices and even your car (Mr. Softy announced a deal with Ford). Sound like a vision only a geek could love (and manage)?

-Dave Vellante