Steve Ballmer Kicks Off Consumer Availability in New York Best Buy, Jan. 30, 2007Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer visited a Best Buy store in New York to celebrate the official unveiling of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system to consumers. Video Footage: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer at New York Best Buy | • | Broadcast-quality video and broll via the PressPass Broadcast Room (registration required). | | • | On-Demand Video Clips: | • | They’ll never go back: Steve Ballmer on what happens when a family starts using the new features in Windows Vista. Watch the video (23 secs.)
| | • | Upgrade at the Ballmers: Steve Ballmer on plans to upgrade his wife’s computer to Windows Vista and 2007 Office system. Watch the video (15 secs.)
| | • | Pushing us to do more: Steve Ballmer on the effect consumer input has on Microsoft’s software research and development. Watch the video (29 secs.)
| | • | Stocking up: Clerks at New York Best Buy store fill shelves with newly arrived copies of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Watch the video (24 secs.)
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| Cassidy Mason (center), 12, of Peoria, Ariz. shows Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer (R) her favorite Windows Vista features as her mother Robin looks on. The Masons were part of the “Life with Windows Vista” program in which 50 families around the world tested the product. |
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| Copies of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system arrive in a Best Buy store. New York, N.Y., Jan. 30, 2007. |
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| Best Buy's Carlos Serrano stocks shelves with copies of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. New York,N.Y., Jan. 30, 2007. |
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Bill Gates Joins United Kingdom Launch Event at the British Library, London, Jan. 30, 2007In London to mark the United Kingdom launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates joined Lynne Brindley, CEO of the British Library, to announce the digital reunification of Leonardo da Vinci’s Notebooks, famous for images such as the Vitruvian Man. The two pieces, known as the Codices, are owned, respectively, by the British Library (Codex Arundel) and Gates (Codex Leicester). A technology called "Turning The Pages," which is based on Windows Vista, has made it possible to bring the two parts of da Vinci’s notebook together for the first time since the artist’s death in 1519. Video Footage: British Library Event: Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, British Library CEO Lynne Brindley| • | View Webcast on-demand (23 min. 15 sec.) | Read the transcript | | • | Broadcast-quality video and broll via the PressPass Broadcast Room (registration required). | | • | On-Demand Video Clips: | • | Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates is welcomed to the British Library. London, Jan. 30, 2007. Watch the video (29 secs.)
| | • | Bill Gates on the new digital workstyle and digital lifestyle. London, Jan. 30, 2007. Watch the video (23 secs.)
| | • | Bill Gates on the advent of “21st-century documents” in the new 2007 Microsoft Office System. London, Jan. 30, 2007. Watch the video (20 secs.)
| | • | Bill Gates on the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci. London, Jan. 30, 2007. Watch the video (16 secs.)
| | • | Bill Gates on the security, ease of use and parental controls built into Windows Vista. London, Jan. 30, 2007. Watch the video (50 secs.)
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| At the British Library, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates uses a Windows Vista-based technology called "Turning The Pages" to "digitally reunite" the two parts of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous Notebooks. London, U.K. Jan. 30, 2007 |
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| Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates visits the British Library to help celebrate the United Kingdom launch of Windows Vista and the 2007 Microsoft Office system. London, Jan. 30, 2007 |
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