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Get ready for the BIG BASH between Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Walt Mossberg! Live blogging!

Jobs vs. Gates

7:21pm Showing old videos…IBM, Microsoft, Apple…nothing too exciting yet.

7:25 “2007 Together Here”

It’s actually Walk, Kara, Steve, and Gates from left to right.

Walt introducing some folks in the audience

Kara jumps in and asks whats up with the cat fight and who’s done what for the computing industry? Jobs first to answer by saying Bill built the first software for the industry – focusing on the software before anyone else had a clue. Building a company is hard, getting the right talent and keeping them. Bill has been staying with it for all these years.

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The morning session over and I’ve got a little time before I meet with Palm, so I’ll sum up the morning events. They kicked things off with a social breakfast, then they jumped right into the good stuff when Steve Ballmer took the stage.

Mossberg got some good shots in like asking why Vista took 5 years to get out. In a way, Ballmer admitted to making mistakes with Vista along the way. They tried to do too much at once and it got out of hand.

Of course you can’t forget about the Zune, as it turns out, Microsoft has no plans to ever build their own factories to produce them. He calls the hardware just a method of delivering services. A very interesting point of view I think. He does promise that something new and better will be out in time for Christmas, so we’ll keep our eyes out for that.

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YouTube on Apple TV!

By Vincent Nguyen on Wednesday, May 30th 2007 2 Comments

Steve Jobs was going to wait a few weeks to announce this, but since it’s D5 with Walt Mossberg, he decided to spill the beans that you can now enjoy YouTube on Apple TV right in your living room.  How sweet is that?

YouTube on Apple TV!

Jobs also revealed that a 160GB hard-drive will now be an official option, so potential owners can put down their screwdrivers and relax.