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Photos: Bill Gates shows off ‘TouchWall’

By Andy Smith May 14, 2008, 5:00 AM PDT

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Photos: Bill Gates shows off ‘TouchWall’

At Microsoft CEO Summit 2008, Bill Gates shows off a new multi-touch user interface technology called TouchWall. The product developed by a joint effort between Microsoft Research and Office Labs creates touch-sensitive interfaces on vertical surfaces.rnrn

For more on Microsoft CEO Summit 2008, read Mary Jo Foley’s report. Photos are courtesy of Microsoft.

Photos: Bill Gates shows off ‘TouchWall’

Russ Burtner, a user experience designer for the Office Labs team at Microsoft, takes a turn to show off the Microsoft TouchWall.

Photos: Bill Gates shows off ‘TouchWall’

About 115 CEOs from Global 1000 companies in 26 countries heard Bill Gates at the Microsoft CEO Summit 2008.

Photos: Bill Gates shows off ‘TouchWall’

Helping kick off Microsoft CEO Summit 2008 were Kevin Johnson, President, Platforms & Services Division (left), Craig Mundie, Chief Research and Strategy Officer (center), and Thomas Friedman, New York Times and presenter (right).

Photos: Bill Gates shows off ‘TouchWall’

What CEO conference wouldn’t be thrilled to have Warren Buffet (right) attend. He’s speaking to Stephen Elop, president of Microsoft Business Division.

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