CES: Gates expands Microsoft's digital home plan

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Description: Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates kicked off the International Consumer Electronics Show yesterday by unveiling products that his company hopes will encourage more widespread adoption of the digital or "connected" home. Microsoft has for some time been promoting the idea of a connected home, in which multiple devices can access and share multimedia content stored on a PC or a central server hub, but so far only the most savvy or wealthy technology enthusiasts have realized even a piece of that vision. But Gates and Robbie Bach, the president of Microsoft's Entertainment and Devices Division, aim to show how Microsoft can help more people get access to the technology.