Steve Ballmer Delivers Microsoft's Final CES Keynote
 

While many people expected Microsoft's last appearance at CES to feature some big announcement, the company was probably worried about getting jinxed by the curse of CES. It was Microsoft's last keynote at CES, and Ballmer was joined on stage by actor Ryan Seacrest who helped host the event. But there was no surprise appearance from Bill Gates, as some had expected, and not much in the way of big news -- perhaps a reminder of why Microsoft has decided to give up the CES stage.

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