Ballmer, Microsoft bid CES adieu (photos)
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage for one last CES keynote.
Full house
The crowd turns out to see Microsoft and CEO Steve Ballmer say goodbye to CES--this was the company's last keynote at the confab.
Waxing nostalgic
CES CEO Gary Shapiro gets nostalgic with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, as Ballmer gets set to bid adieu to CES on behalf of his company.
The way we were
Shapiro presents Ballmer with a collage of Microsoft moments from over the years at CES.
Embraceable you
Interviewee Ballmer rushes over to hug interviewer Ryan Seacrest...
The clinch
...and accomplishes the clinch.
Getting down to business
But seriously, folks.
Metrosexuals
Speaking of business, Windows Phone (and its Metro interface) are the first order of it.
Letterhead
"Ryan, I just have this nagging sensation that someone's trying to get in touch with me somehow..."
Ryan and Steve
"So these two guys walk into a keynote..."
Ultra Reller
Tami Reller, chief marketing officer for the Windows group, talks up Windows-based ultrabooks.
#amen
A choir sang audience tweets.
Muppets
If the blue one's Cookie, the green one's gotta be Oscar, right?
Demo-iselles
The young lady on the right got to play with the Xbox and Kinect...
Hello Elmo
...and beam herself into an interactive episode of Sesame Street. Elmo is tickled.
Steve and Ryan
Basically, Ryan, me and Microsoft are outta here. Know what I mean?
Uh oh, here it comes...
"Ohhh, I want to say it so badly: Develo-- No, I mean, Windows, Windows, Windows; Metro, Metro, Metro!"
Silhouetted CEO
Ballmer and Microsoft ride off into the sunset, leaving CES to its own devices.
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