Microsoft gets deeper into gizmos
C|Net | at | by Mike
Microsoft's roadmap to the future includes side trips into casino gambling and sewing-machine design. A high-tech sewing machine Microsoft's Windows CE.Net operating system powers and modern slot machines that run a slimmed-down version of Windows XP were among the products Microsoft cited during a presentation Friday on the its plans for embedded devices--limited-function computing gadgets that range from factory robots to MP3 players.
Scott Horn, director of marketing for Microsoft's embedded group, said during a speech at the company's Silicon Valley campus that the category represents a big and largely untapped market for Microsoft.