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CES Video: Microsoft and Cisco are targeting your home

Jeff Jedras

Both Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) outlined their evolving consumer plays at CES.

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer explained why he sees the company’s Windows OS as the glue that binds the digital experience whether its on a PC, a TV or a smartphone. And Cisco CEO John Chambers added some meat to his company’s consumer strategy with a number of product offerings under its Linksys consumer brand.

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And read the full stories for more details:
*Why Steve Ballmer says it’s not all about the desktop anymore
*Cisco sets its sights on your living room

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Jeff Jedras
Jeff Jedras
A veteran technology and business journalist, Jeff Jedras began his career in technology journalism in the late 1990s, covering the booming (and later busting) Ottawa technology sector for Silicon Valley North and the Ottawa Business Journal, as well as everything from municipal politics to real estate. He later covered the technology scene in Vancouver before joining IT World Canada in Toronto in 2005, covering enterprise IT for ComputerWorld Canada. He would go on to cover the channel as an assistant editor with CDN. His writing has appeared in the Vancouver Sun, the Ottawa Citizen and a wide range of industry trade publications.
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