万花筒 Kaleidoscope 2007-01-21&22, 与盖茨一起预言

Windows PC is at the center of this digital revolution. And the way it connects up to everything else is very, very important to us. I mean vista¹ here is a major milestone². It lets, the hardware partners we have do break through things. For example, here you got a device, you got a touch-screen. So you can just, you know, pick the photos you wanna print. And very, you know, interactive³ device. Because we brought touch to the user interface⁴.

And here we got kinda of a round PC. Ready for the living-room with this media center, capabilities⁵ from SONY. Err⁶, here's a Toshiba device that you can get your status, your next appointment here, as if You can just even carry it everywhere around. And then, when you put it down it uses its a special capability⁷. Even the video dose not require you to connect-up a cable. So here we've seen for the first time how for last two years are our hardware partners have been getting us to make sure vista has the right things, and they're doing the right things, so that the hardware-software combinations really are breakthrough.

What about some of the more mobile devices, though the vista-powered phones and the UN PC, that the things that you would take with you that would have as much power as a PC that is sitting on the desk at home?

There's been a big gap between a portable PC in your phone in terms of the screen size, the cost, what would you might wanna carry around and do really emerged things. And what we've done is we've filled up space in with our partners' work on this, we called them auto-mobile devices again. You know, nice ability to touch things. And navigate⁸ around really, you know, great packet chain, and now, really good battery-life that you want for something that you are gonna be out with for a long period of time. So extending the PC all the way up to that 60-inch high definition display down to this even 5 or 6-inch mobile device.

And all them can, say, I mean, I see a Zune there as well. And the big thing about Zune is being able to beam products to another Zune user. I mean that you talked about the Zune community. That's why you are going with some of these other things as well, being able to beam data and photo and music , and whatever.

That's right. I tell you it's a theme of the whole consumers electronic shows that as the world's going digital. It's gotta be connected together and, it's gotta be high fidelity⁹. And here you know, that theme by building Wi-Fi in, there's some amazing set of things we'll be able to do. Of course, upgrade the software, and go a walk, even further than we have . But today people all have the idea of zapping music back and forth¹⁰ to each other.

Um...speaking of the Zune. And I'm hearing some good things about the screen size, the ability to... the sharing aspects of it. But, and I know you talked about the Digital Rights Management issues before, that there is still some work to be done on that. I know, that there maybe, I think there're 3 play restrictions¹¹ on some of the content in there. What do you wanna see happen with DRM in 2007? Where do you think it needs to go?

Well, balancing the need to the creators to be paid with the need for some placet to move things around. That's a tough challenge that the industry is got to solve. The rights models require lots of people agree on those things. We are very pleased the music companies did let us take protected music. You can zap to somebody they don't have to pay. But we do put a limit on, they can only play it 3 times and then, that particular demo expires on their device. So, we are enabling simplier models, we're in dialogue about simplier models here. But connected really is making that a front and center issue.

1 vista   

n.远景，深景，展望，回想

参考例句：

• From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.我从卧室窗口望去，远处尽是连绵的山峦和屋顶。
• These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.发生这些暴动是因为人们被逼上了绝路，未来看不到一点儿希望。

2 milestone   

n.里程碑；划时代的事件

参考例句：

• The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。
• I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

3 interactive   

adj.相互作用的，互相影响的，（电脑）交互的

参考例句：

• The psychotherapy is carried out in small interactive groups.这种心理治疗是在互动的小组之间进行的。
• This will make videogames more interactive than ever.这将使电子游戏的互动性更胜以往。

4 interface   

n.接合部位，分界面；v.(使)互相联系

参考例句：

• My computer has a network interface,which allows me to get to other computers.我的计算机有网络接口可以与其它计算机连在一起。
• This program has perspicuous interface and extensive application. 该程序界面明了，适用范围广。

5 capabilities   

n.能力( capability的名词复数 )；可能；容量；[复数]潜在能力

参考例句：

• He was somewhat pompous and had a high opinion of his own capabilities. 他有点自大，自视甚高。 来自辞典例句
• Some programmers use tabs to break complex product capabilities into smaller chunks. 一些程序员认为，标签可以将复杂的功能分为每个窗格一组简单的功能。 来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

6 err   

vi.犯错误，出差错

参考例句：

• He did not err by a hair's breadth in his calculation.他的计算结果一丝不差。
• The arrows err not from their aim.箭无虚发。

7 capability   

n.能力；才能；(pl)可发展的能力或特性等

参考例句：

• She has the capability to become a very fine actress.她有潜力成为杰出演员。
• Organizing a whole department is beyond his capability.组织整个部门是他能力以外的事。

8 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

9 fidelity   

n.忠诚，忠实；精确

参考例句：

• There is nothing like a dog's fidelity.没有什么能比得上狗的忠诚。
• His fidelity and industry brought him speedy promotion.他的尽职及勤奋使他很快地得到晋升。

10 forth   

adv.向前；向外，往外

参考例句：

• The wind moved the trees gently back and forth.风吹得树轻轻地来回摇晃。
• He gave forth a series of works in rapid succession.他很快连续发表了一系列的作品。

11 restrictions   

约束( restriction的名词复数 )； 管制； 制约因素； 带限制性的条件（或规则）

参考例句：

• I found the restrictions irksome. 我对那些限制感到很烦。
• a snaggle of restrictions 杂乱无章的种种限制