[Korea.net News, Science / Tech, May 7 2007] 'Natural interface' will become affordable: Bill Gates

Bill Gates, chief of U.S. software giant Microsoft Corp., on Tuesday (May 6) forecast that prices of more advanced user interfaces, including displays in tablet PCs, will become more affordable as they become more ubiquitous.

In a keynote speech at a digital forum in Seoul, Gates said that the "cost of natural (user) interfaces will become very, very low," while stressing the importance of software amid the increasing power of hardware in the future.