Bill Gates Promotes ‘Digital Lifestyle’

“Bill Gates believes millions of consumers worldwide would live better if a sea of music, movies, video games and television shows were piped into their earphones, laptops, cell phones, cars and living rooms.

In a scheduled speech Wednesday night at the annual International Consumer Electronics Show, the Microsoft Corp. chairman was to explain that the proliferation of broadband Internet access and the falling price of data storage are compelling people to put music, photos, movies and other aspects of their life into a digital format.

To promote what he calls “digital lifestyle,” Gates was expected to announce broad partnerships with telecommunication companies such as SBC Communications Inc. and television networks. “