Microsoft chairman and chief software architect Bill Gates is expected to show off on Tuesday a method to unify the Windows "look and feel" on several platforms, based upon the humble mouse wheel.

In his keynote address here at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference, Gates will also show off "Athens", a prototype PC based on the Agora PC prototype, show off the Next-Generation Secure Computing Base, introduce the concept of the "dynamic data center", and a cut-rate deal on Windows CE .Net.

Read more