Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer of Microsoft, and Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment & Devices Division, will deliver the pre-show 2009 International CES keynote address at 6:30 p.m. PST Wednesday, Jan. 7, in the Palazzo Ballroom at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas.

Admission to the keynote address will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis to accredited members of the media and analysts with their official CES badges and badge holders. Credentials can be picked up in the CES pressroom at the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), Room S229, between the Central and South Halls, or in the Sands/Venetian lower level in Room 203. The keynote address will also be webcast live and on demand at http://www.microsoft.com/ces.

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