David Walker writes, "Bill Gates' last keynote ever at CES has come and gone, and Brier Dudley at The Seattle Times believes the lack of a big Xbox 360 announcement at CES was a missed opportunity. What's interesting is not the dismay that Brier has expressed, but rather, what he's dismayed about. Recent rumors were flying around that Microsoft would "finally" integrate an HD-DVD drive into a new Xbox 360 SKU, although the company has constantly reiterated that it has no plans to do so. This rumor, though, wasn't what Brier was expecting."