Bill Gates: Welcome to next digital decade

BILL GATES has heralded the arrival of the world’s “second digital decade”, predicting that within a few years technology will be in every room in the home, from screens to wall projections and even built into desks or tables.

The founder of Microsoft predicted devices will become easier to use, controlled by voice and gesture instead of mouse and keyboard.

“The first digital decade has been a great success,” Mr Gates told the Consumer Electronics Show, the vast technology fair in Las Vegas that opened yesterday.