CES is among us. And we're fully immersed in the sites, sounds, companies and entrepreneurs that will be bringing us the latest and greatest technology in 2008.

The annual, four-day Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was put into full swing last night at the Pre-Show Keynote Address by Bill Gates, who delivered his last keynote address for CES, announcing his plan to step down as chairman of Microsoft and focus full time on The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Gates also announced media partnerships with MSN and Xbox, and discussed his visions for the "next digital decade," including expanding HD capabilities and offerings, and more user-centric PCs and other devices.

Early this morning, Consumer Electronics Association president and CEO, Gary Shapiro, and Panasonic president, Toshihiro Sakamoto, opened the gates with their State of the Industry Address, and three of us from Entrepreneur dove head first into a sea of 140,000 attendees and 2,700 exhibitors from 140 countries. From Netgear and Magellan to D-Link and HP, we've been on the scoop to ultimately bring the technology back to you.

Tonight is the keynote featuring Intel, followed by ShowStoppers--our exclusive peak at some of the hottest products in consumer electronics and business technology. So stay tuned this week for the inside scoop on fellow tech entrepreneurs and hot tech products you should know about.--Lindsay Holloway