- The coolest camera at CES was one you build yourself.Posted by Janice Chen in Digital Cameras on Jan 14, 2008 9:28 PM Subscribe Alerts3 comments

- Okay, so CES may be ancient history, but if everyone can still be blogging about Gizmodogate, I can put up one more post about Bug Labs. This company was at...[Read the rest]
More CES on ZDNet
- Ultra portable devices were everywhere at CES 2008
- I mentioned that there wasn't a lot of mobile phone news at CES, yet there was plenty of ultra portable news. There were UMPCs, Tablet PCs, Intel MIDs, Via-powered devices,... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Jan 14, 2008 6:41 AM
- 2 Comments
- Gizmodo prank trashes CES presentations
- Carey Holzman of Computer America brought to my attention this prank that Gizmodo is bragging about. Apparently, Gizmodo's Richard Blakeley brought an infrared device that shuts TVs down and went... [Read the rest]
- Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Jan 11, 2008 1:21 PM
- 29 Comments
- Gizmodogate: Get a sense of humor folks
- Gizmodo turns off a bunch of TVs at CES to liven the joint up and you'd think that their scribes lit Bill Gates on fire for the page views. The... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 11, 2008 7:37 AM
- Lesson from CES: Wait a few months for new gadgets
- Updated 12:10PM - If you're in the market for new gadgets, wait a few months for the new gear shown this year at CES. You'll see items like the pocket... [Read the rest]
- Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Jan 11, 2008 1:50 AM
- 2 Comments
- The best Kodak (yeah, Kodak) camera at CES
- None of the serious digital camera reviewers typically gives Kodak the time of day. Case in point, of the nine cameras Kodak announced at CES, CNET didn't cover a single... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Janice Chen in Digital Cameras on: Jan 10, 2008 2:31 PM
- 9 Comments
- CES: Hands-on (literally) with Microsoft Surface
- Though Microsoft introduced its Surface tabletop PC last May, 2008 marked its CES debut, and it generated nearly as much buzz as any of the products that were actually announced... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Josh Taylor in The ToyBox on: Jan 10, 2008 11:59 AM
- 1 Comment
- CES best of show winners
- If you didn't make it the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas (consider yourself lucky), there are plenty of sites that allow you to experience the event vicariously, without the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Jan 10, 2008 9:18 AM
- CES: A green TV snags Best in Show
- My colleagues over at our sister site, CNET, announced their Best of CES winners, with Philips new Eco TV snagging the top prize. Expected to hit retail outlets in March,... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Josh Taylor in The ToyBox on: Jan 10, 2008 9:14 AM
- Sharp shows off true 100K contrast ratio LCDs at 1" thick
- On day 3 of my CES experience, I saw two prototype LCDs at Sharp's booth that absolutely knocked me on my behind. The two one inch thick LCDs at 52"... [Read the rest]
- Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Jan 10, 2008 1:08 AM
- 13 Comments
- Microsoft extends the reach of Media Center
- More than 70% of Windows Vista copies sold in 2007 were so-called premium editions, which include Media Center capabilities. That's good news for digital media fans, who might not even... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Jan 9, 2008 5:18 PM
- 13 Comments
- Mobile phones were not a big part of CES 2008
- I spend a lot of time writing about mobile phones on this blog and was hoping to see something new, unique, or amazing at CES in this area. Unfortunately, CES... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Jan 9, 2008 4:04 PM
- OLPC's Negroponte seeks truce with Intel and deal with Microsoft
- During a presentation at the Consumer Electronic Show this afternoon, One Laptop Per Child's Nicholas Negroponte didn't address the recent rift between Intel and his organization. Nicholas Negroponte and his... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Jan 9, 2008 3:43 PM
- WiMAX may be rolling out sooner than you thought
- I stopped by the Xohm (pronounced Zome) booth today at CES 2008 to try to get some answers on the roll-out of WiMAX in the U.S. While I think people... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Jan 9, 2008 3:22 PM
- 1 Comment
- CES: HD Camcorders, and set-top boxes, and cheap Blu-ray, oh my!
- Another long day of wandering the floor at CES yielded some solid, albeit not paradigm-shifting, discoveries. And don't worry, no surge protectors today. Canon VIXIA HF10 HD Camcorder With my... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Josh Taylor in The ToyBox on: Jan 9, 2008 3:00 PM
- 3 Comments
- The most exciting cameras at CES, continued...
- CES may not be a big show for cameras traditionally, but some of the camera vendors that aren't waiting for PMA this year have outdone themselves with sheer numbers. Samsung... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Janice Chen in Digital Cameras on: Jan 9, 2008 11:17 AM
- 9 Comments
- Plasmas giving way to LCD technology at CES 2008
- It seems like where ever you go at CES 2008, LCD technology dominates the show floor on everything from tiny 1" LCD photo chains to massive 108" LCD HDTVs. I... [Read the rest]
- Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Jan 9, 2008 10:37 AM
- 11 Comments
- OLPCs to be dual-boot Linux/Windows machines? Why?
- Nicholas Negroponte, head of the OLPC initiative, was quoted by Computerworld as saying Microsoft is working with the OLPC team on a dual-boot Windows XP/Linux XO laptop. Microsoft hasn't (yet)... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 9, 2008 8:00 AM
- Everex debuts $399 ultramobile PC
- At CES, Everex is launching a $399 ultramobile that will be sold through Walmart.com starting January 25. The low-cost Everex CloudBook uses the open source gOS V2 Rocket operating system... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Jan 9, 2008 4:09 AM
- CES: Big thinkers and disruptive technologies
- The Consumer Electronics Show about the size of 36 football fields and exhausting, and so are the names of some of the conference sessions. I attended "Big Thinkers and Disruptive... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Jan 9, 2008 3:22 AM
- Cool storage at CES - part 2
- After yesterday's post I walked through the rest of CES looking for new data storage - and found some. Lots of flash SSDs, a new idea in safe backups and... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Robin Harris in Storage Bits on: Jan 8, 2008 4:17 PM
- 1 Comment
- Comcast on Digital Voice: "we're now number 4 telco, and we ain't VoIP"
- Here at CES, Comcast is proudly heralding their new ranking as the fourth-largest residential phone service provider in the U.S. At one time they were the sixth largest, behind, Verizon, AT&T,... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Russell Shaw in IP Telephony on: Jan 8, 2008 1:25 PM
- 3 Comments
- Microsoft set to roll out 2.0 'Origami' pack for ultra-mobile PCs
- At the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) last year, Microsoft officials shared their vision for what users might expect from hardware vendors via their next-generation ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs). At the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 8, 2008 9:40 AM
- Linksys debuts two slick-looking, affordable Wi-Fi routers at CES
- Home-networking leader Linksys is following the lead of several other Wi-Fi router vendors with its launch of shiny black MIMO routers. And for the first time, Linksys has moved the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Rik Fairlie in SOHO Networking on: Jan 8, 2008 8:33 AM
- 8 Comments
- Will touch drive Microsoft Surface sales or will Surface drive touch?
- But at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, Microsoft is discussing and demonstrating some different Surface application prototypes that seem somewhat more compelling -- customizable retail, education -- and dropped... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Mary Jo Foley in All About Microsoft on: Jan 8, 2008 7:49 AM
- CES: Mobility at the ShowStoppers event
- CES 2008 in Vegas doesn't seem quite as busy on the show floor, but there were a ton of press at the Digital Experience! and ShowStoppers events. There isn't a... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Matthew Miller in The Mobile Gadgeteer on: Jan 8, 2008 6:16 AM
- HP aims to cut PC energy use by 25 percent
- Hewlett-Packard said Tuesday that it is aiming to cut the energy consumption of its desktops and notebooks by 25 percent by 2010. The HP announcement, delivered at the Consumer Electronics... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Jan 8, 2008 5:52 AM
- Panasonic's sub-$800 3CCD 1080p camcorder
- Update 8:15AM - Note that 1080p is only in 24p mode. Panasonic will release two new true (1920x1080) 1080p 24p 3CCD camcorders in March 2008 for a list price of $800... [Read the rest]
- Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Jan 8, 2008 1:13 AM
- 8 Comments
- CES: My day one highlight? A surge protector
- As day one of CES comes to a close, some quick snapshots of three of the more interesting products I've come across both on the show floor, and at the... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Josh Taylor in The ToyBox on: Jan 7, 2008 11:03 PM
- 7 Comments
- Intel's Paul Otellini touts the 'personal' Internet and Smash Mouth
- Intel CEO Paul Otellini used his CES keynote to describe the future of the Internet as bringing the information and tools users need at any given time for any given... [Read the rest]
- Posted by Dan Farber in Between the Lines on: Jan 7, 2008 6:13 PM
- Alienware shows off ultra-ultra-wide curved screen
- Alienware demonstrates a monster curved display at CES. Now if they could just increase the resolution, and make it wrap in two dimensions instead of just one. [Read the rest]
- Posted by Ed Burnette in Dev Connection on: Jan 7, 2008 6:08 PM
- 1 Comment
Top Rated
- The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers +44 rating
- Creating an XP SP3 slipstreamed ISO file +35 rating
- FBI: Counterfeit Cisco routers risk "IT subversion" +26 rating
- Content Protection madness on Vista +25 rating
- We've been acquired: CBS buys CNET +25 rating
- Gates emphasizes PC-phone connectivity in Windows 7 +21 rating
- Xbench: Psystar v. Mac mini (and all three MacBooks) +18 rating
- Geekbench: Psystar v. Mac mini (and all three MacBooks) +17 rating
- Craigslist fires back at eBay; Bogus Google ads to Kijiji alleged +15 rating
- Microsoft plugs Office leaks; Delivers 4 critical patches +15 rating
Subscribe
Use the feeds below to subscribe using your RSS feed aggregator.
Latest News
Premier Vendor Content Whitepapers, webcasts & resources from our Power Center Sponsors
- Performance Results: Intel Centrino with vPro technology and Intel Core 2 Duo Processor
-
"Intel® Centrino® with vPro™ Technology and the new 45nm Intel® Core™ Duo processor delivers greater than 2x the performance over older generation Intel® Centrino® components when your system is multitasking.
- View, compare, and get smart>>
- Upgrade to SunSPARC Enterprise T5140/T5240
-
Now you can replace your old IBM, HP, Dell, or Sun server with the new Sun SPARC Enterprise T5140 or T5240 server, and get more performance, power savings, and space savings, plus a 30% up-front savings for a limited time.
- Upgrade to breakthrough compute density and extreme power efficiency >>
ZDNet Government
- XP on XO: Negroponte has lost his bearings
- Federal charges in MySpace suicide case
- Comcast, Cox block BitTorrent 24/7
- Verizon wins Homeland Security contract
- EU has privacy concerns over Street View
- Visit ZDNet Government
ZDNet Education
- Sugar-free Windows, as predicted
- No, really, we're studying physics
- UC Law bans classroom web access
- What will a classroom look like in 10 years?
- Intense (and really thoughtful) ranting from the OLPC front
- Visit ZDNet Education
In Focus
- Microsoft-Yahoo
- OLPC
- News to know
- Intellectual Property
- iPhone
- MacBook Air
- Leopard
- ODF
- Windows Server 2008
- Mobile World Congress 08
- World-Mobile-Congress
- Vista
- Software Patents
- Web 2.0
- scary tech
- Macworld
- Wireless Networking
- CES
- "Consumer Electronics Show"
- polls
- Gmail
- Microsoft Novell
- Oracle
- WGA
- DRM
- Net Neutrality
- OpenSocial
- Hands on Vista
- MySpace
- Accessibility
- SAP
- Zune
- DEMOfall 07
- Attention
- GPL
- Daylight Saving Time
- Benchmarks
- Google CapGemini
- Microsoft codenames
- Lawgarithms Links
- Black Hat
- Windows to Linux Chronicles
- Identity
- Google Security
- AMD
- Apple-Cisco
- Google Office
- salesforce.com
- Yahoo
- Google YouTube
- Second Life
- Apple
- browsers
- Voice 2.0
- Security
- WWDC
- Deputy Tester
- Dan and David Show
- Google Development
- Google Gears
- Apple Security
- DoubleClick
- Dell
- Interop
- Local Advertising
- HP
- Digital Politics
- Video
- JavaOne
- Mix07
- Adobe
- Sun
- Intel
- VoIP
- Vista-Mac Showdown
- VON 2007
- Apple TV
- Vista tips
- Adobe Engage
- Windows to Mac Chronicles
- Virtual PC 2007
- Vista Galleries
- Sun GPLs Java
- RSA 2007
- Windows Mobile 6
- Demo 2007
- Vista compatibility
- IT Retardants
- The Year Ahead
- IT that mattered in 2006
- Microsoft+Novell
- Web Office
- Amazon EC2
- TechNet
- IPv6
- Oracle Linux
- Google JotSpot
- Demo Fall
ZDNet Blogs
- All About Microsoft
- The Apple Core
- Between the Lines
- BriefingsDirect
- Collaboration 2.0
- The Core Truth
- Dev Connection
- Digital Cameras
- Ed Bott's Microsoft Report
- Emerging Tech
- Enterprise Alley
- Enterprise Anti-matter
- Enterprise Web 2.0
- Googling Google
- GreenTech Pastures
- Hardware 2.0
- Irregular Enterprise
- IT Facts
- IT Project Failures
- John Carroll
- Laptops & Desktops
- Lawgarithms
- Linux and Open Source
- Managing L'unix
- The Mobile Gadgeteer
- On Sustainability
- Rational Rants
- The Semantic Web
- Service Oriented
- The Social Web
- Software as Services
- SOHO Networking
- Storage Bits
- Team Think
- Tom Foremski: IMHO
- The ToyBox
- The Universal Desktop
- Virtually Speaking
- ZDNet Education
- ZDNet Government
- ZDNet Healthcare
- Zero Day
- BNET Industries
- Check out BNET's newest resource for managers and executives. Need to do research on your competitors? Don't have time to read every trade pub? BNET Industries is the new source for daily news, insights, and research on 11 major industries and 9,000 public companies.
-
- The technology industry from a different angle
-
- See what's hot in the auto industry
-
- Stay on top of the energy industry




