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The coolest camera at CES was one you build yourself.Posted by Janice Chen in Digital Cameras on Jan 14, 2008 9:28 PM 3 comments
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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]

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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