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<title>The coolest camera at CES was one you build yourself.</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/digitalcameras/?p=150</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 09:28:31 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Janice Chen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/digitalcameras/?p=150</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 CES showing off its open source modular gadget platform, called BUG.  For the true gadget geek, this has got to be one of the coolest ideas since sliced bread. Essentially, you pick and choose your electronic modules and snap them together to build your own gadget. The foundation is the BUGbase, a tiny, fully programmable Linux computer with a 530MHz ARM CPU, 128MB of RAM, USB 2.0, 802.11b/g WiFi, Ethernet, and a tiny LCD with button controls (oh, and did I mention the tripod mount?). You then purchase add-on ... ]]>
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<title>Ultra portable devices were everywhere at CES 2008</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=791</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:41:03 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matthew Miller</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=791</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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, and more. This is an area that interests me as I travel quite a bit and also have a 2 hour daily train commute so there are lots of opportunities for using a device that helps me get things done on the road.  Check out my new image gallery showing several mobile devices from CES 2008. I also learned a few things this week that helped me optimize the HTC Advantage so that it can be used to fill the role of a portable computer that may make my ... ]]>
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<title>Gizmodogate: Get a sense of humor folks</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7566</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:37:10 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Larry Dignan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7566</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 angst over Gizmodo's hilarious prank is borderline ridiculous: Judie Lipsett at Gear Diary calls the prank "total and utter crap." Webware's Rafe Needleman worries about blogger access at future CES events given the show organizers favor journalists anyway. And others have various degrees of worries about a prank that apparently is worth the No. 2 spot on Techmeme (it was No. 1 earlier). There has to be something else more important going on. If I were to hazard a guess, I'd reckon that the people that are so aghast about Gizmodo's prank are in the ... ]]>
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<title>The best Kodak (yeah, Kodak) camera at CES</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/digitalcameras/?p=146</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:31:17 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Janice Chen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/digitalcameras/?p=146</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 one in its extensive show coverage.  And I dread to think what the first commenter from my previous post (the photographer who shuns Samsung) thinks of Kodak cameras. So perhaps I shouldn't admit it, but I think there is something to be said about the company's "you press the button, we do the rest" mantra.  I actually bought my dad the Kodak EasyShare v610 and my technophobe mom inherited an older EasyShare camera, and except for having to upload all their pictures for them to their Kodak Gallery, ... ]]>
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<title>CES: Hands-on (literally) with Microsoft Surface</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=123</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:59:29 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josh Taylor</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=123</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 at the show. [You can click here to watch a video I shot with Mark Bolger, the Surface team's senior marketing director. And please be patient with me - this is the first of these I've ever done, and now I understand why folks tell me I have a perfect face for radio.] Though it's hard to imagine that too many of us will have Surface PCs in our living rooms anytime soon, I must say it was one of the coolest product demos I've seen in a long time. The fact ... ]]>
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<title>CES best of show winners</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7552</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:18:15 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7552</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 smoke, congestion and acres of products that seem like the same ones on display as last year. CNET.com came up with the Best of Show picks (watch the video of the Best of Show awards), and it doesn't include the 150-inch Panasonic plasma display, which was all over the news. The overall best of show went to the Philips Eco TV, a 42-inch, 1080p resolution, flat-panel LCD that includes the ability to dim the backlight in response to program material. My favorite among the picks is Bug Labs, a hardware mashup platform ... ]]>
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<title>CES: A green TV snags Best in Show</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=122</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:14:09 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josh Taylor</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=122</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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, the 42-inch, 1080p set will list at $1,399, and as the name suggests, incorporates a variety of energy-conserving features, including dimming the backlight during darker scenes (which David Katzmaier points out, provides the dual benefit of improving black-level performance). Though I worry a bit about companies trying to slap the green label on everything they sell, Philips is walking the walk here --  an in-booth demo showed the set's power consumption to be roughly 75 watts - a bit higher than an incandescent bulb (and significantly lower than the ... ]]>
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<title>Microsoft extends the reach of Media Center</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=358</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 05:18:50 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Ed Bott</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=358</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It's no secret that part of Microsoft's marketing plan for Windows Vista was to push sales of its Home Premium edition, and every bit of market data I've seen says they've been extremely successful in this effort. As of mid-2007, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, more than 70% of Windows Vista sales through OEMs and at retail were premium editions, "driven by the demand for Windows Vista Home Premium." That's good news for Microsoft, which puts extra dollars in its corporate coffers with every premium edition it sells. But it's also good news for consumers, who might not even realize that Vista Home Premium gives them a direct pipeline to stream digital music, photos, and videos ... ]]>
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<title>Mobile phones were not a big part of CES 2008</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=789</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:04:20 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matthew Miller</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=789</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 2008 was not the year of the mobile phone with nothing major announced IMHO. Back at CES 2006, Windows Mobile 5.0 was announced, but I think with the way the internet is so much a part of our lives today companies no longer have to wait for major shows like CES to announce products. There was quite a bit of news in the ultra portable/UMPC market that I'll talk about in another blog post with an image gallery. There was some minor hardware news announced with Nokia announcing the Nokia N95 ... ]]>
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<title>OLPC's Negroponte seeks truce with Intel and deal with Microsoft</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7544</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:43:46 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7544</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 baby, the OLPC Intel recently unhooked itself from the OLPC board of directors, and Negroponte was not shy about blasting the chipmaker last week: Despite OLPC   s best efforts to work things out with Intel and several warnings that their behavior was untenable, it is clear that Intel   s heart has never been in working collaboratively as a part of OLPC. This is well illustrated by the way in which our separation was announced single-handedly by Intel; Intel issued a statement to the press behind our backs while simultaneously asking us to work on a ... ]]>
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<title>WiMAX may be rolling out sooner than you thought</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=787</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:22:20 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matthew Miller</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=787</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 understand the concept of WiMAX (wide-area WiFi) it seems with all the news of Sprint and Clearwire's decision to not move forward with a nationwide network many were left wondering if WiMAX was really going to happen and when. After talking with Xohm representatives and hearing the latest from Chief Technology Officer Barry West, Sprint Nextel, we will see WiMAX available commercially before the summer of this year. The representative said that the Xohm (a business division of Sprint Nextel) will be offering WiMAX on a fee-basis similar to what ... ]]>
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<title>CES: HD Camcorders, and set-top boxes, and cheap Blu-ray, oh my!</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=118</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:00:11 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Josh Taylor</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/gadgetreviews/?p=118</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 wife due to give birth to our first child in a couple of months, we're finally ready to purchase our first camcorder, and one of my goals of CES was to come up with our top choice. And though I'll want to wait for the first actual reviews, with Canon's introduction of its VIXIA HF10, I think we have our winner. The HF 10 is a "dual flash memory" high definition (1920x1080) camcorder, and includes 16GB of internal storage, as well as an SDHC expansion slot. Canon estimates the internal storage will ... ]]>
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<title>The most exciting cameras at CES, continued...</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/digitalcameras/?p=145</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 11:17:37 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Janice Chen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/digitalcameras/?p=145</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 announced eight new cameras cameras alone and Kodak trotted out nine of its own.  Samsung wins my vote for the most interesting of the bunch: Samsung NV24HD What's hottest about this 10-megapixel camera depends on who you ask. DPReview leads with, "Samsung has announced its first camera capable of recording 720p HD video at 30 fps."  But CNET (which titled its post "Optical IS hits Samsung NV cameras,") says, "More interesting than the high-def functionality is the NV24 HD's 2.5-inch AMOLED screen." (That's Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode, ... ]]>
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<title>OLPCs to be dual-boot Linux/Windows machines? Why?</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1092</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:00:02 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary Jo Foley</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1092</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nicholas Negroponte, the head of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is speaking for Microsoft (again). Negroponte was quoted by Computerworld as saying Microsoft is working with the OLPC team on a dual-boot Windows XP/Linux XO laptop. Microsoft officials have not publicly acknowledged any such plans. All Microsoft officials have said is that they are still trying to determine whether XP will work on the OLPC XO systems. Field tests of XP-based OLPCs were set to begin this month (January 2008), last anyone heard. I've asked Microsoft whether they have decided to support a dual-boot Windows/Linux configuration as participants in the OLPC initiative. No word back yet from the Redmondians. Update: Microsoft issued a statement late on January 9 denying that dual-boot XP/Linux laptops ... ]]>
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<title>Everex debuts $399 ultramobile PC</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7535</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:09:17 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7535</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 and VIA 1.2GHz C7-M ULV processor, same as the $199 Everex gPC. The Cloudbook is designed for Internet usage, not for heavy duty graphics applications. Like the gPC, it will come with software or links to FireFox, gMail, Meebo, Skype, Google Documents & Spreadsheets, Google Calendar, Google News, Google Maps, Wikipedia, Google Product Search, GIMP, Blogger, YouTube, Xine Movie Player, RhythmBox, Faqly, Facebook and OpenOffice.org 2.3. The unit weighs 2 pounds and is 9.06 x 6.73 x 1.16 inches. It has a 7-inch TFT screen with 800 x 480 native resolution, and ... ]]>
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<title>CES: Big thinkers and disruptive technologies</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7524</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:22:34 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dan Farber</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=7524</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 Technologies: Today's Thought Leaders and Tomorrow's Technologies," with panelists Dave Habiger, CEO of Sonic Solutions; Levy Gerzberg, CEO of Zoran; Shane Robison, executive vice president and chief strategy and technical officer at HP; Terry McBride, CEO of Nettwerk Music Group; and Owen Van Natta, chief revenue officer at Facebook. Tim Bajarin, principal analyst at Creative Strategies, moderated the session. Each panelist offered a few disruptive technology ideas, which were predictable and clearly in support of their business strategies. Chip maker Gerzberg said the next explosive, disruptive technology will be evolutionary and related ... ]]>
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<title>Cool storage at CES - part 2</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=271</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:17:08 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Robin Harris</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/storage/?p=271</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 a new removable hard drive. Cool stuff SSDsEveryone, it seemed, was showing off their new flash solid state disks (SSD) - even if they weren't shipping. At Storage Visions an analyst explained that flash demand and pricing would be different from now on, thanks to steadier year around demand. SSDs are the great hope of the NAND flash industry. Flash demand has tended to peak around Christmas each year, when millions of digital cameras, camcorders, thumb drives and the like get unwrapped. That creates a problem for the flash factories that need to run ... ]]>
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<title>Microsoft set to roll out 2.0 'Origami' pack for ultra-mobile PCs</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1090</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 09:40:26 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary Jo Foley</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1090</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, Microsoft showed its planned advances for some of its own next-gen UMPC technologies via the 2.0 release of the Origami Experience Pack. Origami was the codename Microsoft used for its UMPC project. UMPCs, by (Microsoft's) definition are "a new class of computer that is optimized for mobility. With a screen size of 7 inches or less." Many use touch, digital ink, styluses and D-pads, among other "non-traditional" input devices. Microsoft doesn't manufacture UMPCs, but it provides the operating system and other ... ]]>
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<title>Will touch drive Microsoft Surface sales or will Surface drive touch?</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1087</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 07:49:53 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Mary Jo Foley</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1087</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The demo applications Microsoft has shown so far for its Surface touch-tabletop system --for   ordering drinks, sharing photos by dragging them and finger painting -- have left me cold. But at the Consumer Electronics Show this week, Microsoft is discussing and demonstrating some different Surface application prototypes that seem somewhat more compelling. During his CES keynote, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates showed off a snowboard-customization demo that indicates the kinds of interactive retail applications which might shine on Surface multi-touch systems. Microsoft issued some talking points about the demo, claiming it "provides a clear solution to common consumer pain points," including (according to Microsoft): being overwhelmed by choices not having enough information can   t make it yours want to share it with friends "The (Surface snowboard) application showcases the ... ]]>
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<title>CES: Mobility at the ShowStoppers event</title>
<link>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=786</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 06:16:11 -0800</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matthew Miller</dc:creator>
<guid>http://blogs.zdnet.com/mobile-gadgeteer/?p=786</guid>
<description><![CDATA[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 ton of new and breakthrough devices, but there are some cool products if you look around a bit. I had a chance to check out a few mobile devices, accessories and software solutions at Digital Experience! and ShowStoppers. You can check out my image gallery that shows some of what I saw these last couple of days.  Image Gallery: Mobile gadgets and accessories at Digital Experience! and ShowStoppers at CES 2008 in Vegas.     I covered most of what I saw at Digital Experience! so the rest of ... ]]>
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