Memories Of Gizmodogate: CES Names Engadget As Official Blog Partner
TechCrunch — ... The Consumer Electronics Association, which runs the CES conference each year in Las Vegas, has never had an offical blog partner. But they do now, and it’s AOL’s ...

Engadget Named Official CES Blog Parnter
Bloggers Blog: Blogging the Blogsphere — ... They obviously won't be the only blog covering CES but it is a good deal for Engadget that they are the "official blog partner." The 2009 CES runs from January 8-11, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES has also set up a Twitter account for the 2009 show ...

Boxee adds support for Hulu, CBS video
Webware.com — ... Last.fm, the BBC, Jamendo, and standards like Shoutcast. Managing any of these services is just as easy with a remote control as it is with a keyboard. Considering most game consoles and set top cable boxes can't do this, there's some serious potential for bringing these services into your living room, where before it was only possible with a home theater PC. Boxee remains in private beta, although is on track for a public release at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in January. Note: CBS is the parent company of Webware's ...

Hop On presentará un nuevo celular económico con Android
Celularis — El fabricante de celulares económicos Hop-On alguna vez captó nuestra atención con celulares descartables, los que ahora se consiguen por 10 dólares. Ahora nos sorprende nuevamente con el anuncio de que en el próximo CES de Las Vegas, en Enero 2009, presentará un nuevo celular con Android como sistema operativo. Hop-On propone desarrollar un celular con Android tanto para redes GSM como para CDMA. Dicen que tendrá un precio menor a los 200 dólares y que pondrá a la compañía, y por lo tanto a sus accionistas, a la ...

Boxee Wants to Enlist TV Pirates to Grow Hulu’s Audience
NewTeeVee — ... , earning not only $50,000 but a booth at the next CES in Las Vegas. Boxee won the award, in part, because of its social features, which could help turn potential pirates into Hulu users. ...

Intel Leaks Point to Mac Pro Updates Early Next Year?
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... noted above, Apple’s Mac Pro does not have a consistent record for being released early in the year. However, seeing as how its most recent update was early January 2008, the information unveiled today can be correlated with the possible adoption by Apple’s workstations in the first quarter of 2009. Some have speculated that Macworld ‘09 could be a launching pad for the new machine. Last year, Apple unveiled the updated Mac Pro during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), even though ...

Netflix CEO Thinks the Time is Ripe for Web TV
ReadWriteWeb — ... "The breakthrough will be in the remote," he said, and predicted that we'll see this new pointer remote at CES 2009. If his prediction proves correct, it could mark the beginning of the end for the remote, and the start of the next revolution. ...

Searching for Something to Watch
SearchEngineWatch Experts — ... point the way, while January's Consumer Electronics Show could offer a glimpse at more Internet-ready televisions and set-top boxes that bring the Web to the TV (not to be confused with the ill-conceived WebTV of a decade-ago). The problem is that these all carry different codecs and standards. Netflix CEO Reed Hastings says forget about all of that -- the answer is simple: bring the browser directly to the TV. The browser has already reached common ground for video, thanks to standards like ...

Sin City Slashes Hotel Prices For Mega Tech Show
Tech Daily Dose — ... Meanwhile [shameless plug], mark your CES calendar for "Washington Update: The Times They Are A Changin'" -- a session I'm moderating with several fantastic speakers: the Cato Institute's Jim Harper; Center for Democracy and Technology's Leslie Harris; and Public Knowledge's Gigi Sohn. Click here for more details. ...

Maybe They Should Call It the Compact Electronics Show
Technologizer — ... , which involves a whole lot of hoopla about a handful of products (Apple ones, naturally). And then it segues into the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, at which no single product will receive a hundredth of the attention reaped by Apple’s Macworld news. But at CES there are thousands of new products, from nearly every company in the industry except Apple. The show packs Vegas to the rafters, and attendees fill just about every hotel room in the city. cesshrinking Or so they have for many years–especially after ...

iLuv Internet Radio and Psyko Gaming Headphones Lead CES 2009 Honorees
Wired: Gadget Lab — It's usually easy to deride products that are honored as Best of Innovations at CES because the awards are announced a full month before the event begins and before most experts have had a chance to check them out. Also, the best products are always kept under wraps until they're announced at the event itself, leaving the premature 'Best of' list in the dust. But this year, for a change, it looks like we might have some keepers. iLove's $200 iNT170 Internet Radio won the best portable gadgets category award and its attractive design and easy ...

XXX Tries To Woo Consumer Electronics Show Media
Tech Daily Dose — ... As many Consumer Electronics Show veteran attendees are aware, Silicon Valley is not the only industry to call Las Vegas home in early January. The 2009 AVN Adult Entertainment Expo -- the largest event for the adult industry worldwide -- also happens there and it looks like some of that conference's vendors are trying to woo media types from the international tech trade show. ...

Zune, la apuesta de Microsoft para competirle al iPhone
Celularis — ... El CEO de Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, podría anunciar la llegada del Zune Phone durante la próxima CES 2009. El nuevo dispositivo, que se anunciaría el 7 de enero en el Pre-CES Keynote de Microsoft, se llamaría Pink y competiría con el iPhone y el HTC G1. ...

Palm New-ness at CES 2009!
PalmAddicts — ... Palm is spreading its invitation to see what is to be called as "Palm New-ness" at CES 2009, complete with the most awaited line for Palm fans: "you've been waiting for." ...

WildCharger cargador de baterías sin cables
Celularis — ... permite cargar por inducción la batería de los teléfonos móviles sin necesidad de cables. Lo hace mediante unas carcazas compatibles que hay que colocar a los teléfonos y de los que ya hay disponibles para BlackBerry y Motorola. WildCharge utiliza poca energía y por inducción, de esta forma los equipos se cargan con sólo apoyarlos y no hay riesgos de tocarlos y quedar electrocutados. Estará en un stand del próximo CES 2009 y ya se puede adquirir por 79.99 dólares. Nos evitará la incomodidad de llevar ...

Palm to Unleash New User Friendly OS and Hardware at CES
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... crucial in the development of the iPod, Paul Mercer, a former Apple engineer, and Lynn Fox, former head of Mac Public Relations. Over the last year or so, there have been nearly no leaks or rumors surrounding Palm’s future plans, which is the way Apple wishes it could be for them. Even though Palm should welcome the idea of free publicity, if these former Apple employees are influencing the company, then being tight-lipped is a must. Similar to last January, 2009’s CES will overlap with Apple’s annual Macworld Conference. With CES running from ...

Samsung launches a new chip to liven up digital photo frames
VentureBeat — ... At the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show in January, there will be lots of new digital photo frame models capable of receiving updated photos via Wi-Fi wireless network connections. ...

Can Palm’s New OS “Nova” Save The Company
RIMarkable — Remember Palm?  They used to be the top dog in the mobile PDA business just a few years ago but it seems like lately the company is struggling just to stay afloat. Next month at CES in Las Vegas, Palm will debut it’s new OS along with the device that will run it. Palm is expecting Nova to capture 2% of the market now dominated by the BlackBerry followed by the iPhone. Will this be enough to save the company? What do you think? [Source]

I Dream of CES: Your Input Requested, With or Without Kitteh Assistance.
Boing Boing — Boing Boing TV will be traveling to Vegas for CES (Jan 8-11, 2009) with our colleagues over at Boing Boing Gadgets to do video reports from the show floor. Possibly with the assistance of hard-working investigative journalists like the guy you see above (who could frankly use a shave). Our video crew will be joining Joel, John, Rob to walk through the maze of consumer electronics offerings, separating the junk from the gems, and trying to parse what's worth separating you from your heard-earned samoleans. To get us started ...

I Dream of CES: Your Input Requested, With or Without Kitteh Assistance.
Boing Boing Gadgets — O HAI. Xeni here, dropping by for a quick post. Boing Boing TV will be traveling to Vegas for CES (Jan 8-11, 2009) with our colleagues over at Boing Boing Gadgets to do video reports from the show floor. Possibly with the assistance of hard-working investigative journalists like the guy you see above (who could frankly use a shave). Our video crew will be joining Joel, John, Rob to walk through the maze of consumer electronics offerings, separating the junk from the gems, and trying to parse what's worth separating you ...

The Road to CES: What do you want?
Boing Boing — (Embedded Flash video above, and here's a downloadable MP4) In just a few weeks, Boing Boing TV will be traveling to Vegas for The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show with the Boing Boing Gadgets guys -- Joel, John, and Rob. We're planning to broadcast video reports from the show floor. We're also bracing ourselves for lots of casino umbrella drinks. To get us started in planning our coverage on the blog in text, photos, and in video, we thought it might ...

Sports, TV Celebs To Attend Tech Show
Tech Daily Dose — ... in Las Vegas next month, organizers of the international trade show have announced. Meanwhile, Dr. Mehmet Oz, known for his frequent spots on "The Oprah Winfrey Show," will make an appearance on behalf of Sony Pictures Television and singer-songwriter Stevie Wonder will have his own TechZone sponsored by the Sendero Group and the National Federation of the Blind. ...

The Road to CES: What do you want? (Boing Boing TV + Gadgets Wünderteam, ACTIVATE!)
Boing Boing Gadgets — (Embedded Flash video above, and here's a downloadable MP4) Halloo, Xeni visiting over here on Boing Boing Gadgets for a quick post -- yup, that's my blurry mug above. Go ahead, click my face! I talk! So, in just a few weeks, Boing Boing TV will be traveling to Vegas for The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show with the Gadgets guys -- Joel, John, and Rob. We're planning to broadcast video reports from the show floor together. We're also bracing ...

Might Apple Be Ditching Macworld For CES?
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek — Might Apple Be Ditching Macworld For CES? Posted by: Arik Hesseldahl on December 17 Many have been the times that I attended the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas ...

Macworld Expo minus Apple: Traditions meet market reality
The Apple Core — ... which can be expensive and tricky. Over the years I’ve seen vendors that had booths still in transit on the first day of the show because of snow storms or bad planning). Worse, the crunch time for Expo preparation falls during the year’s big holiday season, when workers want vacations and motivation is low. And it’s now a time when management can close down a business for a couple of weeks and save money. The timing of Macworld Expo has also conflicted with another major show, the International CES in Las Vegas, put on by the Consumer Electronics Assoc.  This is one of the ...

Move Moves to Mobile Devices, Set-Tops
Contentinople: — ... using Intel's Atom Z5 processor and Moblin software. Move wouldn't discuss particular device manufacturers or content owners that have signed up to trial its technology, but the company will showcase the first examples of its client being embedded on CE devices at next year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

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Core77 — Home Contributors About Core77 Advertising Contact Us Newsletter Get Our RSS Feed Coroflot Design Job o' the day Les Mills is seeking a Freelance Sportwear Designer in Oregon Core77 c77 coroflot articles photo galleries calendar books + links design schools discussions Our Other Sites design firms design jobs Advertisement FEATURED EVENTS See All Events Best Bio Packaging Book Call for entries Deadline: Mar. 31, 2009 CES 2009 Las ...

Fun Friday: Viral Marketing at the Death Star
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Get off to Vegas for the AVN Awards
Gadling — ... January's a busy time in Las Vegas. The enormous, famous Consumer Electronics Show draws more than 100,000 people every year and overlaps with the first few days of Adult Entertainment Expo, which adds another 30,000 or so conventioneers to the ...

CEA Celebrates Inauguration Day
Tech Daily Dose — ... is getting in on the Inauguration Day action by hosting an invitation-only daytime party on Jan. 20 in honor of President-elect Barack Obama's swearing in. The high-tech trade group, which will have finished hosting its massive annual expo in Las Vegas earlier in the month, has rented out the 701 Pennsylvania Avenue Restaurant & Bar for a few hours in the afternoon -- not a bad spot to see and be seen on the historic day. LG Electronics will supply (presumably large) televisions for those who wish to watch the festivities inside, rather than braving what could ...

Laptop Power Out of Thin Air And Other Christmas Wishes
Between the Lines — ... hotel, electricity will be pulled out of the air for manufacturers of all sorts of electronics gear as the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show starts on January 8. This is “the next big thing” promised by the WiTriCity startup whose founders hail from MIT and first demonstrated the ability to power a ...

Thoughts on Sending & Receiving CES Pitches
LIVEdigitally — ... 2009 is rapidly approaching, and as a 10 year veteran of CES I’ve seen it from many different angles. I’ve been there as a tiny underfunded startup using a hotel room to do all demos and I’ve taken center stage in a multi-million dollar booth. I’ve attended as press and I’ve pitched the press. From virtually every perspective, CES is an exhilarating and exhausting process. I love it. With the massive surge in blogger registrations at this year’s show, I’ve also noticed more than usual complaints about the pitching process, so as someone who sits on both sides of the fence, I ...

Dashboard Devices will Launch Carputer at CES 2009
SlashGear — ... at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January. Dashboard Device plans to market their Entertainment and Navigation for Vehicles  (ENV) as a two-part system.  The ENV-XC includes the CPU, graphics unit and other basic computing features, as well as a choice of head-ends, including the ENV-100. ...

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We’re Going To CES - We Need You
OhGizmo! — ... So guys, we’re going to CES (Jan 8th to the 11th) this year again, but this time we’re bringing the cavalry… otherwise known as three of us (sadly, Luke cannot make it). We’re going to dive head first into a gigantic, breathing, pulsating smorgasboard of digital paraphernalia. It’ll be an electric technobrothel where 2,700 manufacturers will trip over themselves to whore their wares to the jonesing press. And it’ll be our job to be discerning Johns. ...

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Palm's Third Act
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. — ... and CES are scheduled for the same week. It'll be a great week for product announcements, but it'll also be a week of information overload. RSS feeds will overflow with gadget coverage. For those of us covering technology, it presents some logistical challenges, too. Which conference to attend? I'll be at Macworld again this year, but with Steve Jobs passing on the keynote slot, it's tempting to head to Las Vegas for CES during the second half of the week. Why? Big news is expected from Palm on January 8th. ...

Intel Intends To Rock Tech Trade Show
Tech Daily Dose — ... More details are emerging about potential hotspots at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which takes place Jan. 8-11. The latest announcement comes from Intel, which has hired TV personality, model and "Dancing with the Stars" winner Brooke Burke to host the red carpet at the computer chip manufacturer's invitation-only party at LAX Nightclub at Luxor on Jan. 9. Rock group Counting Crows, best known for their hit single "Mr. Jones," will headline the event. ...

Holy James Bond, It’s the 3G Wrist Phone!
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... Watch out, iPhone: Korea’s LG has just come out with its own 3G device, and this one is worn right on your wrist. The LG-GD910 3G wrist phone is set to debut at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in early January, the company has confirmed. The wrist phone boasts a 1.43-inch color LCD touchscreen and features a combo video/still camera built right into the front of the device. It offers both 3G and 7.2 Mbps HSDPA support. (Click images to enlarge) The LG-GD910 wrist phone also has ...

CES Preview: Windows 7 may add spice to CES
Macworld — ... (UWB) wireless technology. Tzero’s technology enables uninterrupted wireless delivery of high-definition video and surround sound at a rate of 480Mbps over 20 meters, the company claims. Users may also see progress in data transfers between PCs and devices like digital cameras with improvements in the USB 3.0 specification. Overall, many other gadgets will be on display to enjoy over the show’s four days. CES may end up being more relaxing and intimate with the floors less crowded. CES officially runs from January 8-11, slightly overlapping the January 5-9 run of next week’s ...

LG Display To Unveil Motion-Blur-Free LCD TV
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... the company. As a result, the TV can show "crystal-clear" pictures of racing cars and other images that typically cause motion blur on LCD TVs. Helping to produce the better image is LG's "scanning backlight" technology that enables a backlight on an LCD panel to be repeatedly turned on and off to reduce blurring, the company said. In addition, the backlight technology offers higher contrast between dark and light images for more vivid pictures. LG plans to showcase the new TV at CES in Las Vegas, which runs Jan. 8-11. The Trumotion TV is scheduled to ship in the second ...

Who Leaked Windows 7?
Microsoft Watch — ... (Jan. 5-9) and the Consumer Electronics Show (Jan. 8-11). What perfect timing to create buzz for Seven? Windows beta leaks used to be fairly common, but Microsoft has clamped down on them under the tenure of Steven Sinofsky, senior vice president of the Windows and Windows Live Engineering Group. This leak is surprising because of Steven's record managing Office development: Few leaks. Heck, were there any? Something else: Microsoft doesn't seem all the rattled by the leak. That reaction, or lack of it, is inconsistent with Steven's past no-leak management style. I called ...

The Internet's Cool, But TV Remains Ad King
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... more video, if their connection speeds were faster. Deloitte plans to officially release its survey at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which runs from Jan. 8-11.

Rumors suggest Microsoft layoffs next month
VentureBeat — ... So we don’t really know anything yet, as a Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment when we asked about imminent layoffs. The only piece of tangible evidence we have is that Microsoft isn’t going all out at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES ) next month. Chief executive Steve Ballmer isn’t throwing the company’s usual dinner with the press this year, and executives for the Xbox won’t be available for interviews. ...

Steve Ballmer live from CES 2009
D' Technology Weblog — ...  will be kicking off at the first keynote of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Wednesday January 7 at 6.30pm PST ( ...

Spy Wear: LG to launch multi-function touchscreen wrist phone
DVICE Atom Feed — ... may have a winner in the LG-GD910 touchscreen wrist phone. Originally shown off as a concept device at CES 2008, LG plans to unveil a working 3G version of the wrist phone at CES 2009. ...

Do Yahoo and Intel have a viable business model with Internet TV?
Josh Chandler — ... The decision to introduce internet enabled TV’s to the mass market via the Consumer Electronics Show next week I believe is going to be largely unsuccessful, the creation of new niches with DVR’s, internet enabled Blu-Ray Players and devices such as the Apple TV excite me far more for 2009 because of the plethora of great content available on the company multimedia networks, and I primarily believe that ...

Keeping up with the Microsoft confabs
All about Microsoft — ... , but it has disappeared.) Even Microsoft isn’t immune from slashing travel/conference budgets…. 1/8 - 1/11  CES (Consumer Electronics Show) 2009 - Las Vegas ( ...

CES 2009 Preview
dailywireless.org — ... The 2009 International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow, runs January 8-11, 2009 in Las Vegas. Here are some of the ...

iPhone Buzz’s going to Macworld and CES 2009; bringing you live blogging and streaming video coverage
iPhone Buzz — ... Macworld is next week, immediately followed by CES 2009. The iPhone Buzz team will be attending both events to bring our readers all the latest news, announcements and updates. We will start the week off liveblogging Apple’s last keynote at Macworld on Tuesday January 6th starting at 9AM PST over at ...

What Apple Must Do at Macworld
Apple Watch — ... people aren't buying. That $129 price for full version Mac OS X is appealing, and there is a $199 "Family Pack" for use on up to five home computers. The SKUs and pricing are simple and straightforward. Apple could excite customers and investors by announcing Snow Leopard next week and setting a release date no later March 31; sooner would be even better. There is Windows 7 competition to consider. I absolutely expect Microsoft to release Windows 7 Beta 1 to the public during the Consumer Electronics Show , if not earlier. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will deliver the CES ...

CES preview: The economy's impact
The Seattle Times: Microsoft Pri0 — ... But there may be few signs of the economic woes inside the cavernous exhibit halls and hotel ballrooms at this year's International Consumer Electronics Show. ...

Palm’s last stand: QWERTY keyboard and touchscreen?
VentureBeat — ... ’s new smartphone, which is premiering at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show and which be a key part of the company’s efforts for a turnaround, will have a slide-down ...

Rumor: Microsoft's CES keynote to be a yawnfest
Joystiq [Xbox] — ... Later this week, Microsoft's Steve Ballmer will be taking the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) stage, filling Bill Gate's shoes to deliver the expo's keynote. ...

Viva Las Vegas: Gearing Up For CES
Tech Daily Dose — ... The Consumer Electronics Show -- often billed as the world's largest convention and exposition -- kicks off Wednesday in Las Vegas with a keynote by Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer. The gathering, which features more than 2,700 exhibits, is a must-attend event for high-tech junkies who want to see the latest, greatest gadgetry -- but there is also plenty of policy talk to be had. ...

What to Expect From our CES Coverage
jkOnTheRun — ... Now the above schedule is just during the day. Three of our nights will be spent at three to four hour “mini-shows” like CES Unveiled, ...

This year, call it the Connecting Entertainment Show
GMSV — ... in these austere times, but this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas will still be the catalyst for enough new product announcements to keep the gadget geeks gurgling contentedly for a while. And if you’re ...

Zoom H4n flash recorder coming soon
Brad Linder's digital home — ... mics and the XLR inputs. Here are a few other features: Rubberized, shock-resistent body Variable speed playback Support for Broadcast Wave Format recordings with timestamps Built in X/Y stereo condenser mics that will record at 90 degrees or 120 degrees Aditional effects Ability to record continuously for 10 hours with a single pair of AA batteriesHopefully I can find out more when I visit the Samson folks at CES this week. Update: I added an image found at CNet. ...

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iPhone Buzz’s going to Macworld and CES 2009; bringing you live blogging and streaming video coverage
Top iPhone News — ... Macworld is next week, immediately followed by CES 2009. The iPhone Buzz team will be attending both events to bring our readers all the latest news, announcements and updates. We will start the week off liveblogging Apple’s last keynote at Macworld on Tuesday January 6th starting at 9AM PST over at ...

CES 2009: Day 0 Summary
Zatz Not Funny! — ... The Consumer Electronics Show is nearly upon us. And while the show floor of the largest US tech convention doesn’t actually open until Thursday, CES press events begin tomorrow in Vegas. As does the ...

CTERA’s CloudPlug takes a hybrid approach to storage
VentureBeat — ... says it has the best solution for small businesses — a small device called CloudPlug that sends your data online. It’s launching at the Consumer Electronics Show, and it also announced raising a first venture round of undisclosed size from ...

Broadband HDTVs to be unveiled at CES
Web User | News — ... and Flickr. Other new technologies expected to be showcased at CES include "the first internet car radio", from Blaupunkt. A competitor to satellite radio, it needs to be connected to an internet-enabled phone to receive audio streams. Small, low-cost laptops, or 'netbooks' are also expected to feature prominently at this year's CES. Check out Issue 204 of Web User , on sale now, for a round-up of the latest netbooks on offer. http://uk.lge.com www.samsung.com/uk www.cesweb.org [image] Back to index

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NPR To Unveil Accessible Radios At CES
Tech Daily Dose — ... National Public Radio will introduce captioned, braille, and blackboard radios as well as a new radio reading service receiver to high-tech manufacturers at the Consumer Electronics Show this week in hopes of securing partnerships with companies to develop receivers that would serve millions of deaf, hard of hearing and blind people worldwide and people who are located in remote communities needing access to schools. The technologies' debut comes after years of research by NPR Labs, America's only not-for-profit broadcast technology R&D; center. NPR plans to ...

@ CES: Smaller In Scale But Not Scope
paidContent — ... In past years, it was almost impossible to fly in to McCarran International Airport without landing in the middle of a Consumer Electronics Show (CES) marketing fest. When I arrived Tuesday even the diminished consumer electronics efforts from last year were AWOL, reflecting a show that is still huge but smaller in scale and attendance as companies cut back on costs. ...

CES 2009: Getting Ready
Gear Diary — ... This morning Kevin and I loaded up for the drive to Midland and then the flight to Vegas. We’ll be here until Sunday, covering CES events as well as a tiny bit of the ...

Toy Monster is seeking a Graphic Design Intern in China
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Vegas on the cheap in 21 easy steps
Gadling — Filed under: North America, United States, Budget Travel, NewsWhether you're hitting the Consumer Electronics Show or Adult Entertainment Expo, get ready to learn the hard way that the Strip is an expensive place to be. Cheap hotel rooms lure you into the city, and you make up the difference everywhere else. So, when you blow your cash at the tables and your reserves at the strip joint gentlemen's club of your choice, you'll need a few ways to pass the time while waiting for your flight. Here are a ...

CES 2009: Live-blogging the Microsoft Keynote
Gearlog — ... We're all awaiting the annual Microsoft keynote, to help kick CES 2009 off in style. We're not really sure exactly what to expect--it'll certainly be a marked change from last year, what with all of the celebrity-packed Bill Gates goodbye videos, not to mention the Slash/Gates Guitar Hero battle. ...

LG shows off watch phone, mobile digital TV, and wireless video networking
VentureBeat — ... South Korea’s LG Electronics kicked off press day at the International Consumer Electronics Show this morning with a flurry of new technology and product announcements. ...

Netgear introduces more connected entertainment gadgets
VentureBeat — Connected entertainment is clearly a big theme at the International Consumer Electronics Show. In that vein, Netgear showed off three products today at its event that make it a lot easier to use the Internet with consumer electronics gear. Its first product was the Netgear Internet TV Player, which is enabled by the company’s partnership with Mountain View, Calif.-based Verismo Networks. This little $199 set-top box will connect to a TV and give users access to hundreds of video web sites. While some TV makers are integrating ...

Welcome to Alternative CES -- "alt.CES" - BUGLab modules
MAKE Magazine — ... Each year over 100,000 people visit the Las Vegas area to celebrate consumer electronics at an event called "CES" - in addition to all of the announcements, press releases and the constant coverage on our favorite gadget sites there's been a dark cloud creeping in, there seems to be a growing resentment among the folks who cover the show - it's just not that fun any more, last years show was all about giant TVs, and later a controversy about turning those very same TVs off. ...

Boing Boing Gadgets at CES: Video Report, Day One
Boing Boing Gadgets — ... Greetings from the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Lost Wages, Nevada! Xeni here with the Boing Boing Gadgets fellas -- Beschizza, Brownlee, and Johnson, and Boing Boing's video production team. We're traveling the floor with the BBG 3, surveilling all they review, and we'll be filing daily video reports from the expo floor. Here is the first, embedded above. ...

Boing Boing Gadgets at CES: Video Report, Day One
Boing Boing — ... Greetings from the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show in Lost Wages, Nevada! I'm here with the Boing Boing Gadgets fellas -- Beschizza, Brownlee, and Johnson, and Boing Boing's video team. We're traveling the floor with the BBG 3, surveilling all they review, and we'll be filing daily reports from the floor. Here is the first. Highlights from this episode: ...

CES: Sharp touts subtle TV advances, but will consumers care?
VentureBeat — ... is no exception. But it remains to be seen if shell-shocked consumers will go for technologies that add only subtle quality improvements to TVs. At its press event at the International Consumer Electronics Show today in Las Vegas, Sharp has announced something called Superlucent Super Advanced Superview panel technology, which makes an image on a liquid crystal display TV brighter and more vibrant. ...

CES Wire: Yahoo and Samsung Team On Web TV; LG Unveils Broadband HDTVs
paidContent — ... Here are two related items from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) about efforts to offer greater connection between the web and the living room: ...

Eye-Fi Developing Wireless Uploads To You Tube
Podcasting News — ... The company will preview the technology this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. ...

CES: Samsung dives into connected TV market
VentureBeat — ... is diving into connected TVs just like the other big companies that have made presentations today at the International Consumer Electronics Show. ...

Netgear Takes On Apple With Two New Internet TV Boxes
Podcasting News — At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week, networking hardware maker Netgear unveils two new Internet-connected set-top boxes. Netgear’s product launch comes amid a flurry of announcements and launches of other Internet-ready televisions and digital video players and recorders: the Roku digital video player’s partnership with Amazon, Netflix-enabled televisions, among others. The company says the pair of Netgear TV boxes promise to “bring the world of Internet ...

CES 2009 pre-conference LG
P@ssioneMobile — ... ha effettuato una galleria immagini della pre-conferenza di LG al CES (Consumer Electronic Show) 2009 di Las Vegas… ...

Roundup of CES Coverage by CNET, VentureBeat, and More
Beet.TV — ... With the 2009 CES International conference kicking off tomorrow, everyone in the tech world is in--or watching--Las Vegas. The conference may be smaller than last year, but the media is just as eager to see what gadget goodies the tech companies have in store. In this video, CNET News.com Executive Editor Tom Merritt reviews the NVIDIA GeForce 3D Vision gaming peripheral, which lets you play video games in 3D. Pretty awesome.  ...

Soulja Boy Tell’Em - Social Media SuperStar
SocialTimes.com — ... is generating tens of millions of dollars in music and online digital revenue based on success achieved in social media. Soulja Boy told his story today at the CES‘ ...

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@ CES: Discovery's Kathy Kayse: 'We're Better-Equipped To Deliver On Digital This Year'
paidContent — ... that HSW would be the company's "primary platform" for online growth. Well, has the company delivered on its promise? We asked Discovery's EVP of digital ad sales Kathy Kayse at the Reinventing Advertising Conference at CES: ...

Canesta teams up with Hitachi to create a Wii-like next-generation TV control
VentureBeat — ... Hitachi will use San Jose, Calif.-based Canesta’s 3-D sensor chip to power the first gesture-controlled TV set. The companies are showing a prototype today at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. ...

Dell launches more personalized laptops at CES
VentureBeat — ... Today at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the company is launching a couple of new customizable models in the Studio XPS line of powerful laptops. ...

CES: Smartphones To Take Center Stage
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is a great opportunity for manufacturers to showcase their latest gadgets, and smartphones generally have taken a backseat to laptops, HDTVs and other products. But with multiple players looking to make their mark, smartphones and mobility should play a prominent role at this year's show. Google's Android ...

Boing Boing Gadgets at CES: Video Report, Day Two.
Boing Boing Gadgets — (Flash embed above, downloadable MP4 version here.) In today's installment of Boing Boing Gadgets' video coverage from CES 2009 in Las Vegas: * Rob Beschizza reports from the Sony press conference. Sony Electronics president and COO Stan Glasgow unveiled new OLED and LCD TVs, "Webbie" social networking video cameras, and the P series "lifestyle devices." Rob got a hands-on demo of these 1.4 pound laptops, which retail for $900 and allow you to connect via ...

Boing Boing Gadgets at CES: Video Report, Day Two.
Boing Boing — (Flash embed above, downloadable MP4 version here.) In today's installment of Boing Boing Gadgets' video coverage from CES 2009 in Las Vegas: * Rob Beschizza reports from the Sony press conference. Sony Electronics president and COO Stan Glasgow unveiled new OLED and LCD TVs, "Webbie" social networking video cameras, and the P series "lifestyle devices." Rob got a hands-on demo of these 1.4 pound laptops, which retail for $900 and allow you to connect via WiFi, Bluetooth, or Verizon cellular ...

CES has Gone Greener for 2009
Green Daily — ... Last year's CES saw the introduction of a new "green" awareness for the consumer electronics convention, showcasing more energy-efficient and off-grid gadgets for the environmentally aware. This year, they're taking it a few steps further. The newly-dubbed Greener Gadgets Tech Zone area of the Las Vegas convention has grown from a 520 square feet section to more than 3,000 square feet this year. This is in addition to a new program where they aim to reduce the creation of carbon emissions, rather than simply purchase carbon offset points as they did last ...

Microsoft Promises TV Anytime
Contentinople: — LAS VEGAS -- 2009 International CES -- As usual, Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT)'s moves in PC, TV, and wireless phone software are the first, and often loudest, noises at this show about gadgets. For broadband service providers, the Microsoft keynote, featuring its CEO, Steve Ballmer, was a mixed bag. For all the hints of better things to come in the IPTV universe, there is the constant concern that consumers are edging ever closer to bypassing traditional pay TV services completely. Ballmer, as you might expect, tried to be optimistic in a tough economy. Shortly ...

IPEVO shows off a what a high-end digital photo frame should look like
VentureBeat — ... is one of those Taiwanese companies that doesn’t get a lot of attention. It’s been making Skype phones and other gear for a while, and now it’s showing off its first digital photo frame, the Kaleido R7. Yeah, been there, done that. There are a bunch of connected digital photo frames at the International Consumer Electronics Show. But the company is shooting for a high-end product and it looks pretty good. ...

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MeriTalk Cyber-Security Survey Highlights Work Ahead for Obama
eWeek - RSS Feeds — ... , an online community for discussions of politics and IT, has a few answers. In conjunction with the 2009 International Consumer Elecontrics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, MeriTalk released a survey of 494 Americans and 20 government Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) about their attitudes toward security. “The good news is that Americans are very concerned about identify theft and want to protect themselves,” Stephen W.T. O’Keeffe, founder of MeriTalk. “But there’s more bad news – the government has sunk billions on cyber security yet is not reaching the people – not one ...

Samson Announces Enhanced Zoom H2 Recorder
Podcasting News — ... Samson will be displaying the H2 and a other new products this week at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and next week in Anaheim at the ...

Sony CEO Talks Up Over-the-Top Content Strategies at CES
Contentinople: — LAS VEGAS -- 2009 International CES -- In what might go down as the longest keynote in the history of keynotes, Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) chairman and CEO Sir Howard Springer spent much of his two hours on stage talking about how his products will go over the top with broadband connections -- and exactly zero time discussing Sony's plans for tru2way . Springer told the crowd that by 2010, 90 percent of Sony's products will connect to each other or, wirelessly, to the Internet. One of those items will be Sony TVs that support the so-called Bravia Internet ...

Boing Boing Gadgets at CES: Video Report, Day Two.
Boing Boing — (Flash embed above, downloadable MP4 version here.) In today's installment of Boing Boing Gadgets' video coverage from CES 2009 in Las Vegas: * Rob Beschizza reports from the Sony press conference. Sony Electronics president and COO Stan Glasgow unveiled new OLED and LCD TVs, "Webbie" social networking video cameras, and the P series "lifestyle devices." Rob got a hands-on demo of these 1.4 pound laptops, which retail for $900 and allow you to connect via WiFi, Bluetooth, or Verizon cellular ...

CES 2009 Here I Am!
SOMEWHAT FRANK — ... I packed my bag last night and took the first flight possible this morning to Las Vegas to attend the Consumer Electronic Show. While packing last night, I felt very much like ...

RCA Small Wonder EZ209HD at CES
UK Gadget and Tech News, Reviews and Shopping — While there’s quite a bit of big news coming out of this year’s international CES , there is also some news on the small front with the slimmest and lightest pocket camcorder body ever. rca RCA have developed this pint-sized camcorder to rival the size of many digital photo cameras on the market. The RCA Small Wonder EZ209HD  may fit in your pocket, but it still has specs that would do you proud as a home movie director. The Small Wonder features a 2 inch display, comes with a microSD slot as well as an HDMI slot. This HD camcorder will shoot 30fps (frames per second) but there ...

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DECE Progress Is Slow-Going, Despite New Additions
Contentinople: — ... around what is the end product delivered to the consumer. We're hoping to have some specifications done by next year, so if you were to build a service or you wanted to build a device, you'd at least know what you were building. Back then, Singer also stressed that all companies involved shared a "sense of urgency" and that everybody involved "shares the sentiment of, 'Wouldn't it be great if this happened sooner rather than later?'" In a conversation with Contentinople at the 2009 International CES , Singer declined to give an ETA for the technical specifications or ...

Hottest Watch Ever
Retro Thing — ... The annual gadget orgy known as CES has once again swept tech writers around the world off their feet in a wave of orgasmic technolust. And once again, we weren't invited to partake. But we're not bitter. Nope, not us.We'll pass the weekend wandering listlessly through the quiet halls of Retro Thing HQ, moodily fantasizing about odd gadgets from the past. Like this example of convergence gone mad, submitted for our ...

CES: Intel’s Craig Barrett challenges tech community to undertake small deeds to help emerging countries
VentureBeat — Craig Barrett, the chairman of Intel, urged people to take small steps to help alleviate problems of poverty and illiteracy in the developing world. As he did so, he highlighted a handful of new technologies that make it simple to help other people. Barrett made the plea as part of his keynote speech at the Technology For Emerging Countries summit at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. He pointed to Internet-charged nonprofits such as Kiva, the Silicon Valley company that makes it easy for people to make $25 ...

Weekend Update 1.11.09
Digital Daily — There’s got to be a joke somewhere in the fact that Macworld, the Consumer Electronics Show and the AVN Awards (the “Pornies”) all happen during the same week. Maybe even one that hasn’t been played out 10 times over. All Things Digital was too busy covering two out of three this week to think of one. Digital Daily was on hand at Macworld ’09 Monday. Despite the flurry of wonky reporting about the health and/or “imminent death” of Steve Jobs–put into perspective here by ...

TVs Transform at This Year’s CES [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network — ... No longer the passive box that just displays moving pictures, television just got a whole lot more interesting at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Three big stories that emerged from CES will change how you control your TV, where you get your video content from, and what you do with it. ...

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FCC Chief To Congress: Don't Delay DTV Switch
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... requested coupons Sunday, Monday, or thereafter would be put on a waiting list. That prompted several politicians, including Obama, to call for postponement of the transition deadline. More than 1.1 million Americans are on a waiting list for coupons, and a recent report from Nielsen Media Research found that 8 million, or 7%, of American households are unprepared for the switch. Delays would only add to the confusion, Martin said. During a question-and-answer session at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, he said that many broadcasters have already begun ...

Windows 7: What It Is And What It Will Mean To You
bMighty.com - Features — ... " on Wednesday at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and praised the new operating system's "simplicity, reliability, and speed." Next Page: ...

Microsoft Tags Beta: See it. Snap it. Save or share it.
The Next Web — ... This is how Microsoft describes its new service, which has been available since the 7th of January 2009 and was showcased at the CES 2009 show: — ...

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CES : Kensington New Gadgets
Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women — ... by Kensington which they demonstrated at CES.. Not only does it look stunningly modern on your desk, but once you get used it, it's speedy and comfortable. Just choose a navigation mode to control cursor and scrolling, for instance, "media mode" controls volume, play/pause, stop, and track forward/backward, while "view" mode zooms in/out, and pans. Multi-function ball lets you easily navigate through music, pictures and documents using media or "document view" mode. Mac & PC compatible, including Windows Vista, Windows XP, and Mac OS X . Not cheap at $129 but worth it if you ...

CES: Drew Carey and Three-year-old Son Hunt for Cars, Robots (BB Video)
Boing Boing Gadgets — (Flash embed above, MP4 download here.) Television host and gadget-o-phile Drew Carey visited with the Boing Boing crew in Las Vegas to roam the blinking, beeping halls of CES 2009. He was there with his lovely fiancé, and her three year old son, Connor. Today's episode documents Connor's search for talking robots and "tiny cars I can ride in." Along the way, Drew stops at the Intel booth to check out a 47,000 VR racing system that puts you in the driver's seat on famous racetracks around the world -- the ...

BB Gadgets at CES (Video): Drew Carey and Son Hunt for Cars, Robots
Boing Boing — (Flash embed above, MP4 download here.) Television host and gadget-o-phile Drew Carey visited with the Boing Boing crew in Las Vegas to roam the blinking, beeping halls of CES 2009. He was there with his lovely fiancé, and her three year old son, Connor. Today's episode documents Connor's search for talking robots and "tiny cars I can ride in." Along the way, Drew stops at the Intel booth to check out a 47,000 VR racing system that puts you in the driver's seat on famous racetracks around the world -- the system includes ...

CES: Are 3-D glasses moving beyond the gimmick stage? Nah
VentureBeat — ... When you see hundreds of products in five days, you seem to get a broader understanding of the trends that are driving them. This feeling doesn’t last for long, so I need to spill the beans now about what I noticed at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Here’s my first post on the subject. ...

CES 2009: Everyone Wants to Talk to Facebook
All Facebook — ... Large brands like Intel, Toshiba and AMD asked us for introductions to people we know at Facebook. Often, executives gave us duplicates of their cards – seemingly hoping that we would hand it to the appropriate Facebook deal maker later that afternoon. We found this highly unusual behavior for large companies who are used to deals chasing them. The CES show itself is embracing social media in a big way, using a Facebook fan page and a ...

CES overview: the pervasive trends for this year’s technology
VentureBeat — ... at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. But here are observations about the other prevailing trends among the 2,700 exhibitors at the show. ...

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Intel sees steep declined in revenues and net income
VentureBeat — ... Yet Otellini said that the evidence shows so far that netbook sales are not cannibalizing traditional laptop sales. He said that netbooks were a source of excitement at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week. ...

Party ends at AMD with pay cuts and layoffs of 9 percent
VentureBeat — ... at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week a bid to make a comeback, but it has no offerings for popular low-cost netbook market and can’t afford to match Intel in every chip market anymore. The positive thing is that AMD has been regaining market share in the past six months in the graphics chip market since it launched a more popular series of chips in June. ...

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Atheros Communications chief Craig Barratt foresees Wi-Fi spreading like wildfire
VentureBeat — ... Stationary consumer electronics Wi-Fi units grew 51 percent to 48 million units in 2008, while portable devices were up 33 percent to 71 million. At the recent International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Barratt said he believes Wi-Fi is spreading into more markets and fending off challenges from other wireless technologies. ...

Synaptics’ Francis Lee on the magic of touch
VentureBeat — ... laptop computers. It has a commanding market share of the touch pads that are used in notebook computers. It created the touch wheel used in the Apple iPod and has moved on to supply touch technologies for all sorts of gadgets. In the first fiscal quarter ended Sept. 30, the Nasdaq-traded company posted revenues of $115.9 million, up 34 percent from a year ago, and earnings of $14 million, up 23 percent from a year earlier. The company has 450 people now. I caught up with Lee at the International Consumer Electronics Show. ...

Digitalsmiths Nabs Cisco Cash
Contentinople: — ... at the 2009 International CES , hoping to capture some large media conglomerate customers with the software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Cisco's key value proposition is to afford media companies an easy way to build, manage, and analyze traffic across multiple sites through a single platform. Cisco's Eos is designed to be particularly strong from a social networking point of view, which is one reason it was chosen by Warner Music to be the backend for the studio's Websites for artists ...

Dreamworks and Intel pull out the glasses for a wacky 3-D Super Bowl
VentureBeat — ... This faith in 3-D is proof that Howard Stringer, chief executive of Sony, was right about what he said during his keynote speech at the International Consumer Electronics Show. Stringer said that Katzenberg was the ...

RITHM
JoshSpear.com — ... , brings us floor speakers that produce sound so refined it takes a master’s degree in acoustics to understand the ear pleasure you’re experiencing. While the RITHM speakers were the talk of CES 2009 for their performance, that’s not the only punch they pack. RITHMs appear outlandish and futuristic–yet warm–in their wooden exterior. This isn’t just a sound system, it’s architecture. ...

CES: No Replacement for Macworld Expo
The Mac Observer — ... on February 18th, 2009 at 4:35 PM [image] There's been a lot of talk recently about the value of a Macworld Expo versus the value of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) happening around the same time each year. For those of you unfamiliar, CES is a ginormous "industry trade show" (the general public is usually not allowed in) held in Las Vegas each year at the beginning of January. How big is it? IDG claims Macworld Expo has over 400 exhibitors. CES claims 2700 . Macworld Expo claims approximately 40,000 attendees -- CES claims 110,000. The Moscone Center, where Expo is ...

Canesta scores its 37th U.S. patent for gesture-control technology
VentureBeat — ... GestureTek has told me that they have a rich set of patents in the field of gesture control. But two-dimensional gesture control is very different from 3-D gesture control, which is the kind of thing that Canesta does. Canesta has raised more than $58 million from Carlyle Venture Partners, Honda Motor Co., Hotung Capital Management, Korea Global IT Fund, and Venrock Associates. It was founded in 1999. Check out our video of Canesta’s technology in action at the International Consumer Electronics Show. ...

What Apple and Google Could Teach AMD and FLOSS
LinuxInsider — ... a Bruce Lee movie.) Product of the Week: Cisco Linksys Director I've been a Sonos fan since I first discovered the company. It created a platform that was easy to install, very easy to use, and would actually play the same song in every room in the house at the same time. This last is something only Sonos and some companies with incredibly high-end offerings could do -- until now. Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) More about Cisco Systems launched its home media products at CES , and the one that stands out as a true alternative to Sonos is its Director . I've ...

Macworld Expo 2010 Pushed to February
Mac|Life all RSS Feed — ... this year's show to start a dialogue about what the Expo would look like when Apple quits the scene. Today IDG has announced that the 2010 Macworld Expo will be held February 9 through 13 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Traditionally, this Expo is held in early January, but this change was made from feedback from Expo exhibitors and attendees, who could now theoretically squeeze in both Macworld and the ever-growing Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, which will happen January 7 through 10, 2010 . Apple is rumored to be appearing at CES 2010, which would ...

February 9-13: Macworld Doesn’t Roll Over and Die [TheAppleBlog]
GigaOM Network — ... If you’ll recall, this year Macworld and CES overlapped, forcing some exhibitors to choose one over the other. Given the increased Mac presence CES has planned for next year, avoiding such an overlap in the future makes even more sense. The move will benefit both conventions, as neither will have to vie for the attention of media outlets. ...

Moxi refreshes DVR with Hulu, CBS, Netflix, YouTube
VentureBeat — ... The Moxi HD DVR made its premier earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Positioning itself as a subscription-free alternative to devices like cable DVR units and Tivo, the Moxi HD DVR lets users unify the viewing of cable, PC, and web-based media all through one device. At launch, the Moxi HD DVR garnered attention with its slick (and eventually Emmy award-winning) menu system, its slew of high-def DVR features (recording and storing shows in HD, etc.), and integration with photo sharing site ...

Moxi uses online video to sweeten its high-def DVR
VentureBeat — ... The Moxi HD DVR made its premier earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Positioning itself as a subscription-free alternative to devices like cable DVR units and ...

Widgets Will Spark Internet TV
Internet Evolution: — ... are key to the Chumby , and to increasing numbers of cellular phones, such as the Samsung Corp. Omnia , Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications ' Xperia X1 , and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)'s Android handsets. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) for a few years has offered widgets for FiOS TV customers , and upgraded features are on the way. The concept really began to generate excitement during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in January, when Yahoo Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), Intel ...

Clearwire Launching WiMAX in Las Vegas [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network — ... news for conventioneers (especially the numerous tech-focused shows in the area every year) and casino attendees, never mind the locals, who will get to play with the new 4G technology. Day passes are available for $10, with mobile plans starting at $30 for 2GB of usage, and $40 for unlimited use at home or on the go. Clear claims it provides download speeds of up to 4Mbps and upload up to 500Kbps. But how will the network hold up when the gadget-heavy Consumer Electronics Show comes to town next January? ...

CES 2010 registration now up
Krunker — ... Registration is now open for CES 2010 over at http://www.cesweb.org/. Registration is free to industry professionals only through Sept. 30th. Starting on October 1st, the registration fee will be $100 dollars. This will increase to $200 dollars on January 2nd.  Yes.. we’ll be at CES 2010 again! Can’t wait! ...

Article: 2010 International CES iLounge Pavilion Exhibitor List
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — ... premium in-car accessories, affordable iPod and iPhone attachments, and case designers, as well as names familiar across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, as well as a collection of smaller developers. Additional vendors will become public on the Exhibitor List in the lead-up to the event. If your company has not yet signed up for the 2010 CES, contact CEA Senior Account Executive Tira Gordon at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) today, and see the official 2010 International CES web site for more details. We look forward to seeing you in Las ...

WSJ vs. Engadget: Will Apple Make CES 2010?
BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily — ... ) will participate in the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January of 2010. CES is an event that Apple has typically eschewed, opting instead for Macworld in San Francisco, taking place at the same time, but the company announced last year that it would no longer attend that show. That raises the question of whether CEO Steve Jobs, who returned to Apple last month from a medical leave, will be offering the keynote in Vegas. ...

Palm Pre to be unveiled in UK Tuesday
Macworld — ... at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show and has been hotly anticipated by technology fans ever since. Aside from its US launch, the Pre has made the occasional, heavily guarded appearance at industry events. Last week, Palm unveiled a second smartphone to take advantage of its WebOS, the ...

iPad rumors abound! Apple to announce on January 19! Shipping in May!
CrunchGear — ... just posted a list of exciting new rumors about the iPad including the announce date – around January 19, just in time to relegate CES news to the dustbin of history – and that it will be available in May. The device is just awaiting Steve Jobs’ signature on the dotted line. ...

CES 2010 highlights and coverage
Techradar - All the latest technology news — Welcome to TechRadar's CES 2010 page, where we'll be hosting all our CES 2010 coverage when the show kicks off on January 7th. In the meantime, make a note of these important dates: Key dates Opening keynote: 6th January 2010 (Microsoft's Steve Ballmer) Show dates: 7th January - 10th January Free registration: closes October 1st 2009; costs $100 until January 2nd, and $200 on-site thereafter. Contacts CES website CES registration page Recent news CES 2010: ...

CES Exhibits Plus Pass Giveaway
iLounge | All Things iPod, iPhone, iTunes and beyond — ... are giving away CES Exhibits Plus passes (valued at $200) to 100 lucky winners. Winners can visit the all new iLounge Pavilion, the first unified pavilion area for iPod and iPhone products to be offered at an International Consumer Electronics Show. Please visit CESweb.org for information on exhibitors, maps, directions and more. Enter now by filling out the form below. Good Luck! Full Name Address City State Postal Code Phone Number Email Official Rules: This giveaway begins as of this posting and ends on November 30, 2009 at 11:59PM Pacific Time. No purchase is necessary ...

California Energy Commission rule to impact HDTV industry
Macworld — ... "Energy Star is a badge of honor for manufacturers. This is a mandatory standard." In spite of all the fuss, it turns out that the CEC mandate is not especially stringent vis-à-vis what Energy Star has planned. In fact, by the time the first wave of CEC regulations enter into effect in 2011, Energy Star 4.0 will be in place. And since Energy Star 4.0 launches in May 2010, it's a safe bet that manufacturers will be introducing Energy Star 4.0 models into their lineups at the upcoming 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. In an increasingly competitive and commoditized ...

Boxee Box Will Be Demoed at CES: Source
NewTeeVee — ... Boxee will be showing off a prototype of its widely anticipated standalone set-top box at next year’s Consumer Electronics Show, according to a source close to the company who asked not to be named, with commercial deployment slated for sometime in the first half of 2010. ...

Boxee Box Will Be Demoed at CES: Source [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network — ... Boxee will be showing off a prototype of its widely anticipated standalone set-top box at next year’s Consumer Electronics Show, according to a source close to the company who asked not to be named, with commercial deployment slated for sometime in the first half of 2010. ...

Warner Bros dumps HD DVD for Blu-ray
Macworld — ... stunted and companies like Warner have lost potential sales. Warner said the decision was made in part as a response to this situation. “A two-format landscape has led to consumer confusion and indifference toward high definition, which has kept the technology from reaching mass adoption and becoming the important revenue stream that it can be for the industry,” said Kevin Tsujihara, president of Warner’s home entertainment group in a statement. The move comes on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show , which kicks off on Monday in Las Vegas, and is sure to light a fire ...

PSP 3D viewer release appears slightly more distant
Joystiq — ... , originally announced for a holiday release, will now be launched at CES, which takes place January 7-10. At least it's a specific release period. ...

Boxee beta announced for December 7 release
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... There will be a 4-week early-access period before the beta version is officially released on January 7 at CES. Those who want a sneak preview do need to ...