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CES up and running: Day three

Day three of CES 2006 brought out even more stars, along with fun, games, and other diversions.

Tags: Games, diversion, CES 2006, Consumer Electronics Show, game

Image galleries 2006-01-07

CES up and running: Day three

Day three of CES 2006 brought out even more stars, along with fun, games, and other diversions.

Tags: Games, CES 2006, diversion, Consumer Electronics Show, game

Image galleries 2006-01-07

Photos: Gadget maker spins 'smallest indoor helicopter'

At CES 2006, Interactive Toy Concepts is unveiling the Micro Mosquito, designed for aerial stunts in the home or office.

Tags: CES 2006, helicopter

Image galleries 2006-01-03

Photos: Gadget maker spins 'smallest indoor helicopter'

At CES 2006, Interactive Toy Concepts is unveiling the Micro Mosquito, designed for aerial stunts in the home or office.

Tags: CES 2006, helicopter

Image galleries 2006-01-03

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CES 2009: World's thinnest plasma is 8.8mm thick [day 3]

Panasonic has taken the crown again for world's thinnest plasma with their 1/3-in. thick NeoPDP HDTV: This recently-developed NeoPDP technology has been incorporated into two types of PDPs: a super high-efficiency 42-inch PDP "that achieves triple luminance efficiency while reducing the power consumption...

Tags: Panel, Panasonic, Power Consumption, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-08

DirecTV kills its Media Center tuner project

Nearly three years ago, at CES 2006, DirecTV announced that it was working on a tuner that would allow Windows Media Center to receive high-definition premium satellite signals. Earlier this year, there were rumors that the project was in beta test, and several high-profile web sites even spotted the hardware...

Tags: Media Center PC, DirecTV, Media Center PCs, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Microsoft Windows, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott

Blog posts 2008-12-09

RIP MSN Direct SPOT watches, so few of us knew thee well

I am probably one of the few who actually bought a SPOT watch and have been paying for the yearly service since they were launched back in 2004. I found the technology interesting, but it took a year or so for the watches to evolve into something smaller and more...

Tags: MSN, Watch, SPOT, GPS, Microsoft Windows, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Don't underestimate Samsung digital cameras

While camera enthusiasts may be reluctant to count the Korean electronics giant among "real" camera vendors, Reuters is reporting that big names like Canon and Nikon are and should be worried about Samsung's big push into the digital camera market. Quoting IDC research, Reuters reports that Samsung more than doubled...

Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Digital Camera, Camera, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Janice Chen

Blog posts 2008-03-17

Decoding AMD's 45nm processor announcement

After a dismal 2007, AMD is trying to regain its footing. The company made several technology announcements at a computer tradeshow in Hannover, Germany last week--including progress on 45nm processors. But it remains to be seen whether AMD can deliver on all of this, and be more competitive in 2008....

Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Penryn, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-03-11

Report: sales of carrier-grade routers and switches up 16% in 2007

That's the carrier-strength Cisco 12000 Series Router and its configuration. Suitable intro to a new report from Infonetics Research that says that worldwide sales of service provider routers and switches totaled $11.2 billion in 2007, up 16%  from 2006. The...

Tags: Router, Sales, Cisco Systems Inc., Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-02-26

Yahoo going on a diet?

The blogosphere is busy with rumors of Yahoo laying off up to 20 percent of its workforce Techmeme, which numbers about 12,000. Silicon Alley Insider reported from a source that the potential layoffs are tied in part to Yahoo's stock performance: The "list" is reportedly the...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Layoff, Stock, Yahoo! Inc., Blogosphere, Workforce Management, Investment, Strategy, Human Resources, Finance, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-20

Don't believe the low bit-rate 'HD' lie

Update 6:00PM - Here’s what fake HD video looks like. Last week at CES, Comcast announced their "HD" video on demand download service over its future DOCSIS 3.0 that allows 4 minute downloads of entire HD movies.  Attendees at MacWorld this week were told that disk-based HD...

Tags: Apple Inc., Video, Blu-ray, Mbps, HD, Microsoft XBOX Service, Corporate Communications, Hd Dvd, Marketing, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-01-18

Plasma TV makers surge back after being written off

Plasma TV makers surge back after being written offNew Plasma's absolutely stunningI too wrote of Plasma but was wow'd at CES. One inch think at thickest point with black levels that virtually cast end the need to even measure that metric.Seems like 2009 is a whole new generation of incredible...

Tags: TVs, Monitors & displays, TV & Home Theater, plasma, TV, plasma TV

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

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 2008 was not the year of the mobile phone with nothing major announced IMHO. Back at CES 2006, Windows Mobile...

Tags: Consumer Electronics Show, Phone, Nokia Corp., Mobile, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Cell Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2008-01-09

Headed to CES? Don't pack your extra Li-Ion batteries!

Headed to CES? Don't pack your extra Li-Ion batteries!"who knew there was such a threat?" - What???Maybe if you were asleep at the tech wheel for the last 2 years you might have missed the excitement...Here's a refresher from ZDNet's archives:http://search.zdnet.com/index.php?t=0&s=20&o=0&q=battery+recallAnd an entertaining vid:http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/14/the-stages-of-an-exploding-laptop-battery/I was awake then--just napping now!Right! Of...

Tags: Engineering, Li-Ion Batteries, battery

Discussion threads 2008-01-07

Gates gives CES keynote swan song--no fireworks

At his annual Consumer Electronics Show opening keynote address, Bill Gates made a few announcements as he prepares to head into the sunset...sort of. In July this year Bill Gates will no longer be part of the day-to-day operation of Microsoft. He has been gradually moving...

Tags: Software, PC, Xbox Live, Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Media Center PCs, Tablets, Game Players, Tools & Techniques, Notebooks, Desktops, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-06

Will you be having sex with a robot in five years' time?

I will resist suggesting I am starting off the New Year with a bang when I reveal that a new and very important and/or disturbing depending on whether you have laced your cornflakes with a David Copperfield mushroom or two thesis has now been published as a book. ...

Tags: Chris Matyszczyk, Emerging Technologies, Robot, Robots, Technology

Blog posts 2008-01-02

The iPhone and HTC devices were the most discussed and most popular of 2007

The news slows down during the holiday season before the big rush of CES and it gives us some time to reflect on the past year. I'll be posting a year in review for mobile devices shortly, but wanted to first post lists of the most popular and most discussed...

Tags: Apple iPhone, High Tech Computer Corp., Mobile, News, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2007-12-27

Within days of Taser International going on defensive due to one death, another 3 men die

In case you missed my coverage of the consumer-oriented Tasers that were on display at CES earlier this year, you can see our video showing how a hot pink-colored consumer-oriented taser pictured left was used to immobilize a CES-showgoer. The consumer-oriented model isn't as robust as the model used...

Tags: Death, TASER International Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-19

Open challenge to Microsoft's Robbie Bach: If Zune is #2 after X-Mas, I'll shave my head

This is Microsoft's chance to get even with me for anything I've written that it doesn't agree with. It's all in good fun which we need more of in this industry and it's a great way to exhibit how passionate if not disputatious journalists and vendors are when it...

Tags: SanDisk Corp., Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Story, Microsoft Corp., Digital Media, Digital Music, Media Players, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-10-03