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CES: New Wireless audio and video solutions could finally spell the end for hard wiring: Here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, there are several technology providers demonstrating advancements in the wireless distribution of Hi Definition video as well as surround sound audio. Two solution providers I spoke with -- Open Interface and Tzero (both of whose technologies would be embedded in other...; Tags: General, Entertainment, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Video, Events, CES 2007, Wireless Report Card, Video@CES, audio; Blog posts 2007-01-24
CES Big Picture #3: Oh ye cable, R.I.P. Wireless cometh and take ye away: Its now going on two weeks since CES has ended and so far, Ive posted two big picture pieces; one on when size stopped mattering and the other on how Hi-Definitions virtuous circle is finally complete. Last week, I was at Mashup Camp 3 at MIT so I held off...; Tags: General, Entertainment, Mobile, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, Disruptive Technology, Wireless Report Card, VoIP Hardware@CES, credit card, wireless, Consumer Electronics Show; Blog posts 2007-01-23
The untold part of the iPhone story and FairPlay to get fairer?: Between CES last week, a holiday weekend, and Mashup Camp and Mashup University this week, Ive been too distracted to circle back to Apples iPhone that many said upstaged all of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. From a press perspective, that may indeed be true. Almost in shock,...; Tags: General, Entertainment, Mobile, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Motorola Q Review, Apple, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, Apple iPhone, Consumer Electronics Show; Blog posts 2007-01-19
CES Big Picture #2: When size stops mattering: While the hi-def ecosystem was completing its virtuous circle in what seemed to be every other booth in all the square mileage of boothspace that was CES 2007, another less noticeable trend was lurking beneath the surface: miniaturization.For years, technology has often been about things getting smaller. Back in 1986,...; Tags: Ultramobile PCs (UMPCs), Corporate governance, Network technology, memory, microSD Card, Consumer Electronics Show, MicroSD, cable, ultramobile PC, hard drive; Blog posts 2007-01-16
CES Big Picture #1 (no pun intended): Hi-Def virtuous circle is complete: On the heels of returning from the Consumer Electronics Show last week, a lot of people are asking the obvious questions:What was the big news?Did you see anything interesting or cool?Given how Ive been reflecting on my visit to Las Vegas in order to answer these questions, it seemed equally...; Tags: General, Entertainment, Personal Technology, Hollywood On Demand, Events, CES 2007, Disruptive Technology, Consumer Electronics Show; Blog posts 2007-01-16

A closer look at three new Skype phones: While I was at the Skype press conference at CES and got a good look at the several new phones that were announced, Garrett Smith of the Smith on VoIP blog also grabbed some hands-on first impressions about the products being debuted.Heres some of his reactions to each. First the...; Tags: General, Products, Skype, CES 2007, Skype Technologies S.A., telephone; Blog posts 2007-01-15
CES: Noise-cancelling Bluetooth headsets, virtual keyboards, the "Tab 'n Turn" and more: As my week at CES neared its end, I hit the show floor one more time for four more drive-bys: my short video takes on cool gadgets some of which youre sure to find interesting. While standing outside of CNETs news room (a trailer parked in front of the Las...; Tags: Keyboards, CD, keyboard, USB flash drive, Consumer Electronics Show, Bluetooth headset, headset; Blog posts 2007-01-12
EPOS Digital Pen may prove low-tech is the way to go for capturing pen strokes: For decades, engineers have been trying to figure out how to turn our pen strokes into usable data. In other words, I write something down with a pen and the image of what I wrote is not only captured as an image that can be stored in the computer, it...; Tags: General, Personal Technology, Video, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, Disruptive Technology, EPOS Digital, Graffiti, handwriting, pen, tablet; Blog posts 2007-01-12
What about script-based call settings for eBay SkypeMe?: Last night at one of those Consumer Electronics Show par-tays, I found myself downing Fiji Waters and chattin with friend Phil Wolff. Phil runs Skype Journal.All of a sudden, the conversation turned to those "Skype Me" buttons that eBay sellers can place next to some of their listings. You know,...; Tags: General, Skype, CES 2007, eBay Inc., Skype Technologies S.A.; Blog posts 2007-01-11
Frog Design router/AP is cool: but Vonage has bigger amphibians to fry: Vonage was at CES, happy-talking its new baby service bundle as opposed to the powerful triple and quadruple play stuffwith EarthLinks muni Wi-Fi. And oh yes, seen at their booth the Frog Design router/access point combo- one designed by Vonage and FD rather than simply sent down the pipe by...; Tags: General, Vonage, CES 2007, Frog Design, Vonage Holdings Corp.; Blog posts 2007-01-11
CES: Wireless payments at the register with your cell phone are around the corner: After seeing the demonstration that Visa just gave me at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Im pretty sure it wont be too long before many of us will be paying for everything from our groceries to our Dunkin Donuts wirelessly with our cell phones. Visa had a "pod"...; Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Mobile, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, Disruptive Technology, credit card, telephone, Near Field Communication; Blog posts 2007-01-11
CES: World's #1 gamer Jonathan Wendel a.k.a. Fatal1ty on life as a pro-gamer: A couple of nights ago, I had the opportunity to interview Rafik Bryant a.k.a. LoSt CaUzE -- a kid at least to me that makes an insane amount of money at professional video gaming. I caught up with Bryant at a CES after hours press event known as Showstoppers. Bryant...; Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, Entertainment, Personal Technology, Video, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, Fatal1ty, Jonathan Wendel; Blog posts 2007-01-11
CES: A weather predicting umbrella, cell phone backup, the MoJo Mouse and more....: Here at CES, in between stops for the longer product discussions that Ive had with many of the exhibitors so far, Ive been doing what I call drive-bys. This is where I stop for really quick takes at some products or gadgets that might be of interest to some members...; Tags: General, Mobile, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Telephony, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, For the Road Warrior, telephone, Backup-Pal; Blog posts 2007-01-11
CES: Samsung releases solid state ultra-mobile Q1 with no moving parts: Here a the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung launched a successor to its popular Q1 ultra mobile PC UMPC called the Q1P SSD. Its the first Q1 to use an SSD solid state flash memory-based hard drive in place of a conventional rotational media-based hard drive....; Tags: CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, Events, For the Road Warrior, General, Mobile, Personal Technology, Q1 ultra-mobile PC, Q1 UMPC, Q1P SSD, Video, Wired &, Wireless; Blog posts 2007-01-10
Look ma, no light! Nanotech is behind ultra-sensitivity of Planet82's "Nano-Cam" sensor: If youre like me, then maybe youve been hearing a lot about nanotechnology but havent yet seen the benefits of it in any of the products coming to market. Well, here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, that changed for me when I got a look at what...; Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, Personal Technology, Security, Events, CES 2007, Disruptive Technology, Planet82, camera, nanotechnology, Nano-Cam, Planet82s; Blog posts 2007-01-10
Taser's hot pink consumer model used to immobilize CES showgoer: This is one of those cases where words simply cannot do the story justice. Here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, we set up a scene where Ive got the hot date and the hot car and an assailant a CES attendee who volunteered to be tazed who...; Tags: General, Personal Technology, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, Taser, Consumer Electronics Show; Blog posts 2007-01-10
CES: Nabaztag is a digital WiFi rabbit that will jump pretty high for you: Given that ZDNet is primarily for a business audience, Im constantly on the lookout for those products that straddle the fence between work and play. Smartphones that can store pictures and movies of your kids while managing your corporate email inbox are one example of a technology that qualifies. Here...; Tags: General, Personal Technology, Wired &, Wireless, Video, Events, CES 2007, Cool Tech Gear, rabbit, Nabaztag, Nabaztag does:The; Blog posts 2007-01-10
Thought Microsoft's 'Live' branding was confusing before? Just wait: Anyone who has attempted to keep track of which services Microsoft is rechristening as "Live" versus branding as MSN knows theres little if any rhyme or reason to Microsofts madness. (I think I saw a sign in the Microsoft booth at the Consumer Electronics show this week for...; Tags: Windows client, Windows Live, Corporate strategy, Windows Mobile, Xbox, CES 2007; Blog posts 2007-01-10
CES short takes: little gadgets with big potential: At CES, smaller companies get tucked into the corners of the large exhibit halls or shunted off to the "overflow area" at the Sands. I spent Monday morning looking at some of the exhibits in these off-the-beaten-track locations and found four interesting gadgets:The PepperPad 3 is a $699 handheld web...; Tags: Hardware, CES 2007; Blog posts 2007-01-10
My 42 minutes with Michael Dell: What do you do when youre the founder of the worlds biggest computer company and bloggers keep telling you how much your company sucks? If youre Michael Dell, you invite a bunch of those bloggers to a private meeting room at the Las Vegas Hilton for a wide-ranging, unscripted conversation.I...; Tags: Hardware, CES 2007, Dell Computer Corp.; Blog posts 2007-01-10