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NEWS ABOUT: Consumer Electronics Show

Consumer Electronics Show stories: 19 news summaries

 Recession Takes Bite 
 Out of CES Buzz 

Attendance down at Las Vegas electronics expo

Jan 9, 09 1:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Whether or not the gadgets make a splash, this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Vegas is certainly a low-voltage affair, Reuters reports. The sputtering economy has slashed turnout at the expo, which in years past hosted “so many people it’s hard to walk around.” And tech... More »

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Las Vegas • consumer electronics • Consumer Electronics Show • CES • gadget • economic downturn • attendance

PRODUCT REVIEW

 Palm Pre Gets Big Thumbs Up 

Demo of new smartphone has revi

Jan 9, 09 4:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Palm's new Pre smartphone is the hottest product at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show by a long stretch, a smitten Lance Ulanoff writes at PC Magazine. Ulanoff heard a lot about the Pre before yesterday's rollout, but was still blown away by the smartphone's impressive specs, fresh interface, and groundbreaking... More »

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cell phones • Treo • smartphones • cell phone industry • operating system • Palm • Consumer Electronics Show

OPINION

 Cool Tech at CES, 
 But It's Useless 

3-D TVs, wristwatch cellphone are among the excellent gadgets

Jan 8, 09 2:39 PM CST
(Newser) - The 2009 Consumer Electronics Show is full of “incredible technology,” Larry Magid writes for CNET. Problem is, it’s all “in search of a practical purpose,” making this year the “year of the gimmick.” Magid runs down a few wowee gadgets of dubious usefulness.... More »

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cell phones • Las Vegas • digital camera • Consumer Electronics Show • gadget • 3-D • 2009 • projector • 3D television

 Ballmer Opens Up 
 Windows 7 Beta 

Beta version of Vista successor available to the public starting tomorrow

Jan 8, 09 5:25 AM CST
(Newser) - Windows 7 Beta will be launched to the public tomorrow, Steve Ballmer told the Consumer Electronics Show yesterday. The Microsoft chief, filling the keynote slot held by Bill Gates in the previous 11 years, told the audience that the operating system would be a return to the "special sauce"... More »

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Microsoft • Windows • Microsoft Vista • operating system • Steve Ballmer • Microsoft Live Search • Windows Live • cloud computing • Consumer Electronics Show • Windows 7

analysis

 Intel Losses 
 Dull Luster of 
 Gadget Show 

Revenue slump looms over Consumer Electronic Show

Jan 7, 09 5:12 PM CST
(Newser) - Intel's prediction today of abysmal holiday losses has cast a shadow over the year's flashiest gadget show, which starts tomorrow, writes Brooke Crothers of CNET. Fourth-quarter revenue is expected to be down 23% from 2007 and 20% from the third quarter. Intel is the world's biggest chip maker, and the... More »

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Taiwan • recession • consumer electronics • Consumer Electronics Show • economy • computer sales • computer hardware • gadget • Intel Corp • chip industry

Boom in Netbook Sales Powers New Features

At CES, the line blurs between netbooks and laptops

Jan 6, 09 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - An unexpected 10 million netbooks—scaled down, lower-priced laptops—were  sold in 2008, sending tech companies racing into the market, the Wall Street Journal reports. At this week’s Consumer Electronics Show, market segments like cell phones and PCs seem to be converging faster than ever as they try to... More »

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tech sector • Qualcomm • Consumer Electronics Show • personal computers • Netbooks • Hewlett-Packard

 3D in the Comfort of Home 

Pushes failed in the 50s, 70s, but experts think we're ready to enter a new dimension

Jan 5, 09 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Twice before, the entertainment industry has tried to get people excited about watching 3D movies and sporting events in their own living rooms. The idea fizzled both times, but this time it has a chance, reports the Los Angeles Times. At this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, manufacturers... More »

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entertainment • television • technology • consumer electronics • Consumer Electronics Show • 3D movie

Uneasy Lies the Yahoo That Wears Crown

Portal eyes overhaul
to preserve slipping top-dog status

Jan 14, 08 2:52 PM CST
(Newser) - With Google, Facebook, and MySpace gnawing at its top-dog status, Yahoo is reinventing some foundation applications to make them appeal to a new generation of users, reports the New York Times. First step? Turbocharging Yahoo Mail to make it more a communications hub and less a post office, a prototype... More »

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Yahoo • Google • MySpace • Facebook • Jerry Yang • Consumer Electronics Show • Yahoo Mail • web portal • web traffic

OPINION

Tech Doldrums Coming in '08

But 2009 will bring boom, predicts ABC 'Silicon Insider'
Michael Malone

Jan 11, 08 3:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Expect a tech recession this year, says Michael Malone of ABCNews.com. He predicts a failure by Apple to produce any new blockbuster products, forcing it to compete on price and distribution—“not its greatest strengths”—and a “major stumble” by Google, for which he cites the... More »

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technology • Panasonic • Consumer Electronics Show • Plasma TV • Sony XEL 1 • gadget

TV Content Stars at Vegas Show

What viewers see, more than what they see it on, in focus at CES

Jan 10, 08 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Televisions were all over the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, including some of the biggest, thinnest ones around, showing the crispest pictures ever, the New York Times reports. But exhibitors' focus was much more on what viewers will be seeing on those TVs, with several manufacturers unveiling... More »

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television • technology • NBC • Las Vegas • HDTV • consumer electronics • Consumer Electronics Show

AT&T Considering Online Filtering

Companies may seek out and block transfers of copyrighted material

Jan 9, 08 6:40 AM CST
(Newser) - AT&T and several partners are considering means of implementing network filtering technology that would block the transfer of copyrighted media, according to a recent panel at the annual Consumer Electronics Show. The technology would allow an ISP to continuously scan for material that appears to be copyrighted. Privacy groups... More »

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AT and T • packet filtering • Consumer Electronics Show

OPINION

Departing Gates Plays Tired Tune at Vegas Show

Critic sees lame-duck Microsoft boss coming up short on new ideas

Jan 8, 08 12:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Bill Gates' last speech to the Consumer Electronics Show as Microsoft chairman left the audience underwhelmed, New York Times blogger Saul Hansell reports. Gates had few exciting new developments to report and instead chose to speak of the "digital decade"—hardly breaking news for the audience at a... More »

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Microsoft • MSN • Bill Gates • Apple • Xbox • Consumer Electronics Show

Gates: Vista Is ‘Very Successful’

Outgoing head defends Microsoft's new OS

Jan 7, 08 3:40 PM CST
(Newser) - On his way out the door, Bill Gates is defending Windows Vista, the OS that has failed to woo consumers away from Microsoft's older Windows XP. "I think a lot of people would say it was the best new product of the year,” Gates said in an interview... More »

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Microsoft • Bill Gates • Microsoft Vista • Consumer Electronics Show

Gates Rocks (on His Way) Out

Gives his last CES keynote as CEO, unveils deals, plays swan song

Jan 7, 08 8:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Bill Gates kicked off a Consumer Electronics Show for the last time as Microsoft CEO last night, announcing a major deal with ABC/Disney and MGM to distribute content via Xbox sets. He also unveiled an exclusive internet deal with NBC to broadcast video from the 2008 Olympics that he said... More »

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Microsoft • Bill Gates • partnership • Consumer Electronics Show

HD DVD Not Dead Yet: Toshiba

Despite Warner Bros. exit, company says format hasn't lost

Jan 7, 08 6:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Toshiba executives claim the company's HD DVD platform hasn't yet lost the heated format war, despite the recent announcement from Warner Bros. that the studio will release film titles exclusively in the rival Blu-Ray format. Backers of the HD DVD format will exhibit their wares at the Consumer Electronics Show. More »

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HD DVD • Toshiba • Blu ray • Consumer Electronics Show

Electronics Show Struggles to Green Up

Energy-guzzling expo buys carbon offsets, touts greener gadgets

Jan 5, 08 10:27 AM CST
(Newser) - The massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, which kicks off Monday, is trying to beat its seriously "ungreen" rep by buying carbon offsets for the equivalent of 2.3 million gallons of gasoline it takes to power the extravaganza, the size of 35 football fields. It will also... More »

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environment • carbon footprint • Consumer Electronics Show • CES

Intel Bails on Kid Laptop Project

Feud over rival computer sales

Jan 4, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Intel has dropped out of its uneasy partnership with the "One Laptop Per Child" global nonprofit program, designed to put inexpensive computers in the hands of millions of children in developing countries. Intel has been feuding with project founder Nicholas  Negroponte, an MIT professor on leave who developed the... More »

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Intel • MIT • XO • One Laptop Per Child • Nicholas Negroponte • Consumer Electronics Show • Classmate • Advanced Micro Devices Inc.

Wireless Tech to Cut HDTV Cord

Rival picture slingers are finally heading
to market

Jan 3, 08 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Electronics companies are finally going to get rid of that ugly cord running from your lovely HDTV to its cable box. At least three different wireless high-definition technologies will be duking it out beginning Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and manufacturers promise you’ll be able... More »

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television • wireless • MPAA • HDTV • WiFi • Consumer Electronics Show • ultra wideband • WirelessHD • cable box • wireless technology

Cars Get Gadgety Makeovers

Vegas electronics show will preview next wave of tech upgrades

Jan 2, 08 1:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Cars could be the next must-have gadget, the Wall Street Journal reports, with Ford making Microsoft's Sync system standard issue on many models just a sign of things to come. Bringing the comforts of the digital age to the road will be a major theme of this year’s Consumer... More »

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Microsoft • auto industry • Ford Focus • Consumer Electronics Show • Microsoft Sync • Toyota Corolla • gadget

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