CES News
Shades of green
It didn't matter how fast, how cheap or how innovative a new product was at this year's Consumer Electronics Show — if it wasn't green, it wasn't making headlines....
The economy's CE victims
Revenue growth in the consumer electronics industry is unlikely this year, according to Gary Shapiro, president and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association...
Will Palm's webOS woo developers?
In hopes of reinvigorating its brand, fallen PDA leader Palm ditched its legacy operating system and introduced a completely new one at the Consumer Electronics Show....
LG's Wireless Trend to Watch
Dick Tracy and James Bond have nothing on LG. At the Consumer Electronics Show, it wowed attendees with the world's first touch-screen watch phone, the LG-GD910....
CES: Mobile TV hits the road
ICO, Alcatel-Lucent demo in-car mobile TV, while MediaFLO, AT&T announce their own vehicular offerings...
CES: Sony CEO demos power of carrier partnerships
LAS VEGAS – Although admitting he is not recession-proof, Sony Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sir Howard Stringer told Consumer Electronics Show attendees the key imperatives for creating the ultimate user experience to come out ahead of the recession....
CES: Converged devices drive WiFi chipset growth
LAS VEGAS – WiFi chipset sales jumped 26% in 2008 to 387 million, according to statistics released Wednesday by the Wi-Fi Alliance and In-Stat....
CES: Microsoft does away with the DVR, partners with Verizon for search
LAS VEGAS – In Microsoft’s first keynote since the retirement of chairman Bill Gates, CEO Steve Ballmer kicked off the Consumer Electronics Show at his Wednesday evening keynote address by unveiling the Windows 7 Beta, announcing a search partnership with Verizon Wireless and adding new features to its Mediaroom platform...
CES: OMVC preps for deployments in 2009
With the support of local broadcasters, manufacturers, the OMVC is on schedule for mobile DTV in ‘09...
CES: Cisco moves further into consumers' homes
LAS VEGAS – Cisco this week unveiled several products to further establish its presence in consumers’ homes....
CES: Revamping the remote
Several hardware vendors revisit the remote control, adding new features to simplify the TV viewing experience...
CES: MagicJack celebrates two millionth customer
Coming off a banner growth year, magicJack partners with Best Buy, Radio Shack to drives sales past two million...
CES: LG connects TVs to the Web, starting with Netflix
LG will introduce TVs with Netflix streaming software, but the broadband connection could take the service into the open Web...
