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Samsung, like a whole lot of other TV makers displaying their wares at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this week, is emphasizing the Web capabilities of its new TVs. ...
Steve Ballmer's presentation Wednesday evening at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was free of the dancing, screaming, sweaty antics he's sometimes known for when he takes the stage at conferences and conventions. Instead, the Microsoft CEO's first CES opening keynote speech laid out his company's vision for the year ahead as Microsoft and its many hardware partners gird for a bleak consumer spending landscape.
Toshiba kicked off its CES press conference by reminding the audience of the ad space it bought right underneath the ball at last week's New Year's Eve celebration in Times Square. Perhaps the company liked the idea of kissing 2008 good-bye -- it was around this time a year ago that Warner Bros. decamped from Toshiba's HD-DVD format, and a month later HD-DVD crumbled completely. CES 2008 couldn't have been the happiest of times...
Wires will find few friends in Las Vegas this week. Companies showing off their wares at CES are committed to cutting the cord and going wireless, whether you're talking about home network connections or high-definition TV content ...
As of a few nights ago, it was still possible to get a room at a decent place on the Las Vegas strip at a bargain rate. That was a good sign for travelers but a bad sign for the Consumer Electronics Show -- not to mention the city's hospitality industry. When everything falls into place, CES is supposed to fill hotels, casinos, restaurants, clubs and taxis to capacity.
Nintendo developers really had no choice but to make the Wii controllers wireless. Whipping around a Wiimote that's wired to the console, which is wired to the TV, which is wired to the wall -- it's just a recipe for domestic calamity ...
Odd couple Google and Yahoo late on Friday reportedly opted to delay their proposed partnership, under which Google would essentially devour part of Yahoo's advertising business and create an online ad behemoth that critics say no rival could possibly compete against ...
It looks like recording labels are willing to give music away for free if it means not having to deal with iTunes -- the No. 1 online music vendor and the No. 2 nemesis of music execs, due to its rigid pricing. ...
At its E3 press event, Sony Computer Entertainment of America opened up a new platform for its PlayStation Store on the PlayStation Network -- a movie and TV show download service. ...
Microsoft added another capability to the Xbox 360's stable of entertainment functions Monday in a partnership with Netflix that will allow users to watch streaming movies and TV shows through the Internet-connected video game console ...
Beaumont, Texas, has become the testing ground for a new way to charge Internet users for access. It's meant to make heavy users pay more ...
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Fuel cell technology is often associated with cars, specifically the next generation of automobiles that won't run on gasoline, juice from a wall socket or any combination of the two. Instead, fuel cell cars will run on highly efficient hydrogen and put out next to nothing in the way of emissions ...
There's an "elephant on the stage," commented BusinessWeek columnist Steve Wildstrom as he kicked off theTech Policy Summit here in Hollywood, Calif ...
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