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Live From CES 2010
Can Tablet Computers Really Hit Prime Time This Year? Analysis
The hardware is ready, and a wide array of new, fast processors are available for tablet duty. So why was the roster of tablets at CES less than impressive than I expected it to be? In a word, software. Click For More.
7 Small Companies With Big Inventions and Innovations
When the year offers little future tech from the big guns, it may be time turn to smaller companies who are often more agile, able to take bigger risks and follow boundary-pushing ideas. Here are 7 products and innovations coming out of the little guys. Click For More.
Editor's Choice Awards: 22 Top Products at CES 2010
There are thousands of new gadgets on display at the Consumer Electronics Show. Some will never hit stores, while others may reach millions of homes and change our daily routines. We waded through the clutter and picked our favorite products for this year. Click For More.
The Coming (Cleaning) Robot War
The iRobot Roomba currently dominates the home cleaning robotics market, but one robot—the Mint—could change all that with a bigger brain, quieter running and by using everyone's favorite microstatic cleaning cloth. Click For More.
Catching Up With Avatar Producer Jon Landau
Avatar producer Jon Landau was on hand at Panasonic's CES press conference to extoll the virtues of Panasonic's plasma monitors (which the filmmakers used for on-set playback during the film's production) and to discuss the future of 3D. Click For More.
Skiff E-Reader Has Some New Tricks
The Skiff Reader is a sleek 11.5-inch device that has received a healthy share of buzz in the past few days. Here's a look inside. Click For More.
How I Learned to Love a Ridiculous Massage Chair
Most of the technology in the Doctor's Choice is the same Inada's previous top-of-the-line chairs: It squeezes your feet, your hands, your neck, back and, yes, even your buttocks. But the Doctor's Choice does something else—it takes control. Click For More.
Ford's My Touch System Bring WiFi and Apps to Cars
Ford Unveils the latest iteration of their in-car telematics SYNC system with much-improved voice commands, three LCD screen and, yes, WiFi. Click For More.
Microsoft Unveils HP Slate PC, Halo: Reach, Natal Release Date
Steve Ballmer unveils a prototype of HP’s upcoming Slate PC, which remained unnamed, as well as Halo: Reach and launch details for Microsoft's Project Natal. Click For More.
Cisco To Bring Teleconferencing to the Home, But Why?
Cisco's teleconferencing tech is designed to impress clients and make CEOs feel like they're in a James Bond movie.The company announced that they are testing a home-oriented version of the product. But our question is: Why bring it home? Click For More.
Samsung App Store Is Small Step In Battle of Incompatible Apps
Samsung plans to offer a single app store designed to distribute apps to a multitude of consumer electronics devices. That means apps for Blu-ray players, cameras, printers, TVs and phones—all in one place. Click For More.
Does the World Need 3D TV?
Stand back from the TVs folks, because 3D is comin' atcha. Hollywood has scored big over the past year with 3D movies, and now both Hollywood and the consumer electronics industry want to put 3D in your living room. Click For More.
AT&T Prepping for a Post-iPhone-Exclusive World
Many of AT&T's handset partners were present at their annual Developer Summit at CES in Las Vegas: RIM, HTC, Dell, Samsung and Motorola, but not Apple. The subtext of AT&T's event was clear: It is prepping for a time when it won't be the exclusive outlet for the iPhone. Click For More.
CES Analysis: Do Google and Apple Make CES Irrelevant?
The Consumer Electronics Show is bookended by two of the biggest consumer electronics announcements of this year. Ironic, isn't it, that the show designed to be the showcase for the tech world is routinely upstaged by gadget news that goes on off site? Click For More.
3 Big Tech Predictions for the New Year (and CES 2010)
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is an excellent preview to the trends that the electronics industry will pursue in the coming year. But the convention is so large that it needs both perspective and context before it even starts. Click For More.Technology News
Whirlpool Vantage is First Washer/Dryer With USB Port
This top-load washer/dryer combo lets users take control using touchscreen LCDs to select settings such as cycles, temperatures and wash times. There's also a USB port (a washer feature that the manufacturer claims is a first) that allows users to upload firmware updates. Click For More.
Sprint Overdrive 4G Mobile Hotspot Channels Wireless WiMax to Laptops
The Sprint Overdrive 3G/4G Mobile Hotspot is the most practical way of logging on to WiMax yet. Like other mobile hotspots for cellphone signals, it converts airborne cellular signals into a Wi-Fi feed that any PC or Wi-Fi-enabled device can use to get online. Click For More.
Sony Announces Dash Viewer for Internet At-A-Glance
The Dash "personal Internet viewer" is Sony's answer to the Chumby—it's a touchscreen Internet widget-viewer for that gives you Internet at a glance from your desk, kitchen counter or bedside table. Click For More.
Panasonic's HD 3D Pro Camcorder is Powerful, Pricey
Panasonic's compact, twin lens, single-body system records to solid state SD cards and has integrated convergence point adjustment to change its 3D focal point on the fly. This is one powerful video camera. Click For More.
TransferJet Gives Sony Cameras Wireless Connectivity
With TransferJet, a wireless memory card that freely shares files with other TransferJet cards, Sony is bringing effortless file sharing (for photos, at least) one step closer to the consumer. Sony plans to carry the Transfer Jet technology in two new cameras. Click For More.
Toshiba's Cell TVs Will Convert 2D To 3D In Real Time
Toshiba's new line of 3D televisions powered by Cell processors will be able to render 3D images out of 2D content on the fly. Click For More.
Powermat Introduces Inductive-Compatible Batteries for Wireless Charging
In addition to a variety of new cases, Powermat has also introduced two portable mats with integrated batteries that should come out in the second half of this year. The Powerpack, a battery replacement pack that integrates the inductive technology, was also unveiled. Click For More.
Klipsch LightSpeakers Hide in Plain View on Ceiling Cans
The LightSpeaker is an LED lighting fixture with an integrated 20-watt speaker that fits into a ceiling lighting can. The completely contained speaker units require no wiring, receiving sound from a base station over 2.4GHz radio frequency connection. Click For More.
LG Announces New 3D and Super-Slim TVs at CES 2010
LG unveiled a number of interesting new television products at an early press conference this morning, including a lineup of 3D TVs, the world's largest OLED TV, as well as some models with integrated Skype teleconferencing. Click For More.
Kodak Pulse Frame Lets You E-Mail Photos to Grandma’s Living Room
Uploading new photos to digital frames is a nuisance. Stashing shots on this 7-inch display is as easy as sending an e-mail—the Wi-Fi-connected frame has a dedicated e-mail address. Click For More.
Logitech Speaker Lapdesk N700 Keeps Legs Cool, Laptop Loud
This padded USB-powered lapdesk (that is: a flat surface for propping up a notebook on your lap) is the first one that has both a built-in cooling fan and built-in speakers. Click For More.
Iomega's v.Clone Puts a Virtual Desktop In Your Pocket
Iomega's new v.Clone software is a free, downloadable program that works on any of the company's drives and uses a fascinating twist on the concept of virtualization—where a computer can run a virtualized operating system on a computer running another OS, i.e. running ... Click For More.
Oregon Scientific Wireless Appliance Manager Preview
This monitor displays real-time cost, power consumption and even carbon emissions created by up to four sockets—information that is remotely gathered by sensor plugs and transferred to the display. Click For More.
Canon Vixia HF S21 Camcorder Locks Subjects in Focus
This high-definition camcorder has a new image-stabilization mode that tells it if any movements are mistakes, allowing the lens to lock on to subjects with tripod-like levels of steadiness. Click For More.
Garmin ecoRoute HD Details Car Problems to Your Phone
This small, hidden box plugs in to the port and beams diagnostic info and performance data, presented as an easy-to-see visual readout, directly to a Bluetooth device such as a GPS or phone. Click For More.
Philips Activa MP3 Player
Somewhat of a cross between Richard Simmons and an iPod, Philips’ Activa MP3 player goes straight for the cardio crowd. The hook: The player detects how hard you’re working out, and adjusts the music accordingly. Click For More.
Lenovo Skylight Smartbook Is a New Breed of Tiny Netbook
If manufacturers are to be believed, the next big computer category will be ultra-tiny portables such as the Lenovo Skylight, which is smaller and starts up faster than a typical netbook and has a battery life that rivals that of some cellphones. Click For More.
Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t Is a Convertable Touchscreen Tablet
All signs suggest that 2010 will be the year of the touchscreen tablet PC, with multiple manufacturers planning their own takes on the tech. Click For More.
Lenovo Ideapad U1 Hybrid is one Crazy Laptop
One moment, it’s an ultraportable 11.6-inch Windows 7-running, Intel Core 2 Duo-powered laptop. The next: Its screen pops out into a tablet that runs on Qualcomm’s new low-power Snapdragon processor. Click For More.
mPower Emergency Illuminator LED Flashlight Lasts 20 Years
Leave most batteries in a drawer for too long, and they’ll lose their charge. Not the backup battery in the mPower Emergency Illuminator LED Flashlight. The manufacturer claims it can sit untouched for 20 years and still start up. Click For More.
Samsung NX10 Is a Small Camera With DSLR-Sized Sensor
The Samsung NX10 Camera is part of a new breed of cameras that take the best parts of digital SLRs—their high-quality image sensors and ability to handle interchangeable lenses—and cram them into a smaller, mirror-free shell. Click For More.
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