CES 2009

Samsung Foldable Display: Same Size, Double the Screen

Cliff Kuang — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:25:23 -0500

Microsoft Unleashes Windows 7 Beta As Free Download

Kit Eaton — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:10:44 -0500

As part of his CES keynote speech yesterday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer surprised the crowd by announcing that Windows 7 is now available as a Beta test version for free download.

MSDN and TechNet subscribers can get it immediately, and it'll be available to everyone to "test-drive" starting early January 9th.

10 Tiny Pico Projectors that Fit in the Palm of Your Hand [Photo Gallery]

Noah Robischon — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:30:31 -0500

When I first heard about "Pico" projectors two years ago, I figured the teensy handheld photo and video projectors were vaporware. But then last year the first wave of these ultra-portable beauties, many less than an inch thick, began throwing light at CES. And now there are a slew of different projectors from Dell, Toshiba, Acer, BenQ, Samsung and BUGlabs that use the DLP Pico chipset and connect to laptops, iPhones and other portable media devices. Here are 10 of the tiny-but-mighty Pico products that you'll be losing in your lint drawer soon.

Pre-CES Buzz Jockeying

Cliff Kuang — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 21:09:04 -0500

And...go! On Thursday the sprawling consumer electronics industry descends on Las Vegas for its biggest tradeshow, CES. For many companies, it will set the entire year's product calendar. But how to stand out? One ploy is to jump the gun: Interesting product previews are already trickling out.

LG's LH95 is World's Thinnest LED-Lit LCD TV

Kit Eaton — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 09:54:58 -0500

The LH95 television due for unveiling at CES 2009 makes it sound like LCD technology has just taken an incredible advance. That's because LG is branding it as the world's thinnest LED-illuminated LCD TV.

Palm's New OS To Go Nova at CES, Possibly on New Hardware

Kit Eaton — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:32:41 -0500

Palm was once king of the PDA, but the rise of the smartphone and Windows-powered PDAs led to its crown slipping a long way. But this year the hot-hardware Centro smartphone helped bring Palm more success, and now there's news that Palm really has a new OS on the way, codenamed Nova, and due for unveiling at CES.