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| STORIES ABOUT: CES 2008 |
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| CES 2008: Nokia N95 Red Limited Edition |  | After the official announcement regarding the release of Nokia N95 8GB for the US market, the Finnish company also made public the introduction of a bright red limited-edition version of Nokia N95, which will be available until the end of 2008's first qua ... [read more >>] | | 15 January 2008, 04:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Cooler Masters to Showcase Impressive Turbojet-Like Coolers |  | As computers are getting more and more powerful, the heat dissipated by the active pieces of hardware is exponentially growing, and cooling solutions providers are challenged into designing efficient and noiseless fans. Cooler Masters have a long tradition in developing and producing this kind of hardware, and it's no wonder that they are the owners of the big guns here.
Cooler Masters are now the designers of the largest ... [read more >>] | | 14 January 2008, 08:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: The Bowers & Wilkins Liberty Wireless System |  | Recognized throughout the world for their iconic loudspeakers and the excellence of their sonic performance, Bowers & Wilkins have surprised the audience once more at the CES 2008 with their newest wireless system, codenamed Liberty. For many years now, Bowers & Wilkins have been known for their massive Hi-Fi loudspeakers and for their high-end gear, all wired to the most distinguished amps and being the ultimate delight for the mo ... [read more >>] | | 14 January 2008, 03:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Toshiba Introduces a Super TV Based on PlayStation 3 Cell Processor |  | Toshiba's got new goodies coming for the folks with their attention focused on CES 2008 these days and among them, the famous company included the successor to the acclaimed HD TV. This new TV brings next-gen to the world of high-tech electronics by incorporating the PS3's&l ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 14:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Intel Presented its iPhone-ish Mobile Concepts |  | Intel, the Californian microchip manufacturer, revealed back in September 2007 a new mobile concept, similar to Apple's iPhone but with a length that surpasses any other modern handset's length (and that, of course, isn't a good thing at all). B ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Delphi's USB Hub Connects Your iPod to Your Car |  | Even if we've mostly talked about the toys the biggest names in the industry unveiled at this year's CES, there were quite a lot of other, smaller companies that have also showcased their products at this major fair. And one such company is Delphi, who has announced the development of a hub to accommodate multiple vehicle systems or consumer interfaces.
"A single USB port that serves as an interface between the ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 09:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Control Your Whole House with a Single Home Theater Remote |  | Although the truly impressive CES announcements were mostly related to the audio/video segment, we've also come across several smaller, yet very interesting devices, which could open the way for tomorrow's all-automated home. And that's exactly the case with IRLinc announced by SmartLabs, a simple plug-in interface that allows remote control of INSTEON-compatible lighting and appliances using almost any universal h ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 08:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: SanDisk's Storage Products Offer Higher Speeds, Larger Capacities |  | Although this year's CES has come and gone, we'll keep informing you for a while longer regarding the various products the most important names in the industry have come up with at this international fair. So, after reading quite a few things about SanDisk's products lately, it's about time to take a look at the company's least publicized, yet equally important products.
First of all, the company has ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 07:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Panasonic to Boast Its Broadband over Powerlines |  | Panasonic has built its brand around its color television sets. This year's Consumer Electronics Show was the perfect place for the company to boast its new 150 inch plasma television, but that was not it. The company also showcased what few of us would have expected: gear for broadband-over-powerline, an experimental technology that uses the electrical wiring in a home or building to transmit data signals.
Panasonic has ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 06:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Why Robot Cars Are Closer To Reality! |  | During the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, General Motors has demonstrated the Chevrolet Tahoe car, the same that used electronics to successfully "drive" itself through a 60-mile urban course, in November 2007.
Its electronic revolutionary technology is so promising that it could lead to mass production vehicles that eliminate the most common cause of crashes, the driver error. The robo-car, developed by Carnegie M ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 06:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: MOTORAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition Soon to Be Available |  | Motorola announced, at CES 2008, the availability of the new MOTORAZR2 V8 Luxury Edition in the U.S., exclusively through its MOTO STORE. Featuring the signature MOTORAZR2 form factor with gold-plated accents on medallions, navigation key and hinge ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 05:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Cisco Is Determined to Take Over the Home User Market |  | Cisco is the world leader in networking and telecommunications devices. The home Internet connection is routed by Cisco's networking gear, just as mobile communications and whatever might connect us with the rest of the planet. However, these things don't keep Cisco busy enough so the giant is determined to take over the home networking as well.
At his year's Consumer Electronics Show, the company is outlining a ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 04:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: AMD's B3 Stepping Failed to Fix The TLB Errata |  | Chip manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices keeps on failing the users' trust test, just like it did last year. We have reported during the last year about the Phenoms and Barcelonas being affected by the Translation Lookaside Buffer erratum, an issue that leads to system freeze when the CPU reaches full load, especially in virtualized environments or during nested page memory operations.
All the processors in AMD's K1 ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 04:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: The T612 iPhone Dock From Altec Lansing |  | Well, after so many iPod docking stations designed all over the world by both big and smaller names, the CES 2008 has been the place for the introduction of a new audio concept from leading manufacturer, Altec Lansing: Works with iPhone.
[admark=1]The "Works with iPhone" idea is something different from a simple statement on a sticker: Altec Lansing has requested (and received) official approval from the iPhone manufacturer, A ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 04:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Intel to Shift to Solid-State Drives |  | Solid-state drives are becoming more and more appealing as their price keeps on falling. A whole bunch of companies are fueling the market with their own models, usually ranging from the common 32GB size to Bitmicro's 832 GB monster-like solid state drive. Of course, there are some hard-drives manufacturers who have ... [read more >>] | | 11 January 2008, 02:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Blu-ray Hammers Yet Another Nail in HD DVD's Coffin |  | Although nothing's absolutely sure for the time being, it would seem that the next-generation format war between HD DVD and Blu-ray might end a lot sooner than expected, with HD DVD about to suffer a bitter defeat. And in order to further emphasize their market dominance, the group supporting Sony's format has issued at this year's CES a statement based on several market research reports, in which it kinda thrashes ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 13:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Failed Military Experiment Could Turn Your Car Rooftop into a Stereo Speaker |  | Now, that's something you don't see every day... Failed military experiments developing into devices that could turn any kind of surface into a stereo speaker! Some British lads thought it was is a good idea to develop a material that would serve as a noise reduction shield for military helicopters.
However, when the time to test the newly designed material came, engineers were shocked to find out that not only the shield wa ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 10:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Asus to Introduce New Notebooks Powered by Latest ATI and Nvidia Chips |  | Asus continues his battle for taking over the notebook market with some new "mass enjoyment" weapons. The Taiwanese PC manufacturer is showcasing its new range of notebooks rigged with the latest Discrete Graphics Engine (DGE) from graphics specialists Nvidia and ATI.
Asus will start shipping the M50Sa and F8Sp notebooks until March. The models are built with the new ATI Mobility Radeon HD3650 that has been announce ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 10:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: NEC to Show Yet Another Curved Monitor |  | Remember the ultra-wide, curved and extremely expensive gaming monitor from the Alienware / Dell joint venture we have told you about? It was one of the biggest attraction points at the Consumer Electronics Show, since the next-gen Eee PC went missing ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 09:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: The iShoes, Or How to Move Around without Moving an Inch |  | Beside acting as some sort of "playground" for some of the biggest names in the CE industry, the International CES 2008 is also a place where the less-known manufacturers or independent inventors showcase their latest creations, hoping to find some investors or simply to draw the customers' attention. And this is also the case with Ilya Kaganovich from Plymouth, Minnesota, who came at this major event in order to promote his ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 09:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: World's Smallest RC Creature!!! |  | Oh, sweet satisfaction of being a geek! Nano-components are being used almost in everything from toys to domestic appliances, but Interactive Toys is the one that extended nano-technology to art. And if you've always had a fascination with remote controlled toys, you're going to like what follows.Forget about super techno helicopters, jets, hand gliders, kites or boomerangs, because these fellows have taken the RC conce ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 09:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Asus to Display nForce 780a–Enabled Motherboard |  | The nForce 680i SLI has been the top chipset product for more than a year, ant it is high time Nvidia retired it, but the newer and more powerful nForce 700 series of chipsets for the AMD platform are expected to arrive later this quarter.
Gigabyte was quite impressive with its GeForce 8200 motherboard the company proudly showcased during the first days of the Consumer Electronics Show. However, those who aren't cheap wh ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Kingmax to Display 2000 MHz DDR3 Memory Modules |  | The DDR3 standard is not a new presence on the specialized market. The upcoming X48 chipset from Intel has brought yet another speed hysteria when it comes to memory, and, of course, memory manufacturers have rushed to come with the best, the fastest and the cheapest solution.
The first to jump the 2000 MHz "fence" in the memory business was Adata with their Vitesta DDR3 2000X offering. The other memory manufacturers ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 08:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Panasonic's AnyPlay Portable DVR Allows Comcast Customers to View Recorded Progams on the Go |  | Although we've talked in a previous article about Panasonic's lineup for this year's CES, there is one collaboration worth mentioning, namely the one with US services provider Comcast. Thus, the Japanese company has unveiled what it touts to be the industry’s first Portable DVR/DVD player, namely the Comcast/Panasonic co-branded AnyPlay Portable DVR (P-DVR), designed to let Comcast customers record programming at h ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 08:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Kodak Announces New V, M and Z Point and Shoots |  | In the "good" fashion of coming out with countless models of digital cameras, Kodak has announced at CES 2008 new point and shoots to suit the tastes of many consumers. Moreover, the company behind the Brownie camera also announced an All-in-One Printer that comes with an interesting Facial Retouch feature.
The Kodak Easyshare V1273 offers the new Touch Screen Technology, comes with image stabilization, but has a lim ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 06:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: BlueAnt Wireless Announces The World's Most Powerful Bluetooth Speakers |  | BlueAnt Wireless, a company with a very strong name in the Bluetooth industry, has announced at the CES 2008 that soon they will start shipping what will be the world's most powerful Bluetooth loudspeaker. [admark=1]
The project, codenamed M1, is supposed to be the most advanced Bluetooth loudspeaker around, sporting almost the same characteristics like any high-quality traditional speaker on the market, thus ensuring that wirele ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 06:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: UTStarcom Reveals the Circular Screen Mobile Phone |  | From the mobile industry perspective, the 2008 edition of CES is clearly a successful one, and it couldn't have been otherwise since all the big names are there with impressive presentations. UTSarcom, the US communication giant, is also presenting its latest products and, am ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 06:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: I*magine, The Cool New Media Server From Moneual |  | Moneual have completely dedicated their efforts to the future of the multimedia experience and have grown to be one of the most respected names when it comes to media servers, fully proving that true quality means living up to the expectations. The 2008 CES has been the place where Moneual have announced their newest addition to the product range, the impressive multimedia PC codenamed I*magine.
[admark=1]The Moneual I*magine sports a ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 05:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: USB 3.0 Jacks and Sockets Revealed |  | Only a few of the computer users could imagine life without the common, yet efficient USB port. Things are about to get even better with the advent of the new set of USB 3.0 specifications that are to boost transfer rates across the old cables. Although the USB is vital to the IT industry, the upcoming version of the universal add-on standard re-engineered for the HD era was shortly introduced to the Consumer Electronics Show ent ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 05:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: LG.Philips Is All About Green Technology and Ultra-Thin Flexible Displays |  | Both LG and Philips are listed in the top 5 of the world's most prolific LCD manufacturers, so it's actually not a very big surprise that the two companies' joint venture, LG.Philips LCD, came quite prepared at this year's CES, bringing along a very large number of innovative devices. However, it's not the number of products per se that really draws the attention to the company's offering, but rather ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 05:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Carnegie Mellon Driverless Car Uses Ubuntu |  | The Carnegie Mellon vehicle, while not as attractive like other cars from CES, has other surprises: it's a driver-less automobile, running Ubuntu.
McCabe Software, Inc., through the McCabe University Program, provided the team from Carnegie Mellon with its software quality management suite, McCabe IQ. Tartan Racing – Carnegie Mellon's team – won the 2007 DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Urban Challenge, a comp ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 04:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Asus Has Unveiled a GeForce 9500M GS GPU Notebook |  | Asus is trying hard to compensate the loss of the second-generation of Eee PCs and keeps pumping up new models of notebooks to suit all the users' tastes. Competition seems to be harsh in the notebook market this year, and the Taiwanese PC manufacturer wants to make sure that it has everything a PC vendor could build for its clients.
Nvidia has barely detailed upon the upcoming GeForce 9600 GT and 9800 GX2 desktop Video c ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 04:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: IceBar2, The New Waterproof Antishock Loudspeaker Case for iPods |  | Even if it may sound silly, there really are people who are deeply, truly, madly in love with their iPods and carry them everywhere... and I'm not speaking about waking around but going to the pool, under shower and all the similar situations. Yes, their iPods go almost anywhere and this is why in a lot of situations they are in real danger, of being flushed down the toilet or ending their glamorous existence at the bottom of the swim ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 04:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: iRiver Brings Its iPhone-like GSM Handset |  | iRiver, brand division of the South Korean electronics and entertainment company ReignCom, presented at CES its first mobile phone, a GSM device that has lots in common with Apple's iPhone. The handset doesn't have a name yet, so it's referred as "the iRiver GSM ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 04:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: The Belkin TuneStudio – Toy-like Mixer With iPod support |  | I must say I am getting used with the absolute omnipresence of the iPod: there are way too many of these in the world and even more, there is way too much gear "made for iPod", sporting "iPod support" and all the like; I guess I'll buy myself one soon... NOT!
[admark=1]I won't say these players aren't cool, because they really are, but ranking the iPod as a professional tool it's more than I am w ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 03:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Skulltrail is Ready and Good to Go |  | Intel's Skulltrail platform is the only quad-core architecture on the market for regular users and performance enthusiasts. The new platform is especially dedicated to the gaming sector and promise to be quite a performance leap. The two CPU / 8 core overclockable platform comes with x16 PCI-Express slots support to accommodate three of Nvidia's latest G80 series of video cards in a triple SLI link.
Intel has demons ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 03:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: The Bel Canto Ultra-Dock |  | Sonic Focus have teamed up with Bel Canto and their conjoined efforts have ended up in a spectacular product, redefining what you thought you knew about iPod docks. This new piece of tech combines the best the two manufacturers have to offer: the exquisite and high-end hardware design from Bel Canto with the ultra-advanced software science of Sonic Focus, specialized in refined audio compression.
[admark=1]This is how the Ultra-Dock ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 03:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Lexar Lets the Memory Cards and SSDs Roll |  | As expected (or, better said, pretty much like everyone else in the industry), Lexar has come up with quite a few novelties for this year’s CES. Some of the announcements are related to the company’s collaborations with Kodak and Disney, one to its Crucial brand, while another to a very important upgrade to the company’s SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) format memory cards in all three of Lexar’s product lines including Professional, P ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 03:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Intel's Menlow Finally Got Exposed |  | This Year's Consumer Electronics Show is not only WiMax, wireless technologies and brand-new laptops. Earlier this week, Intel released no less than sixteen (16) Penryn-based processors in a single shot, with others yet to come. The show must g ... [read more >>] | | 10 January 2008, 02:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Pretec Sets New CF Storage Record with 48GB Card |  | Pretec, which was the first to offer the 8GB SDHC and 16GB CF in 2006, is once again making a sort of compact flash "fashion statement" by announcing the first 48GB CF (that's forty-eight gigs of storage space).
As the company's press release puts it, this is as much the 12 DVDs or 69 compact discs. If 48GB are a little bit too much, even if you own a 1Ds Mark III that produces humongous files due to its 22-megapix ... [read more >>] | | 09 January 2008, 13:53GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Magellan Rolls Out Plethora of GPS Navigation Devices |  | Although this year's CES was mostly about high-end AV equipment, plasmas, LCDs, next-gen DVD formats and so on, there are also some other families of CE devices it's important to look into. And one such family is that of GPS-enabled personal navigation devices where Magellan has made quite a good impression, rolling out an impressive number of new units, including quite a few that provide among the most advanced features availabl ... [read more >>] | | 09 January 2008, 13:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Verbatim Rolls Out New, Improved Blu-ray Media |  | The Verbatim company is one of the world's best-known manufacturers of various storage media, and, much as just about every other big name in the industry, it has come prepared at this year's CES with a bag full of goodies, namely six new BD products scheduled to begin shipping in the first half of 2008. The new products include 4x BD-R discs, Single-sided Double-layer (DL) 2x BD-R and BD-RE discs, Mini BD-R and BD-RE d ... [read more >>] | | 09 January 2008, 10:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: Asus to Showcase New Notebook Models |  | Asus has tried hard to compensate the absence of the promised 10-inch Eee PC. The Taiwanese PC manufacturer brought a whole lot of goodies to be showcased at this year's Consumers Electronics Show, including laptops, compact personal navigation devices and LCD displays.
The ASUS Nova P22 is a small desktop system designed especially for users that cannot stand more than the noise of a portable computer fan. The small-form ... [read more >>] | | 09 January 2008, 10:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: The Peavey Riffmaster Guitar Hero Controller |  | I guess that anyone who has been playing in a band has at least heard about Peavey, a legendary name in the music business, in need of no introduction.[admark=1]
Suffice to say that Peavey has brought an immense contribution to everything that means the music business as it is today, whether we're speaking about guitars or guitar amplifiers, loudspeakers and mixing consoles and so many more.
The Guitar Hero game (and the rest o ... [read more >>] | | 09 January 2008, 10:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fancast Launched at CES 2008 to Bring the Best of Hulu, CBS, MTV and BET |  | Today, Comcast released Fancast to the world and it really was worth the wait since April, when it was first announced and when the name was acquired from movie site Fandango. It is both a media guide for TV shows (in other words, a TV Guide) and a place to watch full-length professional content, as well as previews.
The big deal that was left somewhere in the shade was the partnering with Hulu.com, the joint venture of NBC an ... [read more >>] | | 09 January 2008, 09:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| CES 2008: ATI to Show Off The R680 Monster-Like Graphics Card |  | Advanced Micro Devices has offered a sneak preview of its next-generation video cards featuring the R680 graphics core. The company was pretty reluctant with giving additional details about the product and what stunned the press most was the fact that they won't allow anyone to take pictures of its PCB side.
Instead of using a single 80-nanometer graphics monolithic processor, AMD mixed two 55-nanometer processor cores. T ... [read more >>] | | 09 January 2008, 09:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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