CES: A friendly DRM?LAS VEGAS -- The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem announced six new members at the Consumer Electronics Show here, taking one more (small) step toward its goal of creating a standard way for consumers to acquire movies and other types of... CES: Palm hoping its Pre smartphone isn't postscriptLAS VEGAS -- This is the city where old stars come to resurrect themselves, and the pressure was on Palm to deliver on its promise to impress at its CES press conference today. The maker of one of the first... CES: Attack of the celebrity guestLAS VEGAS -- Keynote speakers at trade shows like to bring celebrities up to the stage as a way of flexing their company's muscles or basking in the star's glow. The risk, though, is that the speaker will be upstaged... Obama asks Congress to delay digital TV switch*President-elect Barack Obama today asked Congress to delay next month’s planned switch to all-digital broadcast television, warning that the TVs of millions of Americans could lose their pictures because of major problems in the government's preparations. In a letter to... CES: Video projector comes to your cellphoneLAS VEGAS -- Sure you can watch videos on some cellphones, but the picture is so tiny. Now comes a solution. At CES, Samsung and Texas Instruments debuted the first cellphone with a tiny video projector hidden inside that can... Around the Web 1.8.09: In the land that CES forgot-- Happy new year, and welcome back to the daily bogus Yahoo rumors. Boomtown -- Google is tightening its belt; will it pull back on all these products that don't make money? Google Blogoscoped -- No technology venture is immune... CES: Internet TVs -- early obsolescence, or curated content?LAS VEGAS -- Here's a cautionary tale for anyone lusting after a TV that can connect directly to the Internet. At their press events today, Samsung, Panasonic and Sony all showed (or, more accurately, talked up) this year's versions of... CES: Sony introduces a purse-sized PCLAS VEGAS -- Somewhere between a cellphone and a laptop is Sony's new PC offering: the Vaio P Series Lifestyle PC. We got a gander at it at the Sony news conference Wednesday. Vaio P just could stand for "purse"... CES: Panasonic sees future in 3-DLAS VEGAS -- Panasonic said it expects to have 3-D televisions ready for the market as early as next year. To get there, the Japanese electronics giant also announced Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics Show that it would work assiduously... CES: Samsung gets LED down the path to thinnessLAS VEGAS -- Samsung stepped up to the CES plate with a new line of LCD televisions that use LED for back-lighting, instead of florescent light that's the standard but is quickly becoming old-fashioned in the industry. The LED back-lighting... CES: Halo Wars and Halo ODST set for release this yearLAS VEGAS -- Get ready, Halo Nation. Microsoft tonight announced that it expects to release Halo Wars on March 3 and that Halo 3 ODST was on track to debut during the second half of this year. The announcement, made... Talking texting with Barack Obama's main mobile manPresident-elect Barack Obama is expected to name the nation’s first-ever federal chief technology sometime soon. According to Obama’s website, the role of the CTO will be to "ensure that our government and all its agencies have the right infrastructure, policies... Hacker used 'happiness' to access Twitter accountsThe newly notorious Twitter hacker didn't take long to show himself. An 18-year-old cyberpunk who goes by the alias GMZ used password-guessing software to gain entry to a Twitter administrator's account, he told Wired yesterday. Once inside, he was able... Avoiding big international roaming bills with iPhoneReaders have written in about today's post on international roaming rates to share suggestions about how to avoid "bill shock." Also, AT&T has been sending reminders to iPhone users about what to do when traveling internationally. Here are the main... CES: Riding in cars with TVLAS VEGAS -- Satellite TV in cars has been pretty much a disaster so far, with the picture and sound freezing every time so much as a light pole blocks the signal. To duplicate the effect at home, hit the... CES: Curing TV's worst disease: shouting-advertiser syndromeLAS VEGAS -- Dolby established itself in consumers' minds back in the heyday of cassette tapes, when its technology helped silence that annoying tape hiss. Since then it has expanded into numerous fields, including surround sound and digital cinema. This... CES: Small screens and mirrors from LG Display -- a reflection of what's to come? LAS VEGAS -- LG Display isn't focused only on bigger and faster screens but also on smaller and crisper ones -- and, surprisingly enough, on mirrors. We got a sneak peek at its 2.4-inch and 3-inch AMOLED (active matrix organic... France thinks about quashing advertising of cellphones to kidsFrance is floating the idea of banning advertising of mobile phones to kids 12 and under, according to Bloomberg News. It's not to make them pay attention to their homework or even to ensure that they stop texting while riding... CES: Toshiba blurs the line between TV and PCLAS VEGAS -- Like seemingly every other TV maker, Toshiba has noticed the online video revolution. It plans to offer an Internet-savvy set-top box and build some (limited) Web and networking capabilities into selected TVs launched later this year, although... CES: LG Display shows off 480Hz screenLAS VEGAS -- If for Christmas you got a 240Hz LCD television -– which eliminates much of blur in fast-action sequences -- you might already be passe. The LG Display company showed a 480Hz screen at the Consumer Electronics Show....
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