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Unofficial count shows 100 clones of the iPad presented at CES and more to arrive

Published on: 30th January, 2011

A Shawn Dubrovac’s unofficial tracker has shown the extent to which companies jumped on the tablet market as a consequence of the success the iPad had. There are at least one hundred tablets on the list as well as crossover e-readers, which include major names like the Xoom of Motorola or the BlackBerry PlayBook, but [...]

Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer will keynote CES 2011 in spite of failed releases

Published on: 14th July, 2010

According to sources from the Consumer Electronics Association, Microsoft’s CEO Steve Ballmer will continue what is already a tradition and will keynote CES for next year. His presentation on the 5th of January will continue the series of openings made by Microsoft CEOs but this time will come after a few promises that failed to [...]

New range of headphones released by JVC at CES

Published on: 16th January, 2010

JVC has released a new line of headphones at CES last week. The HA-NC260 noise-cancelling headphones, with new circuitry monitoring outside sounds, removes up to 90 percent of the background noise, feedback included. There is a dual housing structure for each earpiece that allows better sound insulation. Memory foam cushioned ear pads provide better isolation [...]

Alpine releases its first receiver with Bluetooth support and adds Pandora

Published on: 16th January, 2010

Alpine has presented at CES its new products, some of them already released, and others being on the way. Alpine’s first single –DIN car audio receiver featuring built-in Bluetooth support, the CDE-103BT, is powered by Parrot and users needed to previously use a $180 separate accessory to add Bluetooth support to their head units. A [...]

CES unveiling – Volcano, a new video convergence hub from Monsoon

Published on: 16th January, 2010

Volcano, the all-in-one home video convergence device combining major characteristics of TiVo, Slingbox/HAVA and Roku internet video into a single package was presented at CES. It supports video streaming as well as recording to smartphones. Users can schedule and then record TV channels remotely to the system’s hard drive by using their mobile phone through [...]

Super Talent’s USB 3.0 RAIDDrive launched at CES

Published on: 15th January, 2010

Super Talent has presented a new RAID storage system, USB powered, at CES. The device is called the RAIDDrive USB 3.0 and offers data transfer speeds over 300Mbps when it is used with USB 3.0 supported systems. It provides five times the speed of USB 2.0 and is backwards compatible with USB ports manufactured earlier. [...]

Panasonic presents six new high definition and standard cameras

Published on: 15th January, 2010

Panasonic has revealed at CES six new camcorders, evenly split between standard-definition and high definition models. The HD cameras are equipped with 25× optical zoom and include the HDC-HS60, HDC-TM55 and HDC-SD60 models. Powered image stabilization is an option and vibration is reduced five times better than the earlier Panasonic technology was capable of. The [...]

CULV-based EC notebooks from Gateway – DVD burner and 15-inch models

Published on: 15th January, 2010

Gateway was present at CES with the launch of two new notebooks from the EC series, both of them running Intel’s CULV platform. The EC14D is the first Consumer Ultra Low Voltage system of Gateway to sport its own DVD burner. Slightly thicker at one end and heavier, weighing 3.55lbs instead of 3.08lbs, the drive [...]

Greenpeace praises Apple for its ecological efforts

Published on: 15th January, 2010

The latest Guide to Greener Electronics was released by Greenpeace in the middle of the abundance of product announcements at CES. Apple is praised by the activist organization for the way it addressed environmental problems and for having removed hazardous materials, which is still on the top of priorities of the company. When comparing scores, [...]

New line of USB portable hard drives by Verbatim, presented at CES

Published on: 15th January, 2010

Celebrating its 40th anniversary, Verbatim introduced at CES a new product line including thin USB portable hard drives. Four different USB powered devices including the CLON, InSight, MyClone and Titan XS form this line. CLON is pocket sized and weighs about 4.8oz. It is rugged and resistant to shocks, scuffs and fingerprints. The device comes [...]

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