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• In Brief: The people in charge of CES are embedding ...

  Published: July 30, 2007, 2:09 pm

  Tags: Badge, Ces, Ces2008, Rfid, Tracking

  The people in charge of CES are embedding an RFID tag in everyone's badges next year, meaning they'll definitely know when attendee #8302773 spends a little too much time at the blackjack table and not quite enough time at the Sony booth. [Engadget]

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• CES 2008 going RFID

  Published: July 30, 2007, 2:18 pm

  Tags: Ces, Ces 2008, Ces2008, Rfid

  Filed under: WirelessBetcha didn't think our CES 2008 coverage would begin over five months prior to the magical event itself, but once we receive that email inviting us to register, it's game on as far as we're concerned. And speaking of the registration process, we happened to notice a little addendum at the bottom of this year's form that

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• Hands-on with the CES 2008 RFID badge

  Published: November 1, 2007, 6:15 pm

  Tags: Ces 2008, Ces2008, Rfid, Tracking

  Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Wireless As if the beginning of November wasn't reminder enough that CES 2008 is a scant two months away, we also happened to get greeted by our press badge and associated admission tickets when we opened the mailbox today. Normally we'd just toss the envelope aside and pretend that our week of living hell wasn't

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• Samsung to launch 1.3-inch hard drive at CES

  Published: December 6, 2007, 3:14 am

  Tags: 1 3 Inch, 1 3 Inch, 1 3inch, Ces 2008, Ces2008, Hard Drive, Harddrive, Samsung

  Filed under: Storage While you're down on the street corner, sweating, hustling and dancing to Stones tracks from the early 80's, Samsung is hard at work creating the next-greatest thing you'll ever own. Enter the Korean company's latest coup de grace, a 1.3-inch hard drive targeted at "mobile consumer devices." 1.3-inch, folks -- that's real,

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• The Road to CES: A Starter's Primer

  Published: December 18, 2007, 6:00 pm

  Tags: Announcements, Ces2008, Events

  If you've just joined us in the last year, you might not be familiar with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), one of the biggest trade shows for consumer electronics on the planet. What's so special about this one is not only its size, but the fact that companies hold many product announcements so they can debut them at CES, hoping to garner

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• The Road to CES: A Starter's Primer [Ces 2008]

  Published: December 18, 2007, 5:00 pm

  Tags: Ces 2008, Ces Primer, Ces2008

  If you've just joined us in the last year, you might not be familiar with the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), one of the biggest trade shows for consumer electronics on the planet. What's so special about this one is not only its size, but the fact that companies hold many product announcements so they can debut them at CES, hoping to garner

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• The Road to CES: The Parties [Ces 2008]

  Published: December 20, 2007, 3:30 pm

  Tags: Ces, Ces 2008, Ces2008, Road To Ces

  Our Road to CES Series continues with parties, one of the things attendees and exhibitors actually look forward to after a long's day of pretending you don't want to punch people in the face. This year's no exception, with cocktail parties, invite-only parties, and crazy "Build Your Own PC" parties for people who are lucky enough to get invited.

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• Yup, here's Garmin's CES lineup

  Published: January 3, 2008, 6:40 pm

  Tags: 200, 260w, 400c, 400i, 400t, 5000, Ces 2008, Ces2008, Colorado, Colorado 300, Colorado300, Garmin, Garmin Mobile Pc, Garminmobilepc, Gps 20x, Gps20x, Nav, Navi, Navigation, Nuvi, Nuvi 200, Nuvi 5000, Nuvi 780, Nuvi 880, Nuvi200, Nuvi5000, Nuvi780, Nuvi880, Roundup

  Filed under: CES, GPS Whoa, Nelly! Garmin just did the deed and loosed a swarm of details on its jam-packed CES 2008 lineup, and sure enough, there aren't too many surprises. We'll let the new nüvi lineup get us started. First up, we figured you Americans should know that the previously Euro-only pink nüvi 200 is headed your way in Q1

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• Norcent cranks out 10-megapixel DCS-1050 camera

  Published: January 3, 2008, 6:19 pm

  Tags: 50 Series, 50series, Anti Shake, Ces 2008, Ces2008, Dcs 1050, Digicam, Face Tracking, Facetracking, Norcent, Point And Shoot

  Filed under: CES, Digital Cameras Norcent's done 10-megapixels on the cheap before, but apparently, one just isn't enough. Announced today, the DCS-1050 (part of the firm's new 50 Series) will be showcased at CES and will boast a 10-megapixel sensor, a 3-inch "scratch-resistant" LCD monitor, face-detection / anti-shake capabilities, a 3x optical

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• Garmin's Colorado line inches closer to official

  Published: January 3, 2008, 5:46 pm

  Tags: Ces 2008, Ces2008, Colorado, Colorado 300, Colorado 400, Colorado 400c, Colorado 400i, Colorado 400t, Colorado300, Colorado400, Colorado400c, Colorado400i, Colorado400t, Garmin, Geocachers, Nav, Navi, Navigation

  Filed under: CES, GPS Just a day after uncovering what appears to be Garmin's CES 2008 lineup, we've now got reason to believe that the Colorado series is all but official. After first seeing the unit rumored last month, quickly "confirmed" and clarified yet again within the past 24 hours, we're now hearing that the series will boast four

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• Callpod Phoenix: conference calling the Bluetooth headset way

  Published: January 3, 2008, 5:29 pm

  Tags: Bluetooth, Callpod, Ces 2008, Ces2008, Conference, Headset, Phoenix, Teleconference

  Filed under: Cellphones That little pod in the center there is Callpod's Phoenix, a rather unique Bluetooth device that can hook up to five Bluetooth headsets together simultaneously for full-duplex conference calling through Skype or the Bluetooth capable cellphone of your choice. Those buds around the Phoenix are none other than Callpod's own

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• The countdown to CES begins!

  Published: January 3, 2008, 5:14 pm

  Tags: Ces 2008, Ces2008

  Filed under: Announcements, CES So yeah, if you haven't already noticed by the slew of news today (and our liberal use of the CES category), we're just days away from the biggest week of the year for consumer electronics (and, of course, Engadget).Naturally, we'll be swarming the joint bringing the freshest, most up to the second coverage on all

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• GE's latest DECT 6.0 phones feature dedicated GOOG-411 button

  Published: January 3, 2008, 5:08 pm

  Tags: 411, Ces 2008, Ces2008, Dect, Dect 6 0, Dect6 0, Directory Assistance, Directoryassistance, Goog 411, Google, Information, Phone, Telephone, Thomson

  Filed under: CES, Misc. Gadgets We've certainly seen some fairly interesting dedicated handset buttons before, but it's hard to argue with the functionality of a standalone GOOG-411 key. Apparently, Thomson has teamed up with Google to integrate the "first ever one-touch, auto-dial GOOG-411 button" into over a dozen of its GE-branded DECT 6.0

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• Norcent delivers 19-inch LT-1931 / 22-inch LT-2231 LCD TVs

  Published: January 3, 2008, 5:02 pm

  Tags: 19 Inch, 22 Inch, Atsc, Ces 2008, Ces2008, Clear Qam, Clear Qam, Clearqam, Lcd, Lcd Tv, Lcdtv, Lt 1931, Lt 2231, Norcent

  Filed under: CES, Displays, HDTV Norcent's 42-inch LT-4231P a bit too large for your armoire? If so, the firm is hoping to satisfy your LCD TV needs anyway with the 19-inch LT-1931 and 22-inch LT-2231. The former features a 1,440 x 900 resolution along with an 800:1 contrast ratio while the latter serves up a 1,680 x 1,050 resolution and a

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• Norcent intros 42-inch LT-4231P 1080p LCD TV

  Published: January 3, 2008, 5:01 pm

  Tags: 1080p, 42 Inch, Atsc, Ces 2008, Ces2008, Clear Qam, Clear Qam, Clearqam, Lcd, Lcd Tv, Lcdtv, Lt 4231p, Norcent

  Filed under: CES, Displays, HDTV As it seems to do every single year, Norcent is gearing up for CES with a swank new HDTV. For 2008, we're looking at the 42-inch LT-4231P, which offers up a 1,920 x 1,080 resolution, a slew of ports including HDMI, component, S-Video, composite and VGA and a pair of 15-watt speakers to boot. Furthermore, you'll

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