Archive for January, 2009

Waiting For Windows 7

Just published at Forbes.com:
During his CES keynote last week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked a lot about the upcoming Windows 7 operating system, and conspicuously avoided discussion of the widely reviled Windows Vista. The pundits are now weighing in. Let me get my…
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Microsoft: No New Xbox Anytime Soon

Just published at Forbes.com:
One of the things that make game boxes like the Xbox and PS3 more useful than earlier generations is that they’re connected to the Internet, and can download new software updates that radically change the feel of the machine. In…
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

3D Without Glasses

Just published at Forbes.com:
You can’t tell it from this picture. But this Samsung TV reaches out and grabs you. It’s a 52″, full high-definition television, like hundreds of others at the show. But this one is capable of displaying three-dimensional video — without…
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Sony Vaio Lifestyle Sub-Notebook

Just published at Forbes.com:
This little beauty is the tiny computer Sony CEO Howard Stringer pulled out of his jacket pocket during Thursday’s CES keynote. The Vaio Lifestyle P-Series boasts an 8″ screen, is about as thick as a cell phone, and weighs just…
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Sharp’s Nine Foot TV

Just published at Forbes.com:
This 108″ LCD monitor is a steal at $149,000. Just keep in mind you’ll have to cut a hole in your roof to have it dropped in by crane.
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

"Celebrity" Appearances

Just published at Forbes.com:
At the S1 Audio booth you can get your picture taken with the guy who played a wacky foreigner on a sitcom and some kind of kickboxing champ. I am unclear what that has to do with speakers that you…
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Toshiba Prototype Internet Viewer

Just published at Forbes.com:
Toshiba’s gorgeous prototype Wide LCD/DMFC Internet Viewer has a bright 7″ screen, is about half an inch thick, and its keyboard is even thinner. It runs off a methanol fuel cell, so it will work for seven days straight.
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Lasonic I-931 Boom Box

Just published at Forbes.com:
The Lasonic I-931 boom box has been on the market for a while now, but this is the first time I’ve seen it in person, and like any child if the 80s, I think it’s totally rad. Two 12 watt…
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Acronova DupliQ

Just published at Forbes.com:
I have a lot of music CDs –thousands of them, probably. But I hardly listen to most of them, because I consume my music via MP3 files on my computer and iPod. Occasionally, I’ll get a hankering to hear something…
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

Little Robot Einstein

Just published at Forbes.com:
Excalibur Electronics says this 18″ tall animatronic Albert Einstein will delight your children as it talks and interacts with them. It kind of scared me.
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Wednesday, January 14th, 2009