Drilon on ordeal: A ‘sobering experience’

" MANILA, Philippines – (UPDATE 2) A “sobering experience” was how a television reporter who was freed late Tuesday night by her Abu Sayyaf captors described her nine-day ordeal as she thanked friends and...

FCC To Probe Comcast's Alleged Blocking Of File Sharing

"THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION WILL probe complaints that Comcast Corp. interferes with traffic to file-sharing sites as well as allegations that wireless companies prevent some groups from sending text messages to consumers, Chairman Kevin Martin said Tuesday. "Sure,...

CES: Bigger or Smaller?

According to WaPo, CES is smaller than in the past:"Well, it's the last day of CES 2008 and the show is still going strong. But the taxi lines heading to the airport are growing pretty quickly. Last night I had a...

Bug Labs: Build your own dream gadget

This product takes open source thinking to an new and very interesting level.  "Described as "the Lego of gadgets" by Webware's Rafe Needleman, the Bug Labs platform starts with a minicomputer, the Bug Base,...

Wi-Fi Camera Card Gets a CES Prize

This actually looks pretty cool:"LAS VEGAS (AP) — A memory card that wirelessly sends pictures from a digital camera to a computer — letting you skip the tedium of plugging the camera in to upload images — got bragging rights Wednesday at the International Consumer...

CES has jumped the shark

Robert at Infoworld is absolutely right about CES.  There wasn't anything that was truly exciting and new.  There was incremental improvement in fidelity, size, speed and usability in many new devices but...

$700 Armani phone sighted at CES

To go with your Ralph Lauren grills:"Like LG's Prada model, the Armani phone is all about design, and in this case it's decidedly minimalist. A large (2.6-inch), 262,000-color touch screen dominates the entire front...

Nintendo Wii and DS win Tech Emmys

It's weird how many of my pushing-30 friends have Wiis all of a sudden--even the least likely of gamers. I'd get one myself but I have Zelda addiction issues."The tech Emmys were announced this morning, and among the...

Sony debuts dancing robot 'Rolly' at CES

Rolly may not win any prizes for bettering humanity, but it's, well, weird, at least."LAS VEGAS--The most curious gadget I have seen so far at CES is a small, spinning cylinder at Sony's booth called the Rolly. It's...

Intel predicts powerful personal processors

Intel is making bold predictions at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, claiming more powerful chips will revolutionize personal devices within just a few years.They're saying the internet may soon be "proactive,...

Gates' Swan Song

Tonight's speech in Vegas will be one of the last high profile speeches Bill Gates will give as he winds down his tenure as the head of Microsoft.  Gates has been a fixture at CES for a while now."When Bill...

Bill Gates CES 2008 keynote; Live Coverage from Gadgettell

If you loved to attend Bill Gates CES 2008 keynote at CES show today but you couldn’t don’t worry. You can read minute by minute description of Bill Gates CES 2008 keynote… Also you can see a clip of Bill Gates CES 2008 keynote (Bill Gate's last day CES Clip).

Samsung Phones Make U.S. Debut at CES 2008

I'll check this out when I'm at CES this week.  Sounds like a useful device in our line of business:"The Samsung SGH-i450 is a truly innovative music phone that offers a dual slider design and touch wheel music...

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