CES 2010 won't happen until January of next year, but organizers are already warning attendees and exhibitors that its prior reputation as a high-tech circus is all but over. ... Read More

Well, I totally called this one. Rather than the modest eight percent decline in attendance that the CEA had said it expected at this year's CES show, actual attendance vs. 2008 was Read More

As expected, CES was a quieter show this year than usual -- but that's not such a bad thing. Cab lines have been short. There's less pushing and shoving. You can get a seat in the press room (miracle!). ... Read More

Yes, yes. I know how the picture looks. There's no way to look cool in a television headset no matter how you slice it. Maybe if you have a silver jumpsuit and you're from the future you can pull it off... But not us present-day commoners. ... Read More

Why don't people ever use fingerprint readers? Even though they're nearly ubiquitous on laptop computers these days, I've never seen one used in the real world outside of vendors demonstrating to me that their laptop has a fingerprint reader on it.Maybe Read More

CES is decidedly smaller and tamer this year than I've ever seen it, but that doesn't mean some oddball technology hasn't crept its way out of the woodwork and onto the show floor. Some of these technologies are nifty but niche, some are downright bizarre Read More

As was widely expected, at last night's CES keynote speech, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer gave Windows 7 the full Read More

The awesome Eye-Fi SD card, which uploads photos wirelessly from your camera to your PC and a whole host of photo sharing websites, is about to get even better. ... Read More

SanDisk's slotMusic system may not be tearing up the world in the sales department, but give credit to the company for trying to build a new paradigm for selling music aside from CDs and downloads. ... Read More

Many laptops come with an "instant on" mode that gives you quick access to a streamlined operating system to save you the trouble -- and time -- of booting into Windows. ... Read More