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Article | 10/01/2008 CES - OLPC would welcome Intel back
The One Laptop Per Child Project would welcome Intel back if the chip maker returned to the group, the head of OLPC said Tuesday.
Article | 10/01/2008 CES - OLPC America to launch in 2008
The One Laptop Per Child Project (OLPC) plans to launch OLPC America in 2008 to distribute the low-cost laptop computers originally aimed at developin...
Article | 10/01/2008 CES - Vonage hopes new services will improve prospects
Troubled voice-over-IP service provider Vonage is rolling out new products and services at the Consumer Electronics Show in a bid to reverse its downw...
Article | 10/01/2008 CES - Digital music industry challenged to follow fans' lead
At the Consumer Electronics Show this year it's clear that consumers are making choices that are driving industry changes, and nowhere is that more ev...
Article | 10/01/2008 CES - IBM, Emotiv show advances in virtual reality worlds
Hundreds of products at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) here are devoted to new ways to input data to a PC or gaming console, includ...
Article | 10/01/2008 CES - Hitachi upgrades software to blunt wear on DVR storage
Hitachi Wednesday unveiled an upgraded version of its Audio-Visual Storage Manager software at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in La...
Article | 10/01/2008 CES - Former OLPC CTO aims to create US$75 laptop
A laptop under US$100 could reach desks if a new venture formed by former chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child, Mary Lou Jepsen, can deliv...
Article | 10/01/2008 CES - Why movies sold on disc still matter
Over the course of the past couple of years, as the Blu-ray Disc vs. HD DVD smack down continued, I've often seen postulating in the press and among t...
Article | 10/01/2008 Apple drops iTunes prices, EU drops antitrust action
Apple Wednesday agreed to lower the price of iTunes music downloads it sells in the UK; in return, the European Union's antitrust agency ended its pro...
Article | 10/01/2008 CES - Asus to super-size the wee Eee
Taiwanese PC maker, Asustek Computer, has confirmed rumours that it will enlarge upcoming versions of its hit Eee mini-notebook PC to accommodate 8- a...
Article | 10/01/2008 Yahoo tests support for OpenID
Yahoo appears close to implementing OpenID, a Web authentication standard that relieves people of the need to remember multiple passwords to log into ...
Article | 10/01/2008 CES - Social networks challenged to remain relevant
When an attendee at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday learned that the Caramel bar at the Bellagio hotel had mistakenly given someo...
Article | 9/01/2008 Google, Facebook add support for social content portability
Google and Facebook this week said that they have joined the DataPortability Workgroup, an organization dedicated to creating ways to easily share use...
Article | 9/01/2008 CES - Content discovery issues slow down mobile video takeup
One reason that mobile users don't access more content from a mobile phone, like video clips, is because finding content is cumbersome -- but that sho...
Article | 9/01/2008 CES - OLED TVs shine at CES
Two of the world's largest consumer electronics companies are displaying flat-screen TVs at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that are...
Article | 9/01/2008 CES - Otellini sees Internet search coming to users
Preaching mobility to an audience teeming with cell-phone and laptop users, Intel CEO Paul Otellini looked into the crystal ball and predicted that In...
Article | 9/01/2008 CES - Qualcomm focuses on "pocketable computers"
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Qualcomm offered a sneak peek of its concept for an ultramobile PC for the largely untapped market wher...
Article | 9/01/2008 CES - GPS navigation gets smarter
The GPS gold rush is in full swing at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show, with industry veterans introducing increasingly sophisticated navigation sys...
Article | 9/01/2008 CES - Sony demos faster-than-USB wireless transfer system
Sony is developing a wireless data transfer system for gadgets that is capable of sending pictures, video and data over a range of a few centimeters.
Article | 9/01/2008 CES - Gesture control: New wave in consumer electronics?
The Nintendo Wii brought gesture control to game play, and it seems very likely that you'll soon be seeing variations on the idea in a lot more consum...

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