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  The Biggest Bummers of CES 2010
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  Small-Business Tech Makes a Big Showing at CES
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• Dell Mini 5 to Take on iPad With Amazon, Kindle Integration?

  By Chris Brandrick | 11 March, 2010 06:40

  Dell's upcoming Mini 5, which was first shown publicly at this years CES, will be made available in a range of colors and will also feature integration with a host of Amazon services, according to a recently leaked internal document.

• Skype and LifeSize may have HD video compatibility soon

  By Tim Greene | 12 January, 2010 02:41

  Skype is introducing high-definition video calling that it plans to make interoperable with corporate videoconferencing gear, so individuals could join conferences at high resolution for little cost. The news was unveiled last week during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

• Porn industry tiptoes into 3D video

  By Dan Nystedt and Martyn Williams | 12 January, 2010 09:44

  The excitement around 3D TV at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) did not appear to be influencing companies at the AVN-Adult Entertainment Expo taking place at the same time, despite the fact that the adult industry is often a first mover in new video technologies.

• The Biggest Bummers of CES 2010

  By PC World Staff | 12 January, 2010 08:07

  Every year, we head to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show, looking for the gadget that's going to be the next big thing. And, every year, we come home amazed and amused. Sure, there are great products at CES--and then there are the products on this list. Read on to find out what made our list of the biggest bummers from the show.

• Screens from former OLPC CTO now in devices

  By Dan Nystedt and Martyn Williams | 09 January, 2010 17:33

  Mary Lou Jepsen and her team at start-up Pixel Qi have their display-screen technology in several products being shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) and plan to put a DIY (do it yourself) screen kit on the market early this year.

• 'Minority Report' interface shown at CES

  By James Niccolai | 11 January, 2010 06:41

  In a small meeting room at the edge of the show floor at the Consumer Electronics Show, a startup company is demonstrating a motion-sensing interface technology that could offer a radical new way for interacting with games, PCs and televisions.

• Small-Business Tech Makes a Big Showing at CES

  By Robert Strohmeyer | 11 January, 2010 08:33

  CES may have "consumer" right in its name, but this year's show featured plenty of hot new products aimed squarely at small and midsized businesses.

• MSI shows dual-screen 7-inch and 10-inch netbooks

  By Dan Nystedt | 08 January, 2010 11:59

  Micro-Star International (MSI) unveiled two prototype dual-screen netbooks at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Thursday: a model with two 7-inch screens and another with two 10-inch screens.

• USB 3.0 finally arrives

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 12 January, 2010 02:50

  When you're in front of your PC, waiting for something to transfer to removable media, that's when seconds feel like minutes, and minutes feel like hours.

• Quick hands-on from CES: Que and Skiff e-readers

  By Matt Hamblen | 08 January, 2010 09:04

  E-readers are making a big play at CES this year, and I got to hold and play briefly with two new ones: the Que from Plastic Logic and a preview version of the Skiff from Skiff LLC.

• Android madness at CES: Fad or future?

  By Jeff Bertolucci | 07 January, 2010 10:07

  It appears Android-equipped devices are enjoying a coming-out party at this week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Major hardware manufacturers, including Dell, HTC, MIPS Technologies, and Motorola, have announced plans to launch consumer products, including smartphones and TV set-top boxes, which feature the Android mobile operating system.

• Storage industry tackles making sense of metadata

  By Melissa J. Perenson | 07 January, 2010 09:02

  Here is a wager I bet I will win. How many of us took a photo, saved a video, or downloaded a music track and have no clue where it's hiding today? Maybe it's buried somewhere on your PC's hard drive or in one of dozen external drives.

• CES 2010 predictions: what's on deck for cameras?

  By Tim Moynihan | 01 January, 2010 14:47

  You can tell a lot about the future by studying the not-too-distant past. The megapixel war is officially over, as 8 to 10 megapixels has become the default resolution for even the lowest-end pocket cameras. Instead of racing to add resolution, camera makers will be rushing to capitalize on some of the big developments of the past year.