More CES Articles

• 09 January 2013

• News: B&O Play unleashes new speakers and TVs you probably can't afford

  Let's just get this part out of the way--B&O Play products are expensive. And they also happen to look and sounds pretty great. The sister company to Bang & Olufsen brought some fancy new toys with it to CES this year, including a new HDTV and some lovely in-wall speakers

• News: Invisible Phone Guard protects your gear from rogue hammers and knives

  How many times has this happened to you? You're focusing on the perfect phrasing for your tweet, when some random jerk comes running by and smashes your phone with a claw hammer?

• News: Day One wrap-up: High-tech fitness and indestructible smartphones (video)

  CES 2013 is underway, and we are roaming the show floor with an eye on the latest and greatest gadgets on display in Sin City. Unlike the days leading up to the show's opening, formal press events are few and far between. Instead, it's every tech writer for themselves when it comes to tracking down the gear that the world wants to hear about.

• News: Acer takes on Apple with retina-class laptop displays

  Apple caught the PC industry off-guard in June when the company delivered the MacBook Pro with Retina Display. The four-megapixel LCD renders text and graphics with extreme clarity, and most who saw the display came away impressed.

• News: Viewsonic puts Nvidia inside

  PC displays are rarely sexy, but Viewsonic showed off several decidedly cool displays on the CES show floor Tuesday.

• News: Audi and Nvidia bringing Tegra-powered in-dash systems to the U.S.

  Audi heated up the show floor here in Vegas Tuesday, announcing that its upcoming line of 2014 vehicles will incorporate Nvidia's powerful Tegra chipset into the cars' in-dash computer, which Audi calls "MIB." ("MIB" roughly translates to "modular infotainment platform" in German.)

• News: Virtual laser keyboards look cool, but might not be ready for prime time

  Flashy products and unique gadgets certainly seem nifty at a glance, but they don't always deliver as promised. Take this CTX VK200 Keyfob Virtual Laser Keyboard, for example. This keyboard is supposed to provide the comforts of typing on a full-sized keyboard when packing one is difficult--it's actually a small projector that can display a functional virtual keyboard onto any flat surface.

• News: Nectar brings fuel cell tech to the mobile charging game

  Portable power devices for recharging batteries on the go are plentiful at CES this year, but the Nectar Mobile Power System blows them out of the water with its innovative design. Nectar can recharge a smartphone, tablet, or any other device that draws its power via USB without needing batteries or a wall-charge of any kind.

• News: Dropbox to be included on all Samsung flagship phones and camera

  Dropbox announced a tighter integration with Samsung mobile devices, allowing users to enable file sharing across multiple products from smartphones and cameras to smart TVs.

• News: Panasonic teams with IBM on smart appliances, and GM for car app platform

  Panasonic has grabbed headlines this week with impressive 4K TV and tablet demos, but the company is also stressing expansion beyond its struggling consumer electronics business, announcing partnerships with the likes of IBM and General Motors.

• Parrot adds new video-capture features to AR.Drone 2.0 helicopter

  Parrot has added new functions to its Parrot AR.Drone 2.0 model helicopter.

• News: Sphero robotic ball gets augmented reality, becomes a beaver

  Sphero the robotic ball made a bit of a splash at CES last year and it's back again with the first augmented reality games built around it.

• News: T-Mobile launches unlimited no-contract 4G data plan for $70 a month

  T-Mobile USA has announced its unlimited nationwide 4G data plan will be available for $70 a month with no annual contract, starting on Wednesday.

• News: Verizon looks to LTE completion, Gigabit FiOS

  After announcing its 4G LTE mobile network at CES two years ago and its FiOS fiber-based home broadband offering here in 2004, Verizon used a keynote address on Tuesday to pitch its progress on those and other projects.

• News: Audi's vision for the future: piloted driving

  Audi unveiled its vision of the future for automotive technology and what it calls piloted driving at the International CES Tuesday.

• News: ZTE unveils big-screen smartphone, could be coming to US and Europe

  Jumping on the big-screen smartphone bandwagon at CES, China's ZTE on Tuesday unveiled a flagship Android phone with a 5-inch full HD display.

• News: Intel mum on speed improvements for Thunderbolt

  Intel said it is working to make the Thunderbolt data transfer technology faster as it wages a speed race with the USB 3.0 protocol, but the company declined to say when improvements will be finished.

• News: New specs ease connections by wire or wireless

  The Wi-Fi Alliance demonstrated the emerging Miracast wireless display technology at International CES here Tuesday by sending live computer game animation from a smartphone to a 27-in. television.

• 08 January 2013

• News: Wish Factory's pop star-studded accessories brighten up CES

  While I may not be hip enough to listen to One Direction, I can definitely listen to tunes sporting earbuds that look like old-school phone cords. I took a break from walking the show floor at the CES Digital Experience on Monday to have some fun with some of the wackiest headphones and accessories in the hall. The Wish Factory's latest collection of earbuds, headphones, and iPhone cases provide a splash of style that is sure to turn heads.

• News: AMD not interested in low-cost tablets

  AMD is not interested in entering the low-cost tablet market and will rely on Windows 8 as it tries to find its bearings in the fast-growing tablet market, the company said.

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