Here's a video that shows what's behind the door of the Samsung powered Coca Cola machine at CES 2009.  read more »

On February 17, 2009, analog TV signals from television transmitters had been scheduled to be turned off and only digital TV signals would then be broadcast over the air. Depending on whether the incoming Obama administration’s request is approved this may or may not happen on Feb...  read more »

The big screen may be the center of attention at your Super Bowl party but these days, in this high tech world of high speed internet connections, other gadgets and gear may be carry supporting roles for a memorable Super Bowl Sunday. Here is a list of...  read more »

I stopped by the Ooma booth at CES and was very impressed with their product and service. You buy their box for $250, hook up your old phones to it, and you never have to pay anything for phone service, ever (not including, of course, the broadband service). The fellow I talked to, told me when he travels overseas he brings along the box, hooks it up to the internet, adds a handset, and receives calls on his local number as if he was home. You can also be part of the Ooma community that identifies and black lists direct marketers who don't think the "do  read more »

Here's a brief video fo Xavier from notebooks.com showing what was in his bag, or should I say scottevest, of tricks that included a cool portable  router from Cradlepoint and a ton of other gadgets.  read more »

I saw a couple of help products at CES that caught my eye. Citrix is adding a help package to their "Goto" franchise and appears that they have made remote control brain dead simple. You sign up for a day pass for $10, obtain a key, send the key to anyone


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CES was a wonderful show that featured some very cool gadgets and gear. There were gorgeous new, super thin flat panel displays including 120 and 240Hz LCD TVs, Panasonic Plasma TVs that are a few millimet  read more »

Today is Sunday, January 11^th, I'm back in the Bay Area after a wonderful trip to CES. Even the plane ride back sitting next to one of the twitter team, Jason Goldman, was enjoyable and educational. Yesterday I made a mad dash around the show and was very glad I did, because I think I got to see the future of TV and it is 3D. Two very impressive demos of 3D convinced me of that; one at the Samsung booth which uses a technology that doesn't require glasses but does make it necessary to look at the screen at just the right angle, and the other at the Intel booth that uses circular pol  read more »

Hitting the floor at full speed today. First stop the Asian Pavilion. Here's where you find the cool gizmos and gadgets like Bluetooth headsets with rhinestones on them, tiny MP3 audio players, Video players that sell for 20 bucks and HD camcorders that sell for $100. My daughter asked me to pick up another ladybug Bluetooth headset.

Over to the main hall where the joint is jumping. If the crowd size and enthusiasm is any indication, the consumer electronics industry is alive and well. I guess people just love shiny gadgets that make their lives more fun. On the way there, I  read more »

Lots to See But Nothing Earth Shaking Yet

The show is a veritable three ring circus, everywhere you look there is something to check out whether it's the megabooths in the main hall, the conference room demos, the press-only mini-trade shows at night, the sessions, and on an on. There are lots of new products here but so far they seem mostly like incremental or evolutionary changes and not anything dramatically new and different. For example there are beautiful new flat panel TVs that are bigger, thinner, and have gorgeous pictures on the screens. Yes there are new lines like the Sony X  read more »