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Microsoft Montage Creates New Ways To Publish[Video]
As people discover content on the web -- articles, tweet streams, images and more -- Montage creates an easy way for them to aggregate that selected information into a web page. These pages live on the Montage site and can be embeddable as well.
CES 2011: Springpad Smartly Organizes Your Info[Video]
Springpad lets you take information, organize and classify it, and then, through a network of affiliate services (like Netflix, for example) provides more actionable information -- say a movie review, or when a band is coming in concert.
CES 2011: Synaptics Adds More Fingers To TouchPad Gestures[Video]
At CES, TechWeb's David Berlind learns about the newest technologies to come from touchpad maker Synaptics. These include the support of more complex gestures (involving up to 10 fingers) as well as better accuracy to prevent accidental gestures.
CES 2011: SugarSync Synchs Documents Across PCs, Smartphones, and Cloud
TechWeb's Fritz Nelson gets a demonstration of how SugarSync uses the cloud to automatically keep files perfectly in sync across multiple devices including most smartphones, PCs, Macs, and the cloud.
CES 2011: 64GB On Your Fingertip[Video]
CES 2011: Vizio Launches a Tablet, a "Superphone," and More[Video]
CES 2011: ActionTec Wirelessly Distributes HD Video[Video]
Gina Smith hears about ActionTec's Wireless HDMI transmitter that lets you transmit your HD video content throughout your house. $199 for the pair (receiver and transmitter). Available in May/June 2011.
CES 2011: Cisco Launches Multi-Device Competitor To GoogleTV [Video]
At CES, Cisco launched Videoscape; a family of products and services that consumers will get from broadband service providers. Videoscape organizes disaggregated video content from across the Web and cable TV and delivers it to you wherever you are.
CES 2011: Motorola's Atrix 4G is Powerful Enough to Run its own Laptop [Video]
Motorola's Atrix 4G is a dual-core 1GHz platform smartphone that powers it's own laptop docking station to bring WebTop to life.
CES 2011: Cyberlink Speeds Up Video Editing Suite With 64-Bit Support
TechWeb's Dan Resciniti (who edits a lot of TechWebTV's videos) gets up close and personal with Cyberlink's latest video editing suite: PowerDirector 9. Cyberlink says its reliance on 64-bit computing and the GPU are what make PD9 a lot faster.
CES 2011: Android-based Car Stereo Integrates With Internet, iPods And More [video]
Parrott is in Las Vegas at CES 2011 showing off an Android-based car stereo called Asteroid that, via 3G, can make Internet services available to the dashboard. It also will playback music from an iPod or iPhone via Bluetooth.
CES 2011: Hybrid Notebook Lenovo U1 and tablet LePad presented officially
Lenovo has officially unveiled the tablet LePad operating system Android 2.2. Remember, this model was in a separate product from the hybrid notebook IdeaPad U1 and repeatedly recycled and, finally, appeared in the final version.
CES 2011: Hybrid Notebook Lenovo U1 and tablet LePad presented officially
CES 2011: Hybrid Notebook Lenovo U1 and tablet LePad presented officially
Thus, for LePad proposed dock IdeaPad U1, which will turn it into a full-fledged mini-laptop based on the operating system, Windows 7 Home Premium and energy efficient CPU Intel Core i5-540UM clocked at 1.2 GHz. Also among the characteristics IdeaPad U1 - Integrated Graphics Intel HD, 2 GB RAM, 320 GB hard drive on and the USB ports and HDMI. Issue IdeaPad U1 and LePad held in the first quarter of this year, first in China. The cost of both products starts at $ 1300, but the tablet can be bought separately, at least for $ 520.
CES 2011: RIM's PlayBook Tablet Gets First Public Preview [Video]
CES 2011: RIM's PlayBook Tablet Gets First Public Preview
2011 International CES Wows World with Innovation and Optimism
"The 2011 International CES was a phenomenal worldwide event that spanned global industries including technology, automotive and entertainment markets," said Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CEA. "This global technology gathering featured more innovation, more news, more social media buzz and more international attendance than any other show in CES history."
Preliminary attendance figures indicate more than 140,000 industry professionals attended the 2011 International CES. More than 30,000 attendees came from outside the United States, with the show attracting more than 80 international delegations. CEA conducts an independent audit of attendance at the International CES and final verified figures will be available in the spring.
Major technology trends emerged from the CES show floor including the launch of more than 80 tablets, wireless 4G LTE, connected TV technologies, smart appliances – featured for the first time in show history – and electric vehicles. Ford’s Alan Mulally unveiled the company’s first electric car at the 2011 International CES with its Ford Focus Electric.
The 2011 CES brought top CEOs to the CES stage including Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer, Verizon’s Ivan Seidenberg, Audi’s Rupert Stadler, Samsung’s Boo-Keun Yoon, Ford’s Alan Mulally, Netflix’s Reed Hastings, Cisco’s John Chambers, Xerox’s Ursula Burns and GE’s Jeffrey Immelt. These executives were joined onstage by leaders spanning various industries including Comcast’s Brian Roberts, Time Warner Cable’s Glenn Britt, Dreamworks Animation’s Jeffrey Katzenberg and Hulu’s Jason Kilar. The 2011 International CES conference program consisted of 250 sessions featuring 900 speakers.
As the relationship between technology and the content community grows in significance, the 2011 CES featured a new program, Entertainment Matters, designed for the Hollywood community. As part of the program, the 2011 CES featured the first-ever Entertainment Matters keynote panel with leaders from Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Akamai Technologies, Interpublic Group and WPP.
The 2011 International CES featured government leaders from the U.S. and around the world including United States Trade Representative Ambassador Ron Kirk, United States Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke and FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, along with Commissioners Meredith Attwell Baker, Mignon Clyburn and Robert M. McDowell.
The 2011 CES created phenomenal buzz in the social media world with more than 158,000 CES-related tweets since Monday, January 3, and more than 11,000 page views on CEA’s Digital Dialogue blog.
