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CES 2008: A NowPublic Roundup

by Kaitlin | January 8, 2008 at 09:30 am

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Day 4: Jan. 9

Zune's coming to Canada, but does Canada care?

Yahoo pulls a Facebook (apps! apps!), but does anyone care?

And some final thoughts from our own mtippett, who was live in Vegas and suspects CES has pulled a Fonzie and jumped ye old shark. Has the sun set over CES? Do we care?

Day 3: Jan. 8

For a video tour of the show, check out this link.

Intel's predictions about the future of personal processors.

Nintendo cleans up at the Emmys.

A dumb Armani phone.

An astonishingly frightening Taser with mp3 capabilities.

And a weird dancing robot from Sony.

Days 1 & 2: Jan. 6 & 7

As the annual Consumer Electronics Show descends upon Las Vegas, the internet is lighting up with news of new gadgets, exciting keynotes (Gates! Gates! Gates!) and all the hullaballoo one could expect when thousands of nerds descend upon the city of sin. Keep it tuned here for the latest; in the meantime, here's what NPers have been writing about so far (Gates! Gates! Gates!):

uusijo on Gates and the future of technology, and the flattest flat-screens yet;

mtippett, on the show, the new Samsung phones and Bill Gates' last gasp;

Edmund Jenks on the newest, smallest, cheapest image projector yet;

ppeggy on Gates' goodbye.

The International CES is the industry's largest educational forum to help companies expand their businesses and understand new technology. Approximately 200 conferences and more than 300 expert speakers encompass International CES conferences, Industry Insiders and SuperSessions to discuss hot industry trends and topics.

Keynote presentations feature executives from the world’s largest and most successful companies and result in remarkable media coverage for the speakers. CEOs rank the CES as one of their top 10 most desired speaking opportunities, according to a Burson-Marsteller Most Valued Podium survey. Check CESweb.org in September for the complete conference schedule.