Title: Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008 - Part 2 @ Virtual-Hideout

Review link: http://virtual-hideout.net/articles/CES_2008_Part2/index.shtml

Quote: “Now we’re on to the computer side of the Consumer Electronics Show. As I mentioned, there wasn’t quite as many booths this year sporting that many new products that could classify as headliners. The obvious new products include Nvidia’s new HD motherboards and 3D technologies, Intel’s 45nm next generation processors, newly released Wireless N networking, and solid state drives.”

Title: Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008 - Part 1 @ Virtual-Hideout

Article link: http://www.virtual-hideout.net/articles/CES_2008_Part1/index.shtml
Quote: “Every year, North America hosts the largest Consumer Electronics Show (CES) which is where any and everyone can go to debut their newest or best products. If you can think of any technical gizmo or gadget, chances are that it’s already there. This year’s event didn’t quite have the amount of computer components as last year, but there was still plenty and High Definition was all the rave. Of course, there were still endless rows of iPod and music player stations. As a matter of fact, there were more of those than High Definition Televisions. I’m not sure we need more docking stations, but HD TVs advancements are always a good thing. The more new products that come out, the quicker prices drop on the current products.”

Title: Best of CES 2008 @ Techgage

Quote: We saw numerous products and technologies at CES earlier this month, but only ten of those deserved our “Best of” award. Included inside is Gateway’s latest gaming notebook, Logitech’s Squeezebox Duet, CoolIT’s dual-GPU cooler, DisplayLink’s USB display tech and more.

Title: Foxconn Blackops Motherboard Prototype
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/518
Category: First Look

Summary:
We took a look on the prototype of Foxconn Blackops motherboard, a socket 775 motherboard based on the forthcoming Intel X48 chipset coming with a water-cooling solution and targeted to extreme overclockers.

Here is a snippet:
“During CES 2008 Foxconn displayed the prototypes of two motherboards targeted to overclockers: F1, which we have already posted here, and Blackops. Blackops is based on the forthcoming Intel X48 chipset, have three PCI Express x16 slots, a myriad of overclocking options and a cooler that refrigerates the chipset and the transistors from the voltage regulator circuit that can operate as a simple passive cooler, as a water cooler or adapted to accept dry ice or liquid nitrogen. Sounds impressive? Read on.”

 Direct Link:  http://www.ocia.net/articles/ttake/page1.shtml

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TechwareLabs has published our CES 2008 Booth Babes Gallery. Here’s a clip from the coverage:

Quote: “No coverage of CES would be complete without a look at the glamorous CES 2008 booth Babes. Each year flocks of eager geeks gather to eye these amazing babes. We have a small but glorious gallery for you guys this year. Take a peek.”

LINK:
http://www.techwarelabs.com/articles/events/ces2008-booth-babes

Title:
TechwareLabs: CES 2008 Booth Babes Gallery @ TechwareLabs

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Next-Generation Content War Continues to Ravage HD DVD

“The fallout of an apparent Blu-ray victory over HD DVD continued all
week, even after the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) ended on Thursday
evening. Is the war for next-gen supremacy over? Can everyone look to
go buy a Blu-ray player now?”

http://www.madshrimps.be/gotoartik.php?articID=666
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Popular Mechanics Recognizes Conserve as a “Convenient Device” That Helps Minimize Electricity Use

2008 International CES

COMPTON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Belkin International, Inc., received an Editor’s Choice Award from Popular Mechanics magazine for Conserve, an 8-outlet surge protector that helps you lower your overall impact on the environment. Conserve makes it simple to eliminate wasteful standby power to your electronic devices, helping you reduce energy consumption and save money.

Selected and judged by its editorial staff, Popular Mechanics presented its Awards at their annual event on Monday, January 7, at the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

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Title: CES 2008: Cars @ Techgage

Quote: Sure, the tech is great, but one of the coolest areas of CES was the North Hall, where all of the cars, car audio and babes were found. We found over fifty sweet rides through our travels and have pictures of each - everything from modest classics to the latest exotics.

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TITLE: 2008 International CES Computer Technology Highlights @ Benchmark Reviews

DESCRIPTION: The 2008 International CES is now finished, and while exhibitors use the weekend to tear-down booths there are as many writers who will feverishly extol the numerous technology displays viewed over the past week.  Benchmark Reviews was after the only the most notable computer technology highlights and announcements at the show, and this article reveals what we believe to be the most important innovations for Q1/Q2 2008.

ARTICLE URL: http://benchmarkreviews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=141&Itemid=1

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Title: Goldmund’s Media Room: A Dream For Audiophiles @ Phoronix
Direct Link: http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=11685
Summary: “Last week I had received a unique CES invitation from Rogers &
Cowan, a PR firm representing an array of entertainment and technology
companies, about one of their clients that advertises itself as the
makers of the “world’s most extravagant and technologically advanced
systems for audio-video purists.” For the Consumer Electronic Show,
participating companies will either have a booth or suite somewhere in
Las Vegas, but that wasn’t the case for Goldmund, this Rogers & Cowan
client that specializes in high-end audio/video systems. Their systems
are so advanced that they simply cannot be built in a day or even a
week, but for each of their media rooms they spend extensive time
planning and constructing the rooms that are slated to be perfect, even
an imperfect world. With that said, it was easier and more cost
effective for Goldmund to just have four other writers and I check out
their luxurious home theater systems in a demonstration home near Los
Angeles.”

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Title: CSX Cases by Cooler Master
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/514
Category: First Look

Summary:
CSX is a partnership between Cooler Master and Smooth Creations USA to provide professional-grade paint job and artwork for Cooler Master cases. In this article we show all artworks they were displaying during CES 2008.

Here is a snippet:
“CSX is a partnership between Cooler Master and Smooth Creations USA to provide professional-grade paint job and artwork for Cooler Master cases. So you can buy from them any Cooler Master case with an outstanding paint job. You can either choose from one of their existing artworks or ask them to create an exclusive artwork for you. On Cooler Master booth during CES 2008 we could see several different artworks they have available; the final quality of the paint job is one of the best we’ve seen, using automotive painting. In this article we will show you all the cases they were displaying during CES 2008.”

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Title: Foxconn F1 Motherboard Prototype
Link: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/513
Category: First Look

Summary:
Foxconn F1 motherboard prototype, a socket 775 board featuring four PCI Express x16 slots allowing CrossFireX using an Intel chipset, water-cooling to cool down the chipset and the voltage regulator and a thermoelectric cooler (Peltier) to cool down the north bridge chip.

Here is a snippet:
“During CES 2008 Foxconn showed us a prototype of a motherboard based on a non-revealed Intel chipset (probably Intel’s forthcoming P45 chipset) that will have four PCI Express x16 slots, allowing four video cards under CrossFireX using an Intel solution. It is not only that, this prototype – internally known as F1 – will come with a water-cooling solution to cool down the chipset and the transistors from the voltage regulator circuit, and below the north bridge block it has a thermoelectric cooler (TEC, a.k.a. “Peltier”).”

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We caught up with DeviceVM at CES and took a look at their latest implementation of Splashtop on an ASUS F8 notebook. New to the environment is DVD playback support, photo viewing, music listening, NTFS support and more.

Link: http://techgage.com/article/ces_2008_devicevms_splashtop/

Quote: We caught up with DeviceVM at CES to see what’s new with their Splashtop embedded Linux environment, which we first saw on the ASUS P5E3 Deluxe motherboard. As we found out, development has been steady with many new features implemented and ready for deployment with notebooks.

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CES is finally over.

” Trust is a company that makes input devices and other peripherals. They have a huge presence in Europe and just announced the American launch of their products at CES. Trust is on the same tier as Logitech in terms of support and products offered. They offer many products that are extremely well designed and it really looks like they will give Logitech great competition which the market always needs. ”

Link: http://www.aselabs.com/articles.php?id=232

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