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Will personal area networks take off?  Intel thinks so.

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jan 13, 2009 at 08:16 PM

Intel dedicated part of its booth at CES to mobile Wi-Fi personal area networking (PAN).  The idea is simple, Wi-Fi enabled components speak to each other using an ad hoc network without the need for a router. The idea seems promising.  Intel had a pair of Wi-Fi headphones that supposedly… Continue Reading »

Up close with the IPEVO digital picture frame

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jan 13, 2009 at 06:15 PM

Gadgetell recently got to play with an IPEVO digital picture frame, the Kaleido R7.  Now, I am the guy who wrote a post denouncing digital picture frames as a pointless technology.  IPEVO changed my mind. Digital picture frames have gone through a couple of styles.  It started off with toyish… Continue Reading »

Insteon’s IRLinc helps you automate your home

by Heather Wood on Jan 13, 2009 at 12:30 PM

New inventions have allowed entertainment lovers to enjoy and control the way that they watch programs in ways never before imagined.  SmartLabs has now introduced the IRLinc Transmitter, an INSTEON to IR converter, a device with an easy plug in design that allows you to remotely control your home theater. … Continue Reading »

Engine Room notebook design contest winner

by Heather Wood on Jan 13, 2009 at 09:10 AM

Hewlett Packard, MTV, and AMD made a joint announcement that they have decided on a winner for their Engine Room Notebook Design Contest.  The honor was awarded to Hisako Sakihama, a 27-year-old designer from Japan.  As the winner, his design will be the template for the new HP Artist Edition… Continue Reading »

Audiovox to challenge Logitech’s Harmony

by Sue Walsh on Jan 13, 2009 at 07:45 AM

At this year’s CES, Audiovox introduced several new universal remotes aimed at giving Harmony some stiff competition.  Here’s a look at them. The Acoustic Research XS offers both simple remote set up and an online app that allows the user to customize its operation and functionality.  When it hits stores… Continue Reading »

Sanyo announces the compact PLC-XW60 XGA LCD projector

by Heather Wood on Jan 12, 2009 at 10:19 PM

Gone are the days of the bulky projectors with outdated imaging capabilities.  Sanyo has announced the release of the PLC-XW60, the smallest and most lightweight XGA LCD projector. The projector only weighs 3.6 pounds which makes it extremely portable.  Although it’s small, the PLC-XW60 still comes packed many features.  The… Continue Reading »

Canon shows off tons of cameras

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jan 12, 2009 at 09:40 PM

Shortly before CES, Canon unveiled almost a dozen new camcorders.  They all were on display at CES and Gadgetell played with some of them.  Virtually all of the HD consumer camcorder line can now record in a 24Mbps mode called MXP.  Why does this matter?  The higher the bitrate, the… Continue Reading »

SD cards are exciting? SanDisk gets people fired up.

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jan 12, 2009 at 08:17 PM

Click for a larger image. SanDisk showed off its newest products, slotRadio and its one-touch backup USB drive, at that tiny event known as CES.  No one at SanDisk would give information about what compression is used on the slotRadio microSD cards that hold 1000 songs, but they had listening… Continue Reading »

AT&T and DirecTV may partner with Hava to fight Dish

by Iyaz Akhtar on Jan 12, 2009 at 07:09 PM

Competitors of Dish are scrambling to figure out what to do now that the SlingLoaded 922 has hit.  While every major company offers a DVR, there’s only one that can placeshift without additional hardware and that’s Echostar’s Dish. Hava, a Slingbox competitor, told Gadgetell that they were working with major… Continue Reading »

Get distracted with D-Link’s Sideshow

by Heather Wood on Jan 12, 2009 at 06:18 PM

Everyone likes to multi-task when they are working on their computers.  You may end up stopping in the middle of your work, to check your email, send an IM or watch a video on YouTube.  With the new D-Link SideStage, you can free up your main computer monitor and offload… Continue Reading »

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