The Best of the Best — CES Tech Round-Up

Raquel and I swung by the innovation and design awards area at the show yesterday and found some pretty cool stuff. For those of you who don’t know, this is a special area over at the Sands Expo where they showcase which devices displayed at the show were…

The Next Digital Decade

Last night at a pre-kickoff for CES, Bill Gates gave his last official keynote as the big kahuna at Microsoft. A few of us at the lab were invited to an event by the Microsoft eHomes team to sip cocktails and watch the keynote on a large screen — a much more comfortable way to be…

Sharing is the New Black

Yesterday I attended a seminar called “How Social Media is Changing the Rules.” Here are some highlights of the conversation:

Share and Share Alike

The very vocal panelist, CEO of Broadband Mechanics, Marc Canter (from Macromedia…

The Revenge of the Smart Appliance

Visitors to the lab will probably have noticed the fairly high tech refrigerator in our kitchen. It’s got a nifty little LCD screen on it that allows us to watch television and the like while we stand and stare at the refrigerator. What newer visitors may not, though…

Big Thinkers and Disruptive Technologies

I sat in on CES SuperSession titled “Big Thinkers and Disruptive Technologies.” Panelists included representatives from Nettwerk Music, Facebook, HP, Zoran Corp. and Sonic Solutions. The panel focused on each participant’s definition of disruptive technology…

D.C. ESA PAC OMG LOL?

Okay, sorry about the acronyms. I just can’t help myself some days. Ever since I was in high school, when I actually met someone who used “LOL” in speech (they pronounced it “lowel”), I’ve been addicted to these things.