ces 2009
Gadgets
The 3M MPro120: It’s About Time Pico Projectors Grew Up
5:54AM John Herrman | 3M is proudly calling the MPro120 a “second generation” product. For them, that means it’s the first with the company’s new MM200 projection engine. For you and me, it could well be the first truly decent pico projector. More »
Toys
Mattel’s Pseudo Telekinesis MindFlex Toy Available October 1 For $US100
1:30AM Jack Loftus | Mattel’s mind-over-matter kid’s toy MindFlex, first introduced at CES for about $US80, will actually be $US100 when it arrives on October 1. Still, it’s a small price to pay for moving balls with your mind. [Amazon via I4U News] More »
Entertainment
Digeo Moxi HD DVR: $US400, No Fees, 500GB HDD, Might Even Be Real
11:11AM Wilson Rothman | I have watched the Digeo Moxi DVR evolution since it came into the world seven years ago. It was vapour we loved to love, but now, it might actually be living-room ready.
Online
The Story of CES, Told Honestly
10:40AM Mark Wilson | This 5-minute clip of Current’s Ben Hoffman at CES accurately sums up our day-to-day experience walking the floor, if we could only devote less time to writing and more time channeling our inner asshole. More »
Gadgets
Sapient’s Coke Machine Longs for Your Touch
11:00AM Andi Wang | Touch screens are everywhere now—on mobile phones, televisions, airport kiosks, MP3 players and cameras. It’s about time vending machines got in on the action, and that’s just what Sapient’s Coke machines are doing. More »
Gadgets
eTape Measuring Tape Features iPod Design, LED Screen
9:00AM Sean Fallon | The old-fashioned tape measure is getting a 21st century upgrade with, what else, an iPod inspired design—but the LED screen is the feature worth getting excited about. More »
Business
Sony Looks Set To Lose $US1.1 Billion In Fiscal 2008
12:30AM John Mahoney | Remember when Howard Stringer said that he “wasn’t recession proof” at this CES keynote? Yeah, he wasn’t joking. Sony is about to post its first loss in 14 years, and it’s a doozy. More »
Phones
Samsung Show is the First Brand Name, Non-Prototype Projector Phone
12:00PM Adrian Covert | The Samsung Show touchscreen projector phone may not be the first projector phone out there, but it is the first one that isn’t a prototype, and doesn’t come from a completely obscure manufacturer. More »
Screens
Why There Were No New Massively Huge TVs at CES
9:10AM John Mahoney | CES is always about the world’s biggest LCD/Plasma dick size competition. This year, that story line was completely non-existent. What gives?
Phones
