Ces 2010

Gaming

CES Showing Off The Xbox 360 That Costs More Than Fahey’s Car

7:17AM December 30, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Origin PC is showing off their obscenely expensive liquid-cooled Xbox 360, gaming computer hybrid at CES next week. More »


Gadgets

The Gear We Used At CES

9:40AM January 14, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

New gadgets are the stars of CES, but there was a ton of gear behind the scenes that was instrumental to our coverage of the event. Here’s what kept us alive in Vegas. More »


Entertainment

Why A Blu-ray Player Might Become Your Only Set-Top Box

7:20AM January 14, 2010 | Wilson Rothman

My love for Blu-ray players grows whenever companies add another feature that has nothing to do with Blu-ray. Now any worthwhile player is a home-entertainment hub, replacing the pay TV DVR and Apple TV alike. How soon till they handle everything? More »


CESpool: More Ideas From Haier’s “Share Your Ideas” Wall

10:40AM January 13, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Last week you were crying out for more ideas from Haier’s wall o’ ideas, so I swung by there on the last day of the show to see if there were any more hare-brained suggestions. I was in luck! More »


Gadgets

You, Too, Can Launch Your Own Nail Fashion Business!

6:40AM January 13, 2010 | Mark Wilson

I’m going to tell you a tale, a tale of friendship that, with the help of a Chinese automatic nail printer, blossomed into a full-out, wet and sticky bromance. More »


Computing

Asus Core I7 Laptop Claims 12-Hour Battery Life

5:00PM January 12, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz

The fastest laptops usually get lousy battery life, but Asus has made a few innovations that supposedly net its memorably named UL80JT laptop an incredible 12 hours of battery life, despite its Core i7 processor. I really hope it’s true. More »


Cameras

Video: Justify Your Huge Confusing Gadget Lineup, Sony

11:20AM January 12, 2010 | Dan Nosowitz

Sony’s new camera and camcorder lineup is a whopping 17 products strong. Why not, say, four? I give a Sony rep 10 seconds to justify his gadgets. Watch him panic! More »


Gaming

Razer’s Twiddly Onza Xbox 360 Controller Hands-On

4:55AM January 12, 2010 | Matt Buchanan

If you applied a PC gamer’s obsession with gear and tweakability to a console controller, Razer’s Onza Xbox 360 controller is basically what you’d expect: Reprogrammable buttons, elongated triggers, two extra buttons and joystick tension adjustment (!). More »


Mobile

Reporter Easily Breaks ‘Unbreakable’ Phone

3:10AM January 12, 2010 | Mark Wilson

This BBC isn’t just funny because a reporter breaks an unbreakable phone, it’s that the company’s CEO just starts laughing like, “You got us!” Meanwhile, the phone will probably be relabelled, “unbreakable by anything but edges of fish tanks.” More »


I’m Sold On 3D TVs… And I Kind Of Hate Myself For It

2:30AM January 12, 2010 | Mark Wilson

I’m a skeptic who’s seen every consumer-grade 3D TV in existence from manufacturers like Panasonic, Samsung and Sony. I’ve seen OLED 3D, plasma 3D, LCD 3D and LED LCD 3D. And I’ve finally made up my mind on the matter. More »