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What’s Darth Vader Got Planned For CES?

Well this is maybe something! We’ve gotten word of a Star Wars-related announcement coming to CES on Thursday. Stormtroopers! Darth Vader himself! All wrapped up in some sort of announcement that’s not so very far, far away.

January 3, 2011
Computing

Toshiba Hasn’t Finished With Its Tegra 2 Android Tablets

The last time Toshiba tried its hand at a Tegra 2 tablet, it stank. Will this mysterious 10.1-inch Android tablet do any better? Probably not. It will run on Android Honeycomb, however.

December 30, 2010
Gadgets

Upgrade Old TVs With LG’s Smart TV DLNA/Apps/Browser-Enabled Box

At CES next week, LG plans on announcing the Smart TV Upgrader, but they’ve given us a sneak-preview today. What does it do? Basically, the add-on upgrades non-”smart” TV sets with DLNA, apps, plus a web browser.

January 13, 2010

LG’s New TVs Will Come With A Wiimote-Like Remote Control

Gizmodo AU

It turns out that from all that CES coverage that the US gave us last week, they neglected to spend any time on LG’s new “Magic Wand” TV remote control, which offers Wiimote-like control of their new Infinia TVs. Lucky for us, the guys from Kotaku took the time to look at it.

January 12, 2010

Samsung Launching 3D Displays From Mid-April

Gizmodo AU

I just had a great chat with Mark Leathan, head of Marketing for consumer electronics at Samsung. Turns out we’ll start getting 3D TVs from the Korean company from the middle of April.

January 10, 2010
Geek Out

Monster Cable CD Will Make Your Optical Drive 58% More Efficient

Most press kits are given out on USB flash drives at events like this, which is both convenient and pretty cool, since you get a free flash drive! But Monster Cable instead opts for the cheap printed CD-R. Classy. [Giz@CES]

January 9, 2010

Aneesh Chopra Visits CES, Gets A Slap On The Wrist

Yesterday, Obama’s Chief Technology Officer went to Vegas yesterday to hang out with Blam, Chen, Frooch, et al. And what did he get from Consumer Electronics Association head honcho? Not a request for POTUS’s mobile number, but a bollocking.

January 8, 2010
Computing

Dell’s CES Announcements, Aussie-fied

Gizmodo AU

Eyeballing the Alienware and Dell products seen at CES? Wondering about Australian availability? We’ve got you covered.

The Fashion Of 3D Glasses, Always Out Of Style

I just tried 3D HD and really enjoyed it. I don’t even mind how goofy the glasses make me look, but that’s mostly because I wouldn’t be looking at myself. Really, I’d look sillier than I can imagine.

Gadgets

There Are Officially Too Damn Many Ebook Readers

A couple of years back, we condemned digital photo frames as the spam of CES – this year, in the wake of the Christmas of Kindle, every company has its own ebook reader. And that’s a bad thing.

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