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The CIA Shows Up to CES

5:40AM January 10, 2009 | Mark Wilson

While I was waiting to watch Panasonic’s 3DHD demonstration earlier this week, I overheard what was surely the strangest conversation I’d ever eavesdropped at CES.

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Catching Up: CES Hotels Are Cheap

5:11AM January 10, 2009 | Brian Lam

We usually stay in a dump of a hotel, the Imperial Palace, for $US200. This year, we’re at the Wynn for $US129. In short, if you didn’t rebook your CES hotel, you were overpaying.

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Catching Up: Dear CES Diary, Day One

2:09PM January 9, 2009 | Brian Lam

Hey, we’re back at CES. Yesterday was day zero, full of press conferences, but today is the day we all hit the floor. I actually never made it there.

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Catching Up: Ski Season

5:08PM December 23, 2008 | Brian Lam

Hey Jason, how’s the Bay Area been? I’m at Lake Tahoe and I took my friend’s 4runner up. Wasn’t a good idea.

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