Articles about CES 2010’

Jan 9, 2010

Boxee Box Review – why your HDTV and you need this remarkable media center

Posted by in CES 2010, Events, Media Receiver, Social Media, Video and TV, Wi-Fi
Boxee Box review

Look around CES 2010 and you’ll see acres of HDTVs and Blu-ray playes, all showing off their flashy Internet TV features. YouTube, Flickr, Facebook, Twitter and a billion other social media apps, all viewable on a shiny new $5,000 HDTV. But what if you don’t have $5,000? Or worse, what if you just spent $5,000 [...]


Jan 8, 2010

Android-powered Social Microwave could crowd source the perfect baked potato

Posted by in CES 2010, Coming Soon, Events, Music, Prototypes
Android-powered social microwave

CES 2010 always brings out the bizarre, but a company called Touch Revolution are taking it to the extreme. They’ve been showing off a microwave and washer/dryer, both equipped with the Android OS. Android, I’m sure you know, is Google’s open source operating system that’s been installed on dozens of smartphones, tablets and laptops. Never, [...]


Jan 8, 2010

Want Twitter on your TV? Samsung have an app for that with their new HDTV app store

Posted by in CES 2010, Events, HDTV, Music, Samsung, Social Media, Thoughts, Twitter Gadget, Video and TV
Samsung Internet@TV HDTV app store

HDTVs capable of showing social media apps such as Facebook and Twitter are everywhere at CES 2010, but Samsung have gone one better. Not only have they been showing off a variety of HDTVs equipped with social media apps aplenty, they’ve also launched an app store for their range of HDTVs, Blu-ray players and home [...]


Jan 7, 2010

Video of the Sony Dash, the Personal Internet View for the socially addicted

Posted by in CES 2010, Events, Gadgets, Manufacturer, Music, Portable Gadgets, Sony
Sony Dash Personal Internet Viewer

If you’re the socially connected type, then the Sony Dash, being shown off today at CES 2010, is the perfect gadget for you. Sony are calling it a Personal Internet Viewer, but you can think of it as a digital photo frame on steroids. Whereas today’s digital photo frames will let you view pics (obviously!) [...]


Jan 6, 2010

Eye-Fi Pro X2 wireless SD card with endless memory

Posted by in Cameras, CES 2010, Events, Facebook Gadget, Flickr Gadget, Photos, Photos, Social Media, Thoughts, Twitter Gadget, Videos, Wi-Fi, YouTube Gadget
Eye Fi Pro-X2

I didn’t mean for this series of CES 2010 posts to be so camera-heavy, but I couldn’t resist this. Eye-Fi have announced the new Eye-Fi Pro X2, an 8GB SD card with built-in WiFi. Quite how they managed to cram the WiFi gubbins into an SD card is beyond me, but what it gives you [...]


Jan 6, 2010

LG put Skype video calls on your telly

Posted by in CES 2010, Events, HDTV, LG, Manufacturer, Video and TV
LG Skype HDTV

LG have announced 26 new NetCast HDTVs at CES 2010, each of which comes with Skype built-in. The new TVs will let you make Skype voice and high definition video calls directly from your TV without the need for a PC. Video conferencing has been something that hasn’t really caught on in the consumer space, [...]


Jan 6, 2010

Sharp, Toshiba announce Twitter TVs powered by VUDU

Posted by in CES 2010, Events, Facebook Gadget, Gadgets, HDTV, Music, Social Media, Thoughts, Twitter Gadget, Video and TV
VUDU on HDTVs

VUDU seems to be one of the stars at the show at CES 2010 this year. A plethora of companies have been showing off new Internet-enabled HDTVs that feature VUDU built-in. This isn’t just great news for VUDU, though – it’s great news for us, too, as VUDU’s service brings with it a whole host [...]


Jan 6, 2010

Alereon NoWire laptop extender: The simplest way to wirelessly stream YouTube videos to your HDTV

Posted by in HDTV, Uncategorized, Videos, YouTube Gadget
Alereon NoWires media extender

Watching videos on your laptop is fun. Watching them on your giant 50″ HDTV is better. Much better – it’s what you bought the TV for! Unfortunately, getting your laptop to stream YouTube clips onto your PC has been a nightmare. You can do it farily simply with a simple HDMI connection, but that involves [...]