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1. Is the Consumer Electronics Show on its last leg?

   (Opinion/Opinion Features)

   ... look forward to CES and Comdex every year, but Comdex (before it died) became too large, too complicated, and too painful to go to over time.  If you have been following this industry, its trends ...

2. CES 2007: Growing pains at the Consumer Electronics Show

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... Show in Las Vegas may have passed its usefulness. It is the nature of all trade shows to grow and grow and grow until they eventually collapse under their own weight. Comdex and E3 are just two examples, ...

3. Will Microsoft Origami be the first UMPC?

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

   ... to come ine at about $500 to $600. Interestingly, Origami was also the name of a handheld prototype that was shown by National Semiconductor at the Comdex Fall tradeshow in November 2001. The bright orange-colored ...

4. Thinking about upgrading to 11n now? Think Twice

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   ... the introduction of consumer networking products based on its draft 802.11g chipset back at the Fall 2002 Comdex show. Since that gamble paid off handsomely for Broadcom on 11g, they're trying for a repeat ...

5. Comdex canceled - wait till next year

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

     Comdex - one of the best-known trade shows in the tech industry - has been canceled for 2004. Comdex - one of the best-known trade shows in the tech industry - has been canceled for 2004. Declining ...

6. COMDEX: Day 1 Findings

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

     The annual rite known as the Fall Comdex show got underway last night with Mr. Gates' usual opening address. The annual rite known as the Fall Comdex show got underway last night with Mr. Gates' ...

7. New Comdex to have less flash

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

     If you were planning to load up on free key chains, coffee mugs, and Frisbees at Comdex Fall this November, you may want to think again. If you were planning to load up on free key chains, coffee ...

8. MacWorld Expo/Tokyo 2003 Cancelled

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   ... of the producers of Fall Comdex 2002 in Las Vegas may also have contributed to the decision of the IDG World Expo's producers.  ...

9. Nvidia unveils K8-supporting single chip

   (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

   ... integrated into the south bridge chip (media communications processor, MCP). Nvidia demonstrated the product for the first time to certain customers at Comdex Fall 2002. More here at DigiTimes  ...

10. Comdex Producer may file for bankruptcy protection

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Key3Media Group, the producer of the annual Fall Comdex fete in Las Vegas, has announced that it may not have the resources to cover its debt payments and may be forced to file for bankruptcy protection. ...

11. NV30 to enter mass production by year-end

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Nvidia's much-talked-about NV30 graphics chip will finally make its debut on November 18 at Comdex Fall 2002. Nvidia's much-talked-about NV30 graphics chip will finally make its debut on November ...

12. Springdale and K8-based boards to appear quietly at Fall Comdex

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Although motherboards using Intel's Springdale chipset and the K8-platform from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) will be at the top of Taiwanese board makers' exhibition lists at Comdex Fall 2002, their ...

13. Dell to Release New PDA at Comdex

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... application programs technology. The Axim X5 will be unveiled at Fall 2002 Comdex in Las Vegas, Nevada on November 18th. Sources close to Dell report that Dell's Axim X5 release will include two devices, ...

14. Dell To Unveil New $199 Pocket PC At Comdex?

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Sources indicate that Dell is planning to unveil two new Pocket PC 2002 handhelds at Comdex. Sources indicate that Dell is planning to unveil two new Pocket PC 2002 handhelds at Comdex. The interesting ...

15. Nvidia said to debut NV30 at Comdex Fall in November

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Nvidia has reportedly decided to officially introduce its top-end NV30 chip at the Comdex Fall exhibition, to be held in Las Vegas from November 18-22, after delaying the roll-out for months to ...

16. Dazzle 6 in 1 Card Reader

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... what's the point of making them removable? SCM Microsystems thinks it has a solution that will let you copy the myriad varieties of smart cards without hooking up each device to the USB tether. At COMDEX ...

17. Shockwave buys AtomFilms

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... Corel CEO Derek Burney had insisted at Comdex/Fall that Corel would maintain support for Linux after the departure of Linux booster and ex-CEO Michael Cowpland. In a related story, a Wired writer notes ...

18. 3D projection without glasses

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      One of the most popular booths at Comdex this year featured a 3D projection of "volumetric" images into thin air. The Russian Aerospace Agency says the 130-ton Mir space station will return to ...

19. NEC shows Transmeta notebook

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... pre-selling a 1.33GHz Athlon, though AMD has informed the firm that the product should not be available yet. The writer speculates that the chip would likely be announced at Comdex Fall, meaning a December ...

20. CES to usher in Web appliance fest

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... Microsoft has enlisted Acer and Philips to build the Web Companion devices. Compaq also showed a Web Companion prototype at Comdex/Fall last November. The Web Companion devices should begin shipping in ...

21. Notebook chips to get juiced-up

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... At Comdex/Fall in Las Vegas this week, AMD announced plans to launch a new mobile version of its K6-2+ chip in the first half of next year. The chip, to debut at 500MHz and higher, will feature a new power-saving ...

22. Final Win 2000 beta on tap

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... stopping the train for," according to an internal Windows 2000 status update. Microsoft officials reiterated at Comdex/Fall '99 this week that the company is still on track to release the final commercial ...

23. Monitor interfaces diverge at Comdex

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... specification appeared to be reaching a consensus among LCD monitor makers, but products unveiled during the Comdex/Fall '99 trade show indicate that DVI support has wavered.Some of the newest products ...

24. Comdex abuzz with appliances

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      A slew of companies unveiled support for simplified computer designs at Comdex Fall '99, furthering the concept of easy-to-use Internet appliances.Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and ...

25. AMD preps 1GHz Athlon for Comdex

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Advanced Micro Devices is expected to demonstrate next week a 1GHz Athlon using a .18 micron process technology.At its public exhibition of the 1GHz chip during the Comdex/Fall trade show in Las ...

26. Windows 2000 headed for Vegas launch?

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Several analysts and industry pundits are predicting that Microsoft will introduce its next iteration of the Windows operating system - Windows 2000 - at the Fall Comdex computer trade show, set ...