Monthly Archives: January 2008

CES 2008 Las Vegas – North Hall

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CES 2008 Las Vegas – North HallOriginally uploaded by JoeDuck.Working my way from South to North Hall of the Convention Center for the discussion about MMORPG gaming that’ll be in N253. I’ve been to this convention center several times but never to an event of this size – it’s a swirling hive of activity today – mostly exhibitors setting up the big high tech displays and display rooms, and hundreds of CES staff learning the ropes. They’ve been *very* friendly and courteous so far but the onslaught of people doesn’t happen until tomorrow. Huge Kudos to them if they can keep up the smiles and helpfulness.

I’m not finding many CES blog posts yet – I think the Scoble & Microsoft Express Blogger Bus has not arrived yet from Silcon Valley…

Here’s Dean T

http://www.mercextra.com/blogs/takahashi/2008/01/06/ces-live-lg-announces-mobile-digital-tv/

CES Laptop Bag. Thanks Toshiba, but sad to see you left the show?

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Originally uploaded by JoeDuck.
This great backpack from Toshiba, who was going to be out in force at CES to promote the HD-DVD standard, is a poignant reminder of how fast and furiously things change in the tech industry. Warner’s decision to go Blu-Ray was just yesterday but it’s already created a potential melt-down for HD DVD (Toshiba’s preferred and supported standard). Several HD-DVD folks have reported cancelled conference activities and events – but those are just rumors so far.

CES Bloggers

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Hey, who else is blogging CES?   300 of you Techno Spartans ?    Put YOUR blog URL in the comments section of this post or twitter me and I’ll put you here.   Also make sure you have RSVPd with the CES Bloggers and Bloghaus folks at Seagate and Podtech.   

A lot of premier tech bloggers are on board the PodTech / Microsoft Blogging Bus heading for Las Vegas and video-live-blogging from the bus when they can – this really is a cool idea!  http://www.mogulus.com/podtech_ces_live

SONY Online looks like they have a great blogging venue at the MGM as well and they are hosting a cool (invitation only) Poker Party Wednesday night at the Hard Rock Cafe. 

CES Bloggers  (bloggers – RSVP with them for the Atomic Testing Museum party!)

Rob from CES

Scoble!

Intel’s CES Blogging Team

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CES 2008: Don’t Tase me Bro!

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Hey, here’s the Taser Press release.   At CES they’ll have a new line of Tasers where “fashion with a bite” is the theme.  

OUCH!

MEDIA ADVISORY

TASER Debuts Company’s First Consumer Education Infomercial and
New TASER C2 Design: Fashion with a Bite
 
WHAT:           TASER International will discuss its new television infomercial starring John Bunnell, host of World Wildest Police Videos. In its entirety, the 30-minute infomercial will directly educate consumers about the TASER C2.
 
The company will also unveil its new TASER C2 design which will provide a personal protection option for women who want fashion with a bite.

CES Press Conference Schedule

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Check www.CESWeb.org for official CES information.    Here’s a link to the Press Conference roundup for CES.    It’s really going to be interesting to see how the Blu-Ray buzz shakes out.  SONY must be thrilled to have their standard come into widespread adoption, and look more like they’ll “win” the high stakes battle for the DVD market.   Likewise the HD-DVD folks must really be devastated by the trends away from that technology.  Hmmm – am I remembering correctly that it was SONY that lost the betamax vs VCR battle almost a generation ago?    If so, maybe they learned from that how to win this one? 

CES Parties

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The best CES Party information is at the CES Party List  and  Karen’s List 

Here’s the lineup from CES Party List as of Yesterday:

(I’ll be at the Caesar’s Palace Digital Experience, the Monster Blog Party, CES Blog Party, and hoping to hang out at the Bloghaus fow awhile).  

I’m also trying to get an invitation to the SONY Online Poker Party at Hard Rock on Wednesday, which looks really fun.

 SAT, JANUARY 5:

4:00 – 7:00 PM: CES Unveiled: Official Press Event – Sands/Venetian, Marco Polo Ballroom (Invite only)

5:30PM – 7:00PM: Storage Visions Reception – Flamingo Hotel (Invite only)

6:00 PM: Storage Vision Awards – Flamingo Hilton, Sunset Ballroom (Invite only)

7:00PM-10PM: DTS Party – Nobu, Hard Rock Hotel (Invite only)
SUN, JANUARY 6:

8:00 AM – 7:30 PM: P2P Media Summit LV North Hall, Convention Center

6:00PM – 9:00PM: BlogHaus – Bellagio
RSVP: bloghaus@podtech.net (Media only)

6-10PM: Digital Experience – Ceasars Palace (Press Invite Only).
Contact Pepcom at: www.pepcom.com

7:00PM – 10:00PM: Asus Party – Palmer Room, Wynn (Invite only)

8:30 PM – 10:30 PM: HD DVD – Wynn, Lafitte Ballroom (Invite only)

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Panasonic – Venetian, Bellini Room

MON, JANUARY 7:

7:30AM-10:00AM: IDC Content Breakfast – The Wynn (Invite only)

7:30AM-10:00AM: MusicIP Media Breakfast – Venetian, Casanova Ballroom (Invite only)

11:30-2:00PM: Lunch at Piero’s – Piero’s Restaurant across the street from the LVCC
RSVP: http://www.lunchat.com/mediaregistration.html (Media only)

12:00PM-1:00PM: Lunch with Yoko Ono – CES Concierge Center (Invite only)

12:00PM: Yahoo Press Lunch – LV Hilton, Room 11-14 (Invite only)

12:00PM-1:00PM: Thiel Press Lunch – Casanonva 505, The Venetian (Media only)

12:30PM-1:30PM: RealNeworks Press Lunch – Venetian, Casanova Ballroom (Media only)

5:00PM–6:00PM: KEF Press Cocktail Hour – Hilton, Suite 330

5:00PM-8:00PM: Saitek Reception – Bellagio Hotel (Invite only)

5:30PM-8:00PM: Tiger Direct Build Your Own PC Race for Charity – Wynn Las Vegas (Invite only)

6:00PM-8:00PM: CEA Accessories Division Reception – LVCC, South Hall Internation Food Market

6:00PM-8:00PM: CEA Mobile Electronics Division Reception- LVCC, Grand Loby, Banner’s Restaurant

6:00PM-9:00PM: BlogHaus- Bellagio
RSVP: bloghaus@podtech.net (Media only)

6:00PM-10:00PM: Showstoppers – Wynn Las Vegas
RSVP: sl@showstoppers.com (Media only)7:00PM: The Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards – Bellini 2101, The Venetian (Invite only)7:00PM-10:00PM: Qualcomm Party – The Opium Room, Venetian (Invite only)

7:00PM-11:00PM: SpectronIQ Party – The Joint, Hard Rock Hotel (Invite only)

8:00PM – 12:00AM: Intel You Are a Rockstar Party – Rain, Palms (Invite only)

8:00PM – 12:00AM: OCZ Technology Full Throttle – Bellagio Suites (Invite only)

8:00PM – 12:00AM: Monster Blog Bash – Paris Hotel, Louis the Empire Suite (Bloggers, RSVP only)
8:00PM – 1:00AM: Peerless Party – The Palms, Ghost Bar (Invite only)

8:30PM – 10:30PM: HD DVD Promotion Group – The Wynn, Lafitte Ballroom (Invite only)

9:00PM – 12:00AM: Laser TV Party – Palms (Invite only)

9:00PM – 1:00AM: Entropia Universe Hosts Champagne & Caviar – Palms (RSVP)
9:00 PM – 11:00 PM: Corsair Reception – Wynn Hotel (Press Invite Only RSVP: Karen Thomas kthomas@thomas-pr.com)

TUES, JANUARY 8:

7:30AM-10:00AM: IDC Content Breakfast – The Wynn (Invite only)

8AM-10AM: NXT Breakfast Reception – Hilton Hotel, Suite 28102 (Invite only)

8:00AM – IFA/ShowStoppers/CEATEC Press Breakfast – LV Hilton, Conf Room 10 (Invite only)

8:00AM: JVC – Caesar’s (Invite only)

8:30AM – 7:30PM: The Sandbox Summit: A Playdate With Technology (sandbox[at]sandboxsummit.org)11:30-2:00PM: Lunch at Piero’s – Piero’s Restaurant across the street from the LVCC
RSVP: http://www.lunchat.com/mediaregistration.html (Media only)

3:00PM-6:00PM: Table PC/UMPC Meetup – Planet Hollywood (Invite only)
5:00PM-10:00PM: “It Won’t Stay in Vegas” Blogger Party – Atomic Testing Museum, 755 E Flamingo Rd. (Invite only)5:00PM-8:00PM: Saitek Reception – Bellagio Hotel (Invite only)

5:30PM-7:00PM: CEA Digital Imaging Reception – Renaissance Hotel, Ballroom I

6:00PM: Canada Night 2008 – The Roman Ballroom at Caesars Palace

6:30PM-9:30PM: Band & Olufsen Reception – Venetian (Invite only)

6:00PM-9:00PM: BlogHaus – Bellagio
RSVP: bloghaus@podtech.net (Media only)

6:30PM: AMD SmartHouse Reception – AMD Smart House LVCC (Invite only)

Monster Dealer Awards
Seating: 7:00PM Award Presentation: 9:00PM
Entertainment by Mary J. Blige, Paris Hotel: (Invite only)7:00 PM – 9:00 PM; Dell – Venetian, Madame Tussauds (Invite only)

7:00PM-10PM: Future Party – Ghost Bar, Palms (Invite only)

7:00PM-11:30PM: Liteon Party – The Venetian (Invite only)

8:30PM: Digital Media Wire’s inaugural Digital Media Inside – Bellini Room at The Venetian
9:00PM-12:00AM: Shuttle Press Party – Bellagio (Media only)

10:00 PM: Microsoft/Verizon – Palms

(?) ContentNext CES mixer – Quarks Bar (RSVP at advertising AT contentnext.com)

(?) Bluetooth technology member appreciation party – Tao in the Venetian hotel

WED, JANUARY 9:

7:30AM-10:00AM: IDC Content Breakfast – The Wynn (Invite only)

5:00PM-8:00PM: Saitek Reception – Bellagio Hotel (Invite only)

6:00PM-9:00PM: BlogHaus – Bellagio
RSVP: bloghaus@podtech.net (Media only)

6:00PM-9:00PM: Super Talent Reception – Monet One & Patio, Bellagio (invite only)

6:00PM-9:00PM: TTZ Media Affiliate Dinner – TBA (Invited affiliates only)

7:00PM-10:00PM: AVS Forum Party – Sahara Hotel (Invite only)

7:00PM-10:00PM: Cisco Party – Venetian (Invite only)

9PM-1AM: Sony Online Entertainment Poker Party – Hard Rock Hotel (Invite only)

Warner feeling Blu-Ray and maybe pocketing $500,000,000

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Warner Entertainment decided today to go exclusively blu-ray disk and drop the HD DVD format altogether.   They’d been working with both standards, and this has sent a shock wave – maybe a deadly shock – to the HD DVD standard pioneered by Toshiba.   Blu-ray is the standard developed largely by SONY.

And so we’ve got huge CES News even before the conference starts tomorrow (Sat for Press, Sun for Gates Keynote).   The HD-DVD consotium has cancelled it’s press briefing at CES and is probably scrambling to figure out what hit them.    Rumors suggest it was a 500 million payoff to Warner that got them to “see the light” of the blu-ray format, though it was a superior format by most technical standards.   Unfortunately the players tend to cost more, thus we may see better quality at higher costs. 

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