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The consumer technology industry’s hottest new products and services are unveiled at the 42nd International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Rival lays challenge to Intel over netbooks
Qualcomm plans to challenge for dominance in the fast-growing market for mini laptops and expects many companies to use its chips in devices
Higher tech, lower prices
More innovation for less money looks like the trump card at the industry’s showcase, writes Paul Taylor
Palm Pre phone grabs the limelight
Palm, a former tech icon of technology largely given up for dead by Wall Street, emerges as an unlikely star from the Consumer Electronics Show
Desktop computing becomes a wave of the past
PCs are no longer the cutting-edge product they were and desktop computing may not represent the future of the industry. Yet with sales of some 300m units a year, PCs still account for many of the jobs in the tech world, from motherboard designers in Taiwan to software developers in Seattle.
Palm introduces Pre, iPhone rival
The Pre can boast some of the best features of the iPhone, but Palm is launching it into a very crowded market against some of the most innovative tech companies in the world
Microsoft turns up heat on Yahoo
Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s chief executive officer, has increased the pressure on Yahoo to hand over control of its search business to his software company
Ballmer Interview: Microsoft’s quest to beat Google
Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer tells Richard Waters how the company plans to gain the edge on its rivals this year
Flat-panel HDTV makers home in on internet
One of the big trends at this year’s the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is the push for a holy grail that has thus far eluded the industry: internet connectivity in the living room.
New standard for home entertainment networks
Standard will simplify moving video from one device to another and around the home with support from cable operators and a Hollywood studio
Microsoft to unveil Windows update
Microsoft is set to release a test version of its next Windows operating system this week, pushing ahead with a full launch that could come before the end of the year even if the depressed state of the PC market continues, Steve Ballmer, chief executive, said
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Front row for latest gadgets
I am about to set out on my annual pilgrimage to the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, eager to see, touch and sample the products and services that will be on display, writes Paul Taylor
Macworld
Influence of Jobs revealed in digital music pact
Steve Jobs may have been absent from Macworld, but his influence was still very much in evidence, to judge by the main technical advance unveiled at the annual showcase event.
Apple brings in variable pricing on iTunes
Apple and the music industry have settled their biggest differences, with the iPod maker agreeing to allow variable pricing on its iTunes digital music store and the largest record labels dropping restrictions which prevented tracks from being copied
