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Vegas technology jamboree!
05 January 2006
Posted by Annie - prompt
If high-tech entertainment is your life, then this week Las Vegas is the place to be, and not just because of the usual opportunities to gamble your life away in opulent surroundings.
The annual consumer electronics extravaganza that is the Consumer Electronics Show has flung open its doors once again, with over 2,500 exhibitors and 130,000 visitors expected to flock to CES 2006 to see all that is new and exciting in the world of electronica.
Big name keynote speakers such as the bosses of Microsoft, Sony, Google and Yahoo! will be strutting their stuff, so it's sure to be a high-profile informative event as always.
The show will see plenty of product plugging and must-have gadgetry to lust over for next years' Christmas wish list. A fair chunk of floor space will be taken up by Panasonic and Philips, for example, who will each be showcasing new high-definition television screens that most of us will only be able to dream of for a few more years to come.
But be warned, before you pack your bags and rush to buy air tickets to Vegas, CES 2006 is not open to the general public (which hardly seems fair to the average 'consumer'),
I guess that's me out then!
The annual consumer electronics extravaganza that is the Consumer Electronics Show has flung open its doors once again, with over 2,500 exhibitors and 130,000 visitors expected to flock to CES 2006 to see all that is new and exciting in the world of electronica.
Big name keynote speakers such as the bosses of Microsoft, Sony, Google and Yahoo! will be strutting their stuff, so it's sure to be a high-profile informative event as always.
The show will see plenty of product plugging and must-have gadgetry to lust over for next years' Christmas wish list. A fair chunk of floor space will be taken up by Panasonic and Philips, for example, who will each be showcasing new high-definition television screens that most of us will only be able to dream of for a few more years to come.
But be warned, before you pack your bags and rush to buy air tickets to Vegas, CES 2006 is not open to the general public (which hardly seems fair to the average 'consumer'),
I guess that's me out then!
# posted by Annie - prompt at 11:29 AM 
Comments:
CES normally produces a few good news stories at a time of year that can otherwise be a bit quiet for news. It normally produces a few rumours in the run-up too, this year most notably the suggestion that Google is about to launch a PC with its own operating system in conjunction with Wal-Mart. Google's denying that, and it will be hard for them to live up to the hype created by the rumours. Should be an interesting week for gadget launches though...
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