Blogs: CES

When I borrowed an Acer Aspire S7 ultrabook for use at the recent CES technology trade show, I thought that I'd end up either lauding it to the skies or complaining that I should have brought my netbook instead.

CES 2013: Apple [AAPL] isn't at the show, but there's a selection of new solutions in discussion at or around the show that may get picked up by Cupertino's I/O execs who have been seen prowling the exhibition floor. These include better wireless, more responsive displays, and much more.

CES 2013: Samsung has beaten Apple to the punch with a super-smart, voice-controlled television as broadcast and cable industry chiefs face an advertiser rebellion -- television is changing, but has the iPhone maker lost its lead?

IT is currently undergoing a major transmogrification -- to a point where the way business runs a few years from now may be unrecognizable to the traditionally grounded mind. For a sneak peak at what it'll look like, check out CES, or, better yet, Comic-Con.

The best things that happen at big trade shows like CES can go unnoticed.

With the constant bombardment of new tech toys that journalists, buyers and other industry people are subjected to at CES, we can sometimes forget that we aren't everyone.

Will the iPad 3 release date be this quarter? Yes, according to sources at CES 2012, who also blabbed about its specs and features. There seem to be few external changes, so, in IT Blogwatch, bloggers wonder if it'll be called the iPad 2S. [Updated: New news about Retina display sourcing, as Sharp fails to make the grade, reportedly]

This year, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) pointed directly at some very early startups with its Eureka area, which featured companies and products which (at least most of them) aren't quite ready for prime time, but which show potential for the future.

A new organization for developers is looking to create a name for itself by exhibiting at CES.

Microsoft's decision to pull out of the Consumer Electronics Show after this year was the right one and the harbinger of things to come. The show, originally designed to show off technology like TVs and stereos has become increasingly irrelevant in a world of around-the-year product breakthroughs.