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  • Belkin’s Grip 360° + Stand Wins a CES “Best of Innovations” Award

    Posted on November 11, 2010 | No Comments
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  • Developing countries, in race out of poverty, will produce more E-Waste

    Developing countries, in race out of poverty, will produce more E-Waste

    Posted on February 22, 2010 | No Comments
    UN Under-Secretary-General Achim Steiner gave a talk at an environment protection conference in Bali describing a growing problem among developing nations: e-waste. While places like China and India already have their own problems with informal e-waste recycling, the UN expects to see the same intractable problems surface in Africa and Latin America while levels of [...]

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  • CEA boots small vendors out of Las Vegas hotels

    CEA boots small vendors out of Las Vegas hotels

    Posted on January 11, 2010 | No Comments
    In the dog eat dog world of the CE business, margins are low and money - especially in this economy - is tight. That's why a number of smaller vendors, including some we talked to in Vegas, took rooms in local hotels or ran "peripheral" events in other venues. The Daily Tech reports that some of those vendors have been ousted by the hotels themselves after the CEA, the organization that runs CES, convinced management to force them out.

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  • CEA & NAB: TVs could be interfering with antenna reception

    CEA & NAB: TVs could be interfering with antenna reception

    Posted on November 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Here's a public service announcement from the friendly Consumer Electronics Association and National Association of Broadcasters: Move your TV antenna way from the TV for prime DTV reception.

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  • California approves new TV energy regulation: Energy consumption to be cut in half by 2012

    California approves new TV energy regulation: Energy consumption to be cut in half by 2012

    Posted on November 19, 2009 | No Comments
    Looks like California approved the new energy standards for televisions. The Consumer Electronics Association is predictably upset, whinging on about “constraining” innovation and choice, while environmental groups are predictably thrilled. The state's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, hailed the decision, and said that it will make California a “world-leader” in “the fight against climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.”

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  • Video Review: Hillcrest Labs Loop Pointer

    Video Review: Hillcrest Labs Loop Pointer

    Posted on June 15, 2009 | No Comments
    Sure you've seen wireless 3D mice but have you seen one shaped like a loop? No, you haven't. That's why there's the Hillcrest Labs Loop Pointer, a loop-shaped remote control that costs $99 and promises compatibility with Macs, PCs, and the PS3. It's obviously great for presenters but they're also billing this as a media center controller. It was fairly accurate in our limited testing and would work great as a 10-foot interface controller - you just point it at the screen and it divines its current position without complaint. It's a bit inaccurate out of the box - it was always pointing a little to the right - but you can learn to work through that issue. An interesting concept and interesting execution - but $99?

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