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The one-armed bandits of the future

News If the typical Las Vegas slot player wants to switch to playing Wheel of Fortune after hours on a Monopoly box, he has to take his cup of quarters and go looking for a different machine. By all accounts, this will be a major move in places like Las...

12 August 2005, 10:07

Photos: A winner's preview of CES

News Cirque du Soleil uses the headsets for its production of O in Las Vegas, a company representative said. Association announced its innovation and design award winners for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show to be held in Las Vegas in January 2008.

Tags: speech, hands, bluetooth, electronics

15 November 2007, 9:29

HP touts 'little iron' for the home

News The company unveiled its MediaSmart Server during the Sunday evening keynote address by Microsoft's Bill Gates at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. If it's January, and the PC industry is clogging up Las Vegas, that means it's time for...

8 January 2007, 9:23

Photos: Vegas dispenses iPods 24/7

News Everything about Las Vegas is famous for being over the top. This iPod dispenser from Zoom Systems resides in the lobby of the Las Vegas Hilton. Architecture, entertainment and vice. You can now add vending machines to the list.

18 April 2007, 11:19

Photos: Sling shows off at CES

News Sling Media was one of the many companies making big product announcements at CES 2007 in Las Vegas. Sling Media's CES booth was located in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Among them was Clip + Sling, a video uploading and...

11 January 2007, 11:05

Macworld and CES to clash in 2007

News The Apple hoopla of Macworld is scheduled to run from 8 to 12 January in San Francisco, while the gadget mania of CES is on tap for 8 to 11 January in Las Vegas. CES, which usually kicks off around the second weekend in January, had to go with its...

16 January 2006, 9:14

Photos: Google goes green

News Google's 'green' mashup page for Las Vegas. Listings include the Las Vegas Natural History Museum and the Go Raw Cafe. The main page for Google's new 'green' mashup Web site with information about earth-friendly locations in five of the US's top...

31 May 2006, 10:39

Vista creates a puzzling buzz

News The famous fountain at Las Vegas' Bellagio resort The first occurred on 8 January at Las Vegas' Bellagio resort, during the giant Consumer Electronics Show, when organisers projected a lengthy puzzle-filled video onto the mist from the venue's...

15 January 2007, 10:13

Microsoft shows Vista security to hackers

News It's a sign of development at the event, which brings together the hacker and corporate worlds for two days of talks in Las Vegas. The networking giant is also throwing a party for Black Hat attendees at Pure, the night club at Las Vegas casino...

2 August 2006, 11:26

Microsoft wants to meet more hackers

News Tip of the hatMicrosoft modelled and named Blue Hat after Black Hat, the widely known security conference, which took place last week in Las Vegas. The company also threw an after-party at another Las Vegas hotel.

2 August 2005, 10:11

Photos: Sony struts its latest stuff

News At its 2007 Line Show in Las Vegas, Sony introduced a slew of new cameras -- such as this Cyber-shot DSC-W80 -- and is pushing its facial recognition technology and ability to directly output photos in 'full HD' on to any of its Bravia televisions.

28 February 2007, 9:10

Porn still pushing tech boundaries at CEXXX

News More than 120 people from throughout the adult industry gathered on Friday at the Sands Expo and Convention Center in Las Vegas for a session at the Adult Entertainment Expo titled "Every which way -- The latest technological advances in...

9 January 2006, 9:13

Photos: New digital SLRs for Olympus and Nikon

News In conjunction with the Photo Marketing Association trade show in Las Vegas, Olympus and Nikon showed off upgraded digital SLR models. Olympus' E-410, due to ship early June, has a 10-megapixel sensor, a new image-processing chip and a starting...

8 March 2007, 10:52

CES kicks off the year of video

News Intel is ready to make its pitch in Las Vegas. This week in Vegas, it's finally prime time for video on the PC. Executives from Silicon Valley, Beijing, Europe and Hollywood will descend on the Consumer Electronics Show to talk about how they plan...

4 January 2006, 10:16

Apple unleashes Final Cut Studio 2

News Apple on Sunday introduced Final Cut Studio 2, its high-end video-editing software, and unveiled Final Cut Server, designed to help broadcasters manage post production, at the National Association of Broadcasters convention in Las Vegas.

16 April 2007, 10:49