Trauben’s Overall The Consumer Electronics Show is one of the largest and most daunting conferences to cover, and the menagerie of high-tech gadgets and gizmos is staggering. After a day at CES the scope and scale of the electronics industry is unmistakable. The variety, however, is sometimes a little more in question. The electronics industry
Nyko, a steadfast name in the 3rd-party gaming peripheral market, has been busy expanding their business focus this year. At this year’s CES, they unveiled their Yo Gabba Gabba! line. The first, flashiest item that caught our eye was the Yo Gabba Gabba! Muno Time combination clock/radio with integrated portable charger. Looking somewhat like an
According to the BBC, major file-sharing site Megaupload has been shut down – and its founders are facing criminal charges by the United States’ federal government. Predictably, the site’s founders have been charged with violating piracy laws. Prosecutors claim Megaupload has cost copyright holders more than $500 million in lost revenue, despite Megaupload’s claims of
Audio and mobile device accessory manufacturer iFrogz has freed users from the need for large external speakers or headsets to augment their devices’ output with its new Boost amplifying speaker. Compatible with most mobile devices featuring an external speaker, the Boost uses Near Field technology (the first device to do so for audio) to transmit
SteelSeries invited us up to their suite at the Aria during CES to show off a few new products that will be coming on the market this year. The Flux demonstrates SteelSeries’ desires to get into more mobile technology. While not as large and bold as their other audio offerings, the Flux does have portability
Maxell Corporation and Wearable Inc. demonstrated the second-generation AirStash wireless thumb drive at the Consumer Electronics Show. The AirStash 2’s press release calls the AirStash the “first and only wireless flash drive.” It uses a built-in web server and media streamer to share data with up to eight devices wirelessly within 50 meters and has
Razer took some time during CES 2012 to show off the latest prototype of their Project Fiona tablet. This tablet runs on an Intel Core i7, and is essentially a higher end laptop. Combine the underlying Windows 7 OS and add accelerometers and a touch screen to the already obvious controller rig around the main
Award-winning peripheral manufacturer iLuv displayed a wide selection of tablet and smartphone accessories at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show. Newest on iLuv’s list is its WorkStation Series, a lineup of combined docking stations seeking to fill the niche normally occupied by stationary desktop or netbook PCs. The iMM517 WorkStation Pro includes speakers and a mounting
Since the announcement that Netflix was bringing the popular TV show Arrested Development back to life there has been a stirring of speculation and hope about the possible returns of other cancelled shows. Is this perhaps a chance to bring back geek favorite show Firefly? Of course, geeks have been clamoring for this for ages.