Today show
Updated: 2:07 p.m. ET Jan. 4, 2005
Every January, over 100,000 techies from over 100 countries converge on Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show where the latest and greatest gadgets make their debut. Tech editor and “Today� contributor Corey Greenberg gives a sneak preview at the hottest new gizmos for 2005.
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By Cynthia L. Webb, washingtonpost.com Staff Writer
Will 2004 be remembered as the year the technology sector grew up? There are plenty of reasons to think so. From Silicon Valley darling Google coming out of its cocoon in the biggest IPO since the tech bust, to the mainstreaming of open-source software and the rise of satellite radio, the year was full of signs that technology companies are not just done licking their wounds — they’re expanding, investing and otherwise preparing to write the next chapter of the New Economy manifesto.
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By Ian Tan
Ian Tan has written a guide on the art of reading reviews so that consumers can become more discerning buyers.
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By Alistair Dabbs
If you speak it, they will listen. Somewhere between the twin evils of jargonising and patronising lies a promised land where ordinary users care what you tell them because at last they understand you. What’s the difference between a hi-tech digital gadget and a technical author? One is complicated and requires a manual to understand, while the other can be bought at The Bay. Joking aside, the gulf between the language of computing and that of computer users remains as vast as it ever was.
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By Roland Tellzen and Vince Blake
AS the Christmas gadget shopping frenzy hits its stride, technology manufacturers already have their minds on what will be the must-have gizmos of 2005. IT Alive’s gadget hounds have peered into the crystal ball to nominate their gadget highlights of the next year in the following categories: Games, Digital Cameras, Cell Phones, Portable Storage and Home Entertainment.
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By Tony DiRomualdo
The shops are loaded with electronic communications gizmos of all kinds this holiday season. But when it comes to the value of these devices opinion is increasingly split. Many people either love them or loathe them. There is a worry about the effects of over proliferation of electronic communications devices and tools.
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By Jeff Yang
Any regular reader of technophile Web sites such as Gizmos for Geeks knows that the world’s biggest exporter of consumer electronics, Japan, regularly keeps its most innovative and exciting widgetry to itself, selling it only to the domestic market. Some of these devices eventually plod over to U.S. shores months or even years after they’ve become obsolete in Japan. But many never arrive here at all. Why is it that Japanese manufacturers (and, increasingly, those in Korea and China as well) have such a death grip on consumer-electronics cool? And why are Americans deprived of the choicest fruits of this technological bounty? The answers to these questions offer an intriguing look at how culture shapes technology — and vice versa.
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By Olga Kharif
From stomach-wall implants to lard-zapping ovens and calorific breath analyzers, a host of new weapons is joining the battle of the bulge. Consumers, inventors, and business are finally wedding two American obsessions: dieting and gadgets.
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By Mike Wendland, Free Press Columnist
Mike Wendland comes up with a list of gadgets under $50 in each of the major categories: MP3 music players, memory cards, digital cameras, thumb drives, wi-fi cards, handheld mice, Recordable CDs/DVDs, music downloads and even tax preparation software.
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A mind-operated computer may one day help people with spinal cord injuries communicate. It may sound like science fiction, but such a device already exists. It’s in its infancy, but early tests suggest that it could be the wave of the future. The brain-computer interface was recently tested by researchers including Jonathan Wolpaw, MD, of New York State’s Department of Health. They recruited four participants, two of whom had spinal cord injuries.
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