CES
The annual Computer Electronics Show (CES) is happening right now in Las Vegas. This means that over the next few days, technology companies from around the world will be announcing their new innovations to the other companies and journalists that are there (it's not a public event, despite being, globally, the largest electronics exposition).
Bill Gates unveiled Microsoft's new Urge music system, which will compete directly with Apple's iTunes but has one distinctly better feature: Urge provides consumers with the opportunity to purchase an "all-you-can-eat" music download subscription with a recurring periodic fee. Evidently, this is something iTunes users have wanted for a long time.
It also seems the next generation DVD format war is really heating up, with Blu-Ray grappling for a hand hold. Incidentally, Microsoft has also confirmed they plan to introduce an external HD-DVD option for the Xbox 360.
Another point of coolness from CES is the flash drive wristband, developed by our good friends at Imation. Now, you can carry your files around on your wrist.
Most of the rest of the stuff that companies have announced so far has been related to USB storage, VoIP, and other big consumer stuff. Hopefully, we'll see some cool new technology before CES is over, though!
Comments
Sounds like there is a lot of cool tech stuff on the horizon. Yep, a lot of good stuff coming out of Las Vegas. Las Vegas is such an incredible place to be. I really need to plan a another trip there since we have such a blast every time we go there. Colin, have you been to Las Vegas? If so, where did you stay?
Posted by: arc | January 5, 2006 03:31 PM