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CES 2010
All our CES 2010 news, hands-on photos and videos on one page. Expect to see a bunch of 3D TVs, netbooks and Android phones galore, along with cameras with more megapixels than you'd ever need and a host of other surprises.
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Hands-on with the Lenovo U1: Two PCs for the price on one-and-a-half 
We love the Lenovo U1, with its detachable mini-tablet computer and its funky Linux-based, Snapdragon-powered awesomeness -- so we've taken some photos
Photos: Parrot AR Drone, Polar Bear TV, Edge Tablet PC/ ebook reader and more 
CES 2010 has kicked off in Las Vegas. From the Parrot AR Drone drawing a crowd to what will be the first of many tablet/ebook mashups, click through our photos to see loads of cool stuff. And a polar bear
HP Slate gets face time in Microsoft keynote
At Microsoft's CES keynote last night, CEO Steve Ballmer showed off HP's forthcoming tablet PC and, frankly, all we could think was, "Wow, that's a thick son of a gun"
Panasonic launches 3D camcorder, television, Blu-ray player and TV channels
Panasonic has gone all out for 3D TV, with a Blu-ray player and television channels to watch on your 3D Viera, and a camcorder to make your own 3D entertainment -- if you're rich
Polaroid PIC-1000: Instant film makes a comeback
Polaroid has taken it back to the old school with a retro concept here at CES 2010
Touch Revolution: NIMble touchscreen puts Android in a microwave
Touch Revolution is livening up lunch and laundry with a concept microwave and washing machine that run Android-powered Web browsing
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CNET UK Podcast 169: Natali Del Conte joins us in Vegas 
In a special, one-off live show, Ian was joined by podcast regular Rich Trenholm and podcast megafan Natali Del Conte, who reviewed all the most exciting tech from the showfloor at CES 2010
Panasonic HDC-HS60, HDC-TM60, HDC-TM55, HDC-SD60: SDXC camcorders 
Panasonic's quartet of 1080p camcorders are compatible with the upcoming SDXC memory-card format, so they'll have tonnes of space to store your japes, shenanigans and tomfoolery
Will 3D without glasses ever be anything more than a headache?
If you thought 3D required glasses to make it work, think again. Sadly, all the solutions that work without the specs are brain-explodingly bad
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1, FH3 and FH20: First-time snappers
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-FH1, FH3 and FH20 are a trio of entry-level compacts ready to go with new SDXC cards
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP1, FP2 and FP3: Slidey face and SDXC
Panasonic has been proudly showing off the sliding faces and SDXC card slots of the Lumix DMC-FP1, FP2 and FP3 digital cameras
Sling Monitor 150: The place-shifting all-in-one beckons 
CES 2010 felt rather samey with its '3D this, big-screen telly that' nonsense. But we were offered some respite from oversize pixels flying at us by the small, 2D Sling Monitor 150
CES 2010: Charge of the wireless brigade
CES 2010 saw a broad range of products in one particular category that take many of the headaches out of your everyday life. The humble charger is having a makeover
Kia UVO: Control your car with your voice 
Remember Fiat Blue&Me -- the Microsoft-powered, voice-controlled entertainment system for your car? Well Kia's been busy working with Microsoft to produce a version of its own, dubbed 'UVO'
Sprint Overdrive 4G wireless router: WiMax? Why not
Sprint has launched the Overdrive 4G wireless router, a portable hotspot that taps into super-fast 4G mobile broadband
Intel Atom N450 chip: Modelled by lady 
While we were out at CES, we stumbled across a lady on the Intel booth with the minuscule Atom N450 'Pineview' chip stuck to her chest
Peregrine gaming controller: Smell the glove
The Peregrine gaming glove puts more than 30 keyboard shortcuts at your fingertips -- all over your hand, in fact
Vuzix Wrap 920AR glasses: Next-wave specs
The opposite sex may not like specs but, with the Vuzix augmented-reality glasses, you'll be too busy to care
Sony Vaio F series: Fast is the new shiny 
At CES 2010, we witnessed countless laptop manufacturers desperately trying to innovate their way out of a recession -- not Sony. It just yelled, "More power!" and laughed maniacally
Dell Mini 5: Android-toting 5-inch tablet 
Bounding into the race to unveil unfeasibly large Android gadgets, Dell has given a sneak peek at a 5-inch, multi-touch tablet with a SIM-card slot
Intel Wireless Display and Netgear Push2TV: PC video on your TV
Intel and Netgear have teamed up to make the fiddly business of getting video from your laptop to your TV much more of a doddle
LG GW990: Notoriously big
You'll need megapockets to hold the new LG GW990 -- a beast of a phone with a huge screen and the first outing for Intel's new, more powerful Moorestown CPU
Dell Mini 3: Android-powered touchscreen
Dell joins Google as a newcomer to the smart-phone fray with the Dell Mini 3, an Android-powered touchscreen handset that's coming to the UK
Samsung ST5500 and ST5000: AMOLED screen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, you name it
Samsung may just have come up with the camera highlight of CES 2010 with the CL80 and its little brother the TL240
Samsung BD-C6900: 3D Blu-ray player with glowy light and funky logo 
Samsung is doing its best to persuade you to upgrade to a 3D system with this smashing little Blu-ray player. It's chock-full of features and cute as a button
Mophie adds a FLO TV receiver to its juicy power pack 
If mobile TV interests you, you might find yourself hankering after a device that lets you watch it using a FLO TV adaptor for the iPhone
Hands-on with Plastic Logic's touchscreen Que e-book reader 
We were hanging out at the CNET stage at CES, when who should we see, but someone brandishing the new Que e-book reader from Plastic Logic. Oh, we said, and took some hands-on photos
RCX4 Star Stryker: Don't call it an X-Wing
That's no moon... And this is no X-Wing Fighter. It's the remote control RCX4 Star Stryker mini-helicopter
Synaptics Fuse: Hands-on with the concept phone they just have to make real
The Synaptics Fuse is a concept phone showing off various new interfaces, but we've seen it in action and we're wishing it was real
Samsung MyFit: A gadget to fix your fatness 
Samsung has come up with a gadget known as MyFit that can get you back on the path to not being such a disgusting slob
Samsung IceTouch hands-on: MP3 player with transparent AMOLED screen 
The latest entry in Samsung's line-up of portable media devices is the IceTouch, which stands out thanks to its bizarre, but impressive, transparent touchscreen
Boxee Box media streamer: Hands-on photos 
We've been excited about the Boxee Box media streamer since it was announced late last year. Now we've finally had a chance to have a little play with one, and we have to say that it's very awesome
LG eXpo: Like a phone, but bigger and with a built-in projector 
Need a phone? Need a projector? Then how about you get yourself the LG eXpo handset, which has a built-in pico projector, and annoy people with impromptu presentations?
JVC Picsio: Hands-on with the pixie-sized HD camcorder
We took time out of staggering around CES to have a play with JVC's Picsio high-definition mini-camcorder
FLO TV is coming to the UK, hopefully in time for the 2012 Olympics
If mobile TV is of interest to you, then you'll no doubt be very pleased to know that FLO TV will eventually come to the UK -- pleased, that is, once we explain what FLO TV actually is
Asus NX90: Ears-on with the Bang & Olufsen super laptop 
Remember the Asus NX90, the stylish multimedia laptop with the built-in Bang & Olufsen speaker system? We've just had a chance to listen to it and give it a good fondle
Eee PC T101MT: Multi-touch tablet netbook 
Remember the Asus T91 netbook with the swivelling, twisting display that worked as a tablet PC or a netbook? Well, Asus has created a genetically modified successor known as the T101MT.
Samsung E101 and E6: Wireless ebook readers take on the Kindle
The 10-inch E101 and 6-inch E6 wireless ebook readers represent Samsung's attempt to poke Sony and Amazon in the eyes and run off with their market share
Samsung N150, N210 and NB30: Next-gen netbook nirvana 
Samsung has just lifted a veil on three sexy new netbooks it expects you and all your mates to be buying in 2010. They incloude the entry-level N150, the gorgeous N210 and the ever-so-rugged NB30
Palm Pre Plus: Sadly loses nubbin, happily gains wireless hotspot
Palm has announced a new, more powerful Palm Pre Plus, along with the Palm Pixi Plus and a new lease on life for its developer programme and app catalogue
LG X300: Ultraportable laptop with fastest ever Atom 
With the fastest Intel Atom processor ever made, solid state disks and a beautiful design, we couldn't not write about LG's latest ultraportable laptop
Beamz: Theremin hero
Beamz is a cross between a theremin and a burglar alarm in a heist film -- just don't call it a real musical instrument
Toshiba Cell TV: How its LED backlighting works 
LED backlighting isn't much of a mystery, but we were still thrilled to see a Toshiba demo explaining it in considerable detail -- so have a look at these photos, and get to know LED TVs better
Hands on: Samsung R430 'touch of red' 
Remember the Samsung 'touch of red' laptops launched a while back -- the ones that looked like they were painted with nail varnish? They've returned, but this time they're actually pretty good
Motorola Backflip: Hands-on with the flipped-out Android phone
The Motorola Backflip is an acrobatic Android phone, turned inside-out and every which way. We tied ourselves in knots to try it out
Intel 'Cube of Awesome': It's really pretty awesome 
While we wandered the corridors of CES 2010, we stumbled across the Intel booth -- there, sitting in one corner, was the most awesome cube we've ever seen
Sony Dash: Wi-Fi touchscreen planner cuts a dash
We need a name for this kind of digital organiser, photo frame, alarm clock and Interweb browser thingy. For now, let's call it the Sony Dash
Sony HX5, TZ7 and TransferJet: GPS and wireless transfer, as if by magic
At CES, we got our hands on the GPS-packing HX5 and touchscreen TZ7 compact cameras, as well as the TransferJet wireless transfer dock. It's sheer wizardry, we tell you
Samsung unleashes app store for your TV, Blu-ray players and more
Samsung's app store, unlike its rivals, will offer applications that work across phones, computers and even televisions
Sony Bravia LX and HX 3D TVs, plus BDP-S770 3D Blu-ray player: Monolith!
Sony has rocked up in Vegas with a stonking great pile of kit that'll turn your front room into a spec-filled 3D entertainment paradise. New Bravias and Blu-ray players this way...
Sony shows off OLED 3D TV demo: We're suitably impressed
We haven't always been the biggest fans of 3D, but it does seem that when OLED screens finally arrive, they'll have something worthwhile to bring to the third dimension
Samsung NX10: Hands-on with photography's ginger stepchild
At CES, we gave the NX10, Samsung's first mirrorless, interchangeable-lens camera, a quick spin. Click through to find out why we feel let down
MSI Wind U135: Pine Trail blazer 
Behold the Wind U135. It's the first netbook we've seen to use Intel's next-gen, 1.66GHz Atom N450 processor, a clever little chip that gives this device several advantages over its predecessors
Neato XV-11: Robotic vacuum cleaner eats your dust
The XV-11 promises superior cleaning and navigation chops compared to its rivals, although it can't clean the bogies off your wall
Sony Vaio F series: Just call it 'The Beast' 
The Sony Vaio VPCF11Z1E/BI is so powerful and awkwardly named that we're just going to call it The Beast. With a quad-core Intel Core i7 chip and 8GB of RAM, it'll knock your socks off
Motorola Backflip: Put your thing down, flip it and reverse it
The Backflip is a touchscreen Android smart phone with a slide-out Qwerty keyboard and a charming circus trick: its screen flips back at an angle
Samsung R-series laptops: Fade to red 
Samsung has announced five new laptops -- the R780, R580, R730, R530 and R430 -- that all benefit from its, um, unique sense of style
Toshiba NB300, NB305 netbooks: Snow White's a dwarf
Toshiba has announced a pair of almost identical netbooks. Most such machines bore the pants off us, but these 10.1-inch models have a few interesting features
Samsung HMX-S15, HMX-S16: Wireless HD camcorders 
Realising that Wi-Fi connectivity is to technology as bacon is to food -- it makes everything better -- Samsung's launched two camcorders with a distaste for cables
Sony Vaio S and Y series: Pick peformance or portability 
Sony is still pumping out high-end ultra-portables, with its Vaio S and Y series offering 16:9, 13-inch screens, and top-notch computing power or extra-long battery life
Sony Bloggie mini-camcorder: Pocket HD
A range of new HD mini-camcorders from Sony, called Bloggie, offer 5-megapixel stills and 1080p video, taking on the Flip Video for teeny-tiny fun
Kodak Playsport waterproof mini-camcorder battles the elements
Kodak has waterproofed its latest mini-camcorder, the Playsport. It's perfect for swimming, and for trudging through the snow come to think of it
Kodak EasyShare Slice joins M530, M580, M575, and M550 at CES
Kodak has announced the superstoring EasyShare Slice alongside the M530, M580, M575 and M550
Casio Exilim EX-FH100, EX-H15, EX-Z2000 and EX-Z550: If anyone can, Kashio can
Casio's president didn't break any new ground with his CES announcements, launching four compact cameras and a Digital Art Frame that's every bit as rubbish as it sounds
Sharp announces QuadPixel LCD TVs with LED edge lighting 
Sharp today announced it's adding an extra cell to every pixel on its high-end TVs in 2010. The company claims this makes for unrivalled colour reproduction and up to 1 trillion on-screen colours
Asus G73: The 'mega laptop' cometh 
When it's not releasing flamboyant netbooks and laptops with audiophile speakers bolted onto the sides, Asus is busy churning out gaming laptops like the hyper-quick G73
Asus NX90: Bang & Olufsen-powered, dual-touchpad media laptop 
The aluminium-framed Asus NX90 has enough design innovation to make an entire street of Joneses jealous, including dual touchpads and fancy speakers
Parrot AR.Drone: iPhone-controlled helicopter brings Airwolf to AR
The Parrot AR.Drone is a remote-controlled helicopter you fly with your iPhone, and it looks insanely fun thanks to the included AR games
Lenovo IdeaPad U1 Hybrid: Part laptop, part tablet, all awesome 
Lenovo's just blown our tiny little minds with an innovative concept that melds tablet PCs with the humble netbook. Behold, friends, the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid -- the craziest thing since unsliced bread
Eee PC Seashell Karim Rashid: Suits you, sir 
Somebody call the fashion SWAT team -- Asus' Seashell range of netbooks just started batting for another team -- a team captained by fashion demigod (and Sasha Baron Cohen lookalike) Karim Rashid
Canon PowerShot A3100 IS, A3000 IS, A490 and A495: First SDXC cameras
The budget-friendly Canon PowerShot A3100 IS, A3000 IS, A490 and A495 compact cameras are the first to support SDXC cards, keeping you snapping, well, basically forever
Lenovo IdeaPad S10-3t, S10-3: Netbooks for the multi-touch tablet generation 
Lenovo has two new netbooks to kick-start 2010, one of which has a swivelling tablet display, while the other gets multi-touch. Children, meet the S10-3 series
Canon Legria HF S21, HF M31, HF R18 camcorders: Hi-def high jinks 
Canon has unleashed a salvo of high-definition camcorders so you can record tedious events in excruciating detail before inflicting your films on uninterested parties
Lenovo X100e: Like a netbook, but good 
For just £450, you can have this netbook-alike with a 11.6-inch screen and fast 802.11n wireless connection. With a full-sized, spill resistant keyboard and the infamous Lenovo nipple, it's worth considering
Sony Alpha DSLR-A450: Low-end high-end
Sony's dropped another almost affordable dSLR into the UK camera market -- the 14.2-megapixel A450 -- aimed at amateur photographers after something easy to use, it seems
Samsung IceTouch YP-H1: Transparent MP3 player unveiled
Samsung has produced an MP3 player with a see-through, colour AMOLED screen -- the IceTouch. We don't know why it's called that. Maybe it's coated in liquid nitrogen or something
Samsung N210, N220, N150 and NB30: netbooks with 12-hour batteries FTW
Samsung has announced a brand new line of netbooks, all of which are powered by Intel's latest Atom processor -- the 1.66GHz N450 -- which offers even lower power consumption
Samsung NX10 unveiled: Micro Four Thirds gets competition
The Micro Four Thirds camera system has some incompatible competition from Samsung: NX technology. And the first camera to use it is Samsung's 14.6-megapixel NX10