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Can We Finally Say: Bye-Bye, Booth Babes?

Joshua Weinberg, President, The Digital Life Consulting Group in Voices on February 10 at 11:37 am PT

Isn’t it time for our industry to stop using booth babes, once and for all?

Verizon CEO Talks Up Faster Networks at CES

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 6, 2011 at 8:22 am PT

Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg is taking his turn on the Consumer Electronics Show stage on Thursday morning. His speech will follow an electronics-industry state of the union speech from trade organization head Gary Shapiro. Mobilized has live coverage in progress.

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Trade Show Chief Touts Many Gadgets, But Not 3D TV

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 16, 2010 at 3:52 pm PT

Gary Shapiro promises more cool stuff than ever at the giant Consumer Electronics Show in early January. But the trade group leader sounds less than enthusiastic about one of the most talked-about topics, 3D television.

Ballmer to Keynote CES Again; Bidding Soars for NoDoz Concession

John Paczkowski in News on July 8, 2010 at 11:19 am PT

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will return to the Consumer Electronics Show next January, kicking it off with another presumably lackluster keynote.

CES Attendance Up

John Paczkowski in News on January 12, 2010 at 6:02 am PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show didn’t break any attendance records this year, but it did post a slight increase in visitors–which is something in a down economy.

Behind the Scenes at D@CES Event and Party (Including a Geek Chat With Punky Brewster!)

Kara Swisher in News on January 11, 2010 at 3:25 pm PT

Here’s a lovely video BoomTown did behind the scenes at our interview event and after-party at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last Friday, including interviews with Cisco Flip unit head Jonathan Kaplan, Billshrink’s Peter Pham, Consumer Electronics Association head Gary Shapiro and–drum roll–former “Punky Brewster” star Soleil Moon Frye, who was there for Kodak. Yippie! Grossaroo! Holy Macanoli! Punky Power!

CES: Steve Ballmer Keynote

John Paczkowski in News on January 6, 2010 at 6:00 pm PT

Steve Ballmer is delivering his annual state-of-Microsoft address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas tonight–the second he’s given since taking over the duties of former CEO Bill Gates. If anything like last year’s, Ballmer’s address will offer a broad overview of Microsoft’s consumer strategy for the year, touching on everything from the company’s hardware-software ecosystem to its home entertainment offerings. Likely to figure prominently in tonight’s address: Windows 7 and the new touch-enabled PC form factors it has evidently inspired; Bing; and Natal, Microsoft’s controller-less game control system, which will launch in time for the 2010 holidays.

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CES Honcho Is Upbeat, But So Is Macworld Chief

Don Clark, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 24, 2009 at 8:46 am PT

Gary Shapiro is quick to admit that last year’s Consumer Electronics Show–held during the darkest days of the recession–was pretty depressing. But his enthusiasm has recovered. “I’m more excited about this CES than any in the 28 years I’ve been attending the show,” says Shapiro, president and chief executive of the Consumer Electronics Association, which organizes the event.

Bartz Bails on CES Keynote

John Paczkowski in News on November 11, 2009 at 8:14 am PT

Now this is odd: Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz has canceled plans to deliver a keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. This not a month after the Consumer Electronics Association boasted of her participation in a press release. The reason for the cancellation: A scheduling conflict.

CES Attendance: "The Right People"–Just Fewer of Them

John Paczkowski in News on January 13, 2009 at 7:08 am PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show didn’t break any attendance records this year. In fact, it didn’t even break the projected attendance figure of 130,000 that the Consumer Electronics Association offers up every year. Missed it by a pretty wide margin, actually. Amazingly, CES isn’t immune to the worst recession in 50 years.