Dynamic Dual Coverage: Ballmer’s Last Act in Vegas and the BCS Championship in 3-D

What? The biggest game in college football and the official start to CES are on at the same time? Fret not — AllThingsD had you covered with two live blogs in one.
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CES Notebook: The Constant Search for Power and Vegas’ Worst-Kept Secrets

AllThingsD is on the ground in Vegas, digging for dirt, wading through the crowd and already low on batteries.
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Introducing Lauren Goode

Meet our newest AllThingsD writer, who will cover consumer tech products and issues.
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How TouchPad Stacks Up to iPad (Video)

On Thursday, Walt spoke with WSJ digits about his recent HP TouchPad review.
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Apple Responds to Video Editors’ Grumblings Over Final Cut Pro

As a freelance video editor, Scott Greenfield spends most of his days in a dark room editing video clips on a computer. So he should have been rejoicing on June 21 when Apple launched a new version of its Final Cut Pro software that was aimed to make video editing much easier and faster on its latest Macintosh computers and operating system.

Netflix Delay on Boxee Box Gets "Awkward"

Despite earlier promises that Boxee’s fledgling web-to-TV hardware device, the Boxee Box, would offer a Netflix app by the end of last year, the startup company has faced another setback. “We’re in a bit of an awkward spot at the moment,” Boxee wrote on its blog early Tuesday, and went on to explain that Boxee is still not offering a Netflix app on its hardware due to security issues.

Walt and Katie's CES Plan of Attack (Video)

As longtime CES veterans, Walt Mossberg and Katie Boehret approach the sprawling show with a practiced eye. In a video segment with Lauren Goode of The Wall Street Journal this morning, they talk about their plan of attack, what they expect to be some of the larger themes of the show and the second annual D event at CES, which takes place Jan. 7.

Making 3-D Glasses Fashionable

3-D glasses are going in the direction of high fashion. In recent days, both Gucci and Calvin Klein Inc. unveiled high-style 3-D glasses with price tags of $225 and $180, respectively. Now eyewear and apparel maker Oakley Inc., is diving into the third dimension with the release of a $120 3-D version of its popular Gascan model of sunglasses.

Mobile TV's Uphill Climb

A group of broadcasters has been making the case that local content is the way to go when it comes to television on mobile devices, and it is wielding results from a recent consumer trial to prove it. But there aren’t yet many devices that use Mobile DTV chips, and TV stations have been slow to adopt the technology.

Samsung is Latest to Push Mobile Media and Apps for TVs

As Samsung Electronics promotes its version of Apple’s iPad Thursday, the company is also revealing its answer to the iTunes store — or at least the video portion of it. As part of the U.S. unveiling of the Galaxy Tab, a mobile device with a 7-inch screen, Samsung is showing off a new media and entertainment platform for mobile.

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