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This year's Consumer Electronics Show has given rise to two new smart watches; the Sony Smart Watch and the I'm Watch from I'm SpA. Sony's Smart Watch is a descendant of the Sony Ericsson LiveView, and you can clip the watchface to any band if you want.

Comcast is rolling out a new feature for their Xfinity iPad App, and it will use an additional piece of hardware on your home router to stream your cable stations right to your tablet. Comcast made the announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show Jan. 10, and said they would be adding a similar feature to the Motorola Xoom in the near future.

Microsoft is leaving the Consumer Electronics Show after 2012, but the software giant is leaving the show after debuting its new AT&T smartphone, and Sony, HP, Intel and Nokia have all announced compelling new gadgets. Sony dropped their new smartphone, HP and Intel have some new super-thin laptops and Nokia is Microsoft's partner on the AT&T phone.

iPhone Dev Team member MuscleNerd on Tuesday said major progress has been made by the Dream Team of the French hacker pod2g. Every progress the jailbreakers are making with the iOS 5 untethered jailbreak for iPhone 4S and iPad 2 (A5 devices) is exciting news for the jailbreak community, even though the actual release date is still unknown.

Asus decided to begin rolling out software updates for the Eee Pad Transformer Prime even though the update was scheduled for Jan.12 anyway. Asus made the announcement at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Jan. 9, where they also announced an updated version of the Prime with better resolution and improved GPS signal.

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has taken the wraps of its latest weapon, the Envy 14 Spectre, a 14-inch ultrabook, which is set to become a big threat to Apple's popular MacBook Air. The new ultrabook was unveiled at CES 2012 in Las Vegas.

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) will again dominate conversations at CES, the world's biggest technology showcase. Only this time, the talk is extending beyond iPad and iPhone chatter to include Siri, the voice app that is capturing consumers' imagination.

Pandigital is showcasing SuperNova 8 Android Media Tablet at CES 2012 in Las Vegas and the specs pits it directly against Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. And, as they're both priced at $199 - what should you buy?

At restaurants, at movies and at the office, checking Facebook has become a regular habit for many of the Internet social network's more than 800 million users.

On January 5, five years ago, the tech genius Steve Jobs revealed the first iPhone, combining a iPod, a phone and an internet mobile communicator into one device and kicked off an new era for the mobile phone industry.

iPad is the world's most popular tablet but with popularity, comes great responsibility and suffering as time and again, the device has been subjected to several torture tests. The latest test attempts to find out whether an iPad with a protective cover would survive a drop from more than 100,000 feet high in the air and still live another day.

The rumors about Apple's next generation smartphone - dubbed iPhone 5 - are flying thick and fast, and it seems never ending until the actual release date.

iPad 3 is still only a rumor, but the Pantech Element got its unveiling Jan. 9 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and it's an 8-inch Android tablet that is waterproof. It wasn't a complete unveiling, however, but what is known is that it and a companion smartphone will be offered by AT&T.

Samsung announced the Galaxy S2 Skyrocket HD Jan. 9 at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas along with the AT&T Galaxy Note and Sprint Galaxy Nexus. The Galaxy S2 Skyrocket HD is the sequel to the Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, but with a larger screen, better resolution and removable battery.

iPad 3 and Toshiba's newly announced Excite X10 won't go on sale for a couple more months, but if you're waiting to see what new Android tabs can do, the X10 is a good starting point. The X10 was announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas Jan. 8, so it's not ready for production yet, but we know it's about 7.5 mm thick making it thinner than any tablet out there.

CES 2012 officially begins Jan. 10, but companies like Lenovo have made a big push to get word of their new devices out before the show starts so they get a bit more publicity. Whether you think Microsoft leaving CES after this year is the kiss of death for the annual show or not, companies like Lenovo and Panasonic are taking advantage.

Only one more day before the Consumer Electronics Show starts in Las Vegas, and while many items have not been announced yet, dozens are already being leaked as the media descends on the desert. Smart TVs and super-thin notebook computers, touted as ultrabooks, are pouring out of manufactureres' portfolios, but there are also things like internet radios, new cloud based storage systems, remote controlled vehicles (smart one, mind you) and accessories on parade.

High levels of carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere mean the next ice age is unlikely to begin for at least 1,500 years, an article in the journal Nature Geoscience said on Monday.

One of the most exciting technological innovations at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 is by Lenovo - the Chinese PC maker surprised everyone at CES Unveiled on Jan. 8, by taking the wraps off of its 55-inch Smart HDTV K91, which runs on Ice Cream Sandwich OS, as well as the S2 10-inch tablet and the S2 smartphone.

The world's best known living scientist, Stephen Hawking, was too ill to attend his 70th birthday celebrations Sunday but in a recorded speech urged people to "look up at the stars" and be curious about the universe.

Ilan Ben-Dov plans to step down as chairman of Partner Communications (PTNR.TA), Israel's second largest mobile phone operator, the company said on Sunday.

Japan's Olympus Corp has sued its current president and three ex-directors for several million dollars in compensation, sources told Reuters on Monday, as the company seeks to draw a line under one of the nation's worst accounting scandals.

Apple's co-founder and former CEO, the charismatic Steve Jobs used to get $1 as annual salary while he was in office, but his successor seems to have have hit a jackpot altogether. From March 2012, Apple's current CEO Tim Cook is to get hold of a vesting of stock valued at nearly $100 million, according to a study reported by the Wall Street Journal. Out of this, $83 million worth of grant (at today's stock price) will be vested from March 24.

Fitness Technologies plans to showcase its new-announced, world’s smallest 100 percent waterproof audio line of products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012 in Las Vegas.

3D Now plans to introduce its new product 3D Now Theater, the world's first non-anaglyphic frame-sequential stereoscopic processor that can convert any 2D HD display with an HDMI input - new or old - into a high quality, stereoscopic 3D display at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012.

The fabless semiconductor company GreenPeak Technologies, has unveiled its new GP570 chip that will allow the development of low cost motion-enabled remote controls.

MIZCO International will reveal its 2012 marketing program by launching over a hundred new mobile technology accessory products at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in 2012.

The Connecticut-based company iDevices LLC will launch a water resistant, Bluetooth-enabled speaker iShower at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012.

Do you dream of a home where you can control everything - your TV, the thermostat, lights, security cameras and more - by merely tapping, swiping or flicking your fingers? If yes, then you're in luck because Savant Systems, a designer, developer and manufacturer of a complete suite of integrated solutions for the modern home, is all set to exhibit Apple-based home control, automation and media systems at Consumer Electronics Show 2012 (CES 2012) that may soon be a staple feature in next gener...