Las Vegas is known for big shows and the annual Consumer Electronics Show, which just ended, is one of the biggest. In a space the equivalent of 35 football fields, 2700 exhibitors are displaying thousands of high-tech devices and services they will be marketing in the coming year. As Faiza Elmasry reports, the world's largest consumer electronics show does not just showcase tomorrow's advanced technologies, it also helps them move into the mainstream.

Opens a new world of design for Consumer Electronic displays

From turning gasoline into electricity to improving the operation of energy-saving devices, University of Houston professors are working on a number of breakthroughs they plan to showcase at the next American Chemical Society (ACS) meeting Aug. 19-23 in Boston.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, announced today that it has become the first to begin mass producing 16 gigabit (Gb) NAND flash, the highest capacity memory chip now available.

HP today introduced an attractive new line of consumer PCs that, for the first time, have been designed to complement any room of a home that features the latest consumer electronics and home appliances

Intel Corporation today unveiled a highly integrated media processor for the consumer electronics (CE) market segment that will power a new generation of devices, such as digital set top boxes and networked media players, and bring consumers advanced in-home information and entertainment services.

Samsung Electronics Co., LTD., a leader in consumer electronics and digital media technologies, and the first company to introduce a Blu-ray disc player will introduce a dual format High-Definition (HD) optical disc player in time for the holidays.

Consumer electronics seller Crutchfield Corp. has chosen JunctionMCR built on Microsoft Dynamics AX to improve its merchandising resource planning.

LG Electronics, a leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications, today announced that the company had reached a settlement in its patent law suits filed against Taiwanese computer makers Compal Electronics and First International Computer (FIC) for infringement of LG's patents on Peripheral Component Interconnection (PCI) technology

LG Electronics (LG), a leader in consumer electronics and mobile communications, along with the LG-Shaker Air-Conditioning Company, a joint venture between LG and Saudi Arabian firm H.G. Ibrahim Shaker, celebrated the groundbreaking of their new air conditioner production facility in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia yesterday