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10 Jan 12 - Consumer News
Consumer Electronics Show is a big draw even without eye-popping gadgets
At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it's something of a rebuilding year. There have been no jaw-droppingly new consumer technologies unveiled, or obvious must-have new devices like in years past. But that's not stopping near-record crowds ...
TVs go big, wide and ape at the Consumer Electronics Show
As always, the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been filled with new TVs and home entertainment product announcements.
Microsoft is bowing out of the Consumer Electronics Show
By Vito Pilieci, The Ottawa Citizen January 10, 2012 7:06 PM Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer, right, gestures to host Ryan Seacrest during the opening Microsoft keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show opening in Las Vegas on Monday.
Kodak separates business into consumer and commercial segments
KODAK has realigned its financial reporting structure, separating the commercial printing and film businesses on which it's staking its turnaround effort from flagging consumer divisions and patents it's trying to sell. The move raises the question of ...
Consumer Bureau Gets Busy With Mortgage Probe
By MAYA JACKSON RANDALL WASHINGTON—The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has launched an investigation into PHH Corp.'s mortgage-insurance practices, the agency's first publicly disclosed probe.
Consumer Electronics Show-goers get their hands on Wii successor
The Japanese company is giving some journalists hands-on time with the console on the sidelines of the International Consumer Electronics Show, which started Tuesday in Las Vegas. The successor to the hit Wii combines the features of two of ...
Consumer Electronics Show reveals gadgets of future, with touchscreen, voice ...
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson reports from the consumer electronics show on the newest evolution in TV technology. Lenovo IdeaTab S2 10: Lenovo's latest tablet also serves as a laptop, as it's designed to dock with a keyboard.
U.S. spending on consumer electronics expected to top $200 billion this year
By Troy Wolverton LAS VEGAS -- Spending by American consumers on tech products should top $200 billion for the first time in 2012, the Consumer Electronics Association forecast on Tuesday. Last year, sales of consumer electronics devices reached $195 ...
Nuance Sets Sights on Consumer Electronics Market
Speech-recognition and dictation company Nuance Communications has announced a long-term partnership with a media company to make voice-controls for TVs, in-car systems, and other consumer products. By Jill Duffy Nuance Communications, ...
Pro Brand Develops Consumer-Friendly Indoor/Outdoor 4G LTE Home Antenna With ...
10, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- From the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Verizon Wireless and Pro Brand International, Inc. announced a sleek and simple-to-install indoor/outdoor 4G LTE flat antenna for the home or small office to ...
Consumer borrowing surges as economy improves
Consumer borrowing surged in November by $20.4 billion, the Federal Reserve said Monday. It was the third straight increase and the largest monthly gain in a decade.
Suit claims Symantec scares consumers on PC health
By Jim Finkle (Reuters) - A lawsuit filed against Symantec Corp claims that the software maker seeks to persuade consumers to buy its products by scaring them with misleading information about the health of their computers.
Halifax consumer debt rises, credit card debt drops
The average debt load of Halifax consumers increased nearly 4.5 per cent in 2011, down from 7.1 per cent in 2010. “Despite a reduction in consumer appetite for new credit in 2011, consumer debt load continued to increase, but at a much lesser rate,” ...
Ultrabooks: Parade Of Beauties At The Consumer Electronics Show
Most of the Ultrabook shoes have dropped at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), and quite the assemblage it is. Dell has yet to make its appearance - it could be today or tomorrow - but an empty stand at the Intel booth is just waiting for the ...
US Supreme Court rules credit repair firms can force arbitration
The ruling is the latest in a string to back such clauses over consumers' right to sue. Justice Antonin Scalia said that if Congress had intended to prohibit binding arbitration in the consumer credit protection law, it would have specifically done so, ...
CES 2012: Consumer Electronics CEO Blasts SOPA as Threat to Innovation and Freedom
By David Zielenziger: Subscribe to David's RSS feed Consumer Electronics Association CEO Gary Shapiro Tuesday denounced the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act pending in the US Congress as "terrible," a "threat to innovation" and potentially destructive ...
Google's Schmidt says devices, apps need to be friends
By Sharon Gaudin Computerworld - Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt told an audience at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that the future of technology will be getting all the electronics in our lives to friend each other.
Watchdog should act like a big brother (or sister) to protect consumers from ...
That's how I see the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau - as a protector of consumers from the punches of bullying financial companies.
Hollywood stumbles on next big step in home video
UltraViolet hasn't gone as well as planned, backers say at the Consumer Electronics Show. Technology produced by a consortium of studios, makers and retailers is criticized as buggy and confusing.
Starwatch Consumer | A personal touch through Google
Nokia Oyj and Microsoft Corp. introduced their first high-speed Windows Phone for AT&T Inc. at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, aiming to help both suppliers stage a comeback in the smartphone industry.
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