CES technology has implications for business - Anaheim Information Technology

The massive Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is held each year in Las Vegas, Nevada. The 2010 CES show, which ended Sunday, showcased myriad tablet/slate PCs, PXE e-book readers, 3D-TVs, mobile, wireless, and in-car technologies.
Some of the more interesting products chosen by CNET for their Best of CES Awards were Intel's wireless display and Lenovo's IdeaPad U1 Hybrid PC. Other goods that didn't make CNET's list will be the Skiff Reader and USB 3.0 within an HP notebook.
The Intel wireless display technology known as "WiDi" received the people's voice award. It's an interesting device that allows you to connect select notebooks to a large HDTV monitor, well, wirelessly. Of course you need a WiDi enabled notebook PC along with the wireless adapter that connects for the HDTV monitor.
Lenovo won finest in computers and hardware for his or her IdeaPad U1 Hybrid notebook PC using a detachable display that doubles being a tablet/slate PC. Although tablet PCs are not new, they've yet hitting the mainstream of PC usage. Perhaps the unique form of the IdeaPad U1 Hybrid will ignite new curiosity about tablet/slate computers.
Another interesting tablet form-factor device could be the Skiff Reader. This super thin large screen e-reader, suitable for the upcoming Skiff e-reading service, brings reading newspaper and magazine content in the 21st century. In addition to newspapers, magazines and books purchased over the Skiff Store, the e-reader enables you to display personal and work documents.
Weighing approximately a pound, the Skiff Reader has Wi-Fi and 3G wireless connectivity and an 11.5-inch high quality UXGA (1200 x 1600) touch-screen display. The device includes a new e-paper display based on a thin, flexible sheet of stainless-steel foil that's less at risk of breakage compared to glass screens seen in other e-readers.
USB 3.0, that has been in the utilizes some time now, seemed at CES within an HP notebook and WD external hard disk. USB 3.0 is very fast and backward compatible with earlier USB versions. The USB 3.0 spec can reach theoretical speeds all the way to 5Gbps, over much faster than the 480Mbps maximum of USB 2.0. Products supporting USB 3.0 will begin appearing in late January in 2010.