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CES 2010: Boxee Box from D-Link Finally Gets Your Digital Content In One Place

Remember how impressed you were the first time you saw a Tivo or some other sort of television DVR? Or the first time you watched a DVD instead of a VHS tape? Looking at the Boxee Box from D-Link at CES gave me the same feeling. It’s a simple device...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 14th, 2010, 4:00 pm
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CES 2010: Playstation 3 Media Hub Slim From Nyko

Sony’s Playstation 3 is a living room multi-tasker. It plays games, has an online network of content to view, and can play Blu-Ray movies. But to do all this stuff – even watch Blu-Ray movies, you need to use a PS3 controller. It seems like...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 14th, 2010, 12:30 pm
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CES 2010: Pleo 09 Robot Dinosaur

Every year at CES it seems there is a new robot toy – a toy that responds to the world around them autonomously. This year the robot was called Pleo (or “Pleo 09″ as the owner was quick to point out), a robotic dinosaur. The Pleo 09...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 14th, 2010, 11:00 am
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CES 2010: Griffin Powerjolt Plus

The Powerjolt Plus from Griffin solves a problem that parents who own iPods, iPhones or other USB devices and also take their kids on car trips probably have run across. What do you do if you want to charge your device in the car, while at the same...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 14th, 2010, 9:00 am
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CES 2010: Sound Pod From X Rocker Is The Perfect Game Room Ottoman

X Rocker is a company primarily known for its video gaming chairs, and lately it seems like they’ve been trying hard to bring the absolute best music-related video game experience right to wherever you play video games. I wrote about the Vibe...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 13th, 2010, 5:00 pm
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CES 2010: Pelican iPod Case Is Toughest Case Available

I spent a fair amount of time at CES looking at iPod cases, and a question I asked many of the reps was, “What’s the most bullet-proof, kid-proof case you have for an iPod?” And to be honest, I saw some cases that would protect an...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 13th, 2010, 4:00 pm
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CES 2010: Color Pop Monitors from LG Are Great For College Kids

The number of televisions and computer monitors on display at CES is really mind boggling, but when I saw these monitors from LG they really stood out. Not so much for the quality of the display, but for the housing and stand. As you can see from the...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 13th, 2010, 3:00 pm
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CES 2010: Headphonies Portable Speakers From Mobi

Headphonies might be kind of a pointless iPod accessory, except for the fact that they keep kids from putting headphones on their ears, and they are really fun. Headphonies are little speakers that you can put on a necklace, zipper pull or a table top....
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 13th, 2010, 2:00 pm
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CES 2010: Kidos Creates A Safe Computer Environment For Young Kids

Parents who want their young (3-7 years old) kids to explore the computer on their own in a safe environment don’t really have a lot of options. You can try to configure a login on your own personal computer that might save your computer from...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 13th, 2010, 11:00 am
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CES 2010: Griffin My Phones Are Headphones Just For Kids

Most electronic devices these days (especially electronic devices that kids want to use) require headphones. But most parents are concerned about not only having their child’s attention “lost” in a pair of headphones, but also the...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 13th, 2010, 9:00 am
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CES 2010: Band Shell iPhone Case Keeps Headphones Away

There were a LOT of iPhone cases at CES this year, but probably the most interesting one I saw was this – the BandShell. Basically it’s a plastic iPhone case that does two interesting things. On back/bottom of the case slides forward and...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 13th, 2010, 8:00 am
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CES 2010: Tune Juice Universal From Griffin

Electronics accessory makers Griffin were showing lots of cool stuff at CES this year. But out of the whole show, one of the simplest, and maybe smartest things I saw was a little battery pack called the Tune Juice Universal. It’s a really basic...
Continue reading » Posted by Chris Ford on Jan 12th, 2010, 6:00 pm

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