www.control4.com Pioneermade this presentation at their kiosk at the Control4 Partner Pavilion during the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, NV. Control4, a leading provider of the operating system for the smart home, delivers intelligent control of consumer electronics products, appliances and networking systems through an easy-to-use and intuitive software interface. Founded in 2003, the company delivers affordable automation and control of lighting, music, video, HVAC, security, and energy management systems to the broad market through more than 1600 custom integrators, retail outlets, and distributors in over 40 countries. Control4 is the platform of choice for major consumer electronics companies, hotels, businesses and utilities that require an intelligent, open and affordable control solution.
Zotac does make motherboards, and as of the moment, they’re all (or almost all) Mini ITX based. We like that there are plenty and plenty of options available, from ION + Atom combos to Core i7 + a discreet graphics card. Zotac says that technically speaking, you can combine the best components available like a Core i7 and GTX 480, but just don’t expect the board to be tiny anymore if you do opt for these components.

We have Nokia N8 hands-on demo from Sami Maala, one of the Product Managers at Nokia. This was taken from Nokia World in London. Mr. Maala goes over the hardware and software features. The Nokia N8 has a 3.5-inch capacitive touchscreen, 12 megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics and Xenon flash, HD video recording, Symbian^3, and more. You can enjoy HD-quality video with Dolby Digital Plus surround sound by plugging into your home theatre system. Powering the Nokia N8 is Symbian ^3, which introduces several major advances, including support for multi touch on the device’s 3.5in capacitive touchscreen. The Nokia N8 also offers multiple, personalizable homescreens which can be loaded with apps and widgets. The new 2D and 3D graphics architecture in the platform takes full advantage of the Nokia N8?s hardware acceleration to deliver a faster and more responsive user interface. Symbian^3 also promises to deliver greater memory management allowing more applications to run in parallel for a faster multi-tasking experience. One more thing that was shown was support for USB-on-the-Go. A 250GB external drive was connected to the Nokia N8 and you can even copy or move files around.
www.futurelooks.com – Futurelooks checks out INTEL’s Light Peak (Thunderbolt) technology. We get a chance to see just what this multi-IO/multi-protocol technology is all about and how it can super charge your digital lifestyle by allowing you to carry a much lighter mobile platform yet still be able to access all of the power of a home system and all your peripherals through a single Light Peak connection. REAL products should be hitting the shelves by 2011. Find Us on Facebook! www.facebook.com Follow Us on Twitter! www.twitter.com
Delivering on our commitment to give consumers endless entertainment options in a stylish package, LG Electronics has introduced our 2010 family of network Blu-ray disc players and home theatre systems. Designed to balance the look of todays HDTVs, LGs network Blu-ray players and home theatre systems feature slim, compact designs that allow consumers to easily blend their entire entertainment system into any existing room environment. Key features for 2010 include 250 GB hard drive, NetCast Entertainment Access, enhanced audio performance & Wi-Fi connectivity.
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