New Gadgets from the CES Show. #p/a/u/0/yQDYcgtubus. Find this and other technology news stories at Twitter, infrared motion sensors drive robot movement.
Data Monster checks data streams online and converts to motions, gestures and mood, depending on the data, says Lucas Ainsworth, Intel research scientist. With a simple and inexpensive kit, Makers can create their own data-driven robot. CES: Intel event Wednesday at CES 2011 (live blog) - CES 2011 CNET Blogs. Editor's note: This live event has concluded.
For a brief rundown of what was announced, check out our summary post here . You can also replay our live blog in the Cover It Live module below. LAS VEGAS--Intel has already shared a few details about its plans for 2011, but will likely get into a lot more detail today during its CES 2011 press conference. And this is the place to be, live from the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, where several tech companies are holding press events Wednesday. You can get our up-to-the-minute updates in the Cover It Live module below. Intel already spilled the beans on its Sandy Bridge launch , and systems featuring the new combination processor/graphics chip will likely appear during the press conference. CES: Envy 17 from HP adds new cooling controls, updated Intel CPUs - CES 2011 CNET Blogs. HP's CoolSense technology is quickly becoming standard across HP's laptop lines, and today it gets added to the massive 17-inch HP Envy 17 (and it also turns up in the new 11-inch Pavilion dm1).
CoolSense is a control panel for setting fan performance, from maximum cooling to quietest operation. HP says its inclusion in the Envy 17 makes it "the first high-performance HP PC with advanced cooling technology. " The Envy 17 is also moving to Intel's second generation on Core i-series processors, but continuing to couple them with AMD graphics, namely the AMD Mobility Radeon HD 6850M. There's a certain level of automatic graphics switching built into the Envy 17, but it's not as transparent and adaptable as Nvidia's Optimus system (nor, according to our sources, is it likely to be anytime soon). That said, a 17-inch laptop is likely to spend most of its time plugged in, so turning the GPU off and on automatically to save battery life isn't a top priority.
Visual and Graphical Abilities Are Latest Computer Metric. Manufacturers Turn to Smart TV After 3-D Disappoints. Intel's 'Sandy Bridge' Core processors. She's finally here.
At last, Intel is taking the wraps off of one of the most anticipated bits of silicon we've seen in years: Sandy Bridge. We've known the architectural details of the processor code-named Sandy Bridge for months—they are formidable, new, and different—but we haven't known exactly how the changes would translate into performance and power efficiency, which is the big question about any product overhauled this extensively.
Fortunately, Damage Labs has been churning away for weeks in anticipation of this moment, and we have a pleasantly extensive look at Sandy Bridge's—ahem, I mean "the second-generation Core microprocessors'"—performance ready for your perusal. CES 2011: The Tablet Reboot. We're having a do-over. 2010 was meant to be the year of the tablet, but it turned out to be something of a flop unless you love iOS.
Predictions that we'd see dozens of Android slates turned out to be only partially true: yes, there were tablets a-plenty, but recognizable brand names were generally absent and the flush of OEM models seldom made it onto store shelves. Samsung pushed ahead with the Galaxy Tab, and succeeded in showing us that, while there's room for more than just the iPad on the market, you really need to have a team of software engineers on hand to fettle Android in order to claim your place.
That's not so much Android's fault - the OS has been steadily climbing in popularity, and Android-powered smartphones are turning into best-sellers on various carriers - but proof that you can't take a smartphone OS, slap it onto a big-screen device and expect it to be anything like as elegant.
Five hot business technology trends to watch in 2011. A lot of the critical technology trends that dominated the business world in 2010 will continue to accelerate in 2011 while several new trends will develop enough momentum to become significant.
Based on my conversations with IT leaders and tech vendors and my daily observations of the latest developments in the industry, here are my top five tech trends that businesses should keep a close eye on for the year ahead. Also read: My 2010 list of trends to watch 5. The enterprise warms to Apple and Android In 2010, a surprising number of enterprises embarked on iPhone deployments after an extended period of internal testing and convincing Apple to update iOS to improve security and IT manageability.
The iPhone testing also opened the door for enterprise iPad trials and deployments. 4. Vizio to Introduce Tablet, Cellphone.