A Cornucopia of Gadgets at CES
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Comments
Some interesting stuff in the video but the poor audio made it really hard to follow the detail.
Posted by Ewen Bruce at January 12th, 2008 at 4:31 amI’d like to hear more about the new small size flash memory laptops like the ASUS and other two pound wonders. These would be just fine for keeping up with eMail on the road. I miss my Toshiba Libretto which really fell behind the technology. Jerry Gropp Architect AIA PS
Posted by Jerry Gropp at January 12th, 2008 at 9:41 amI just watch for my first time Walt Mossberg speak. I’ve been a fan of his writing for a long time. He actually stutters and pauses. Wow he’s human. Go Walt!
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