• Sound Byte: Inkjet printers that save on ink costs

    Updated: 2011-07-29 21:00:00
    If you're pricing personal printers, you may not take the cost of ink cartridges into consideration--but you probably should. You can certainly save money by choosing a more efficient printer. Consumer Reports has a new test it uses with printers...

  • Tennesee BlueCross/BlueShield takes $6 million step to protect its customers

    Updated: 2011-07-29 20:30:00
    In the past few months, we've reported often on the theft of customer information from numerous companies. So it's a refreshing change to hear about a company that has taken positive measures to prevent data breaches and protect its customers:...

  • Amazon adds Universal movies to streaming service

    Updated: 2011-07-29 20:25:03
    Amazon.com, which now offers a free instant streaming video service to its Amazon Prime members, has just reached a deal that will add movies from Universal Pictures. The move—which follows the decision by competitor Netflix to separate its streaming service...

  • Digi XBee Wi-Fi Embedded RF Module

    Updated: 2011-07-29 19:09:35
    Digi International announced their XBee Wi-Fi embedded RF module. The XBee Wi-Fi delivers serial to IEEE 802.11 connectivity. With the new Digi module, engineers can create a single board design for wireless products that supports 802.15.4, ZigBee, ZigBee Smart Energy, 2.4 GHz, 900 and 868 MHz, Wi-Fi and proprietary DigiMesh protocols. It is ideal for [...]

  • Logitech Revue drops to $99. Is this good or bad for Google TV?

    Updated: 2011-07-29 19:00:00
    Amid poor financial performance news, Logitech announced on Wednesday a significant price drop—from $250 to $99—for its Revue, a set-top box designed to stream Google TV, among other online video offerings. The move is the company’s second price cut; earlier...

  • Twitter launches 'promoted tweets' from partner companies and organizations

    Updated: 2011-07-29 15:32:19
    Twitter announced yesterday on its blog that "promoted tweets" from partner companies and organizations would begin to appear at the top of followers’ timelines. The company’s rationale for bubbling up these tweets is that Twitter users who follow brands and...

  • Daily electronics deals: $100 coupon for tablets at Staples

    Updated: 2011-07-29 14:09:30
    Today's electronics deals, courtesy of The Consumerist: Staples: Staples printable coupon: $100 off any tabletTanga.com: Free Subjekt Herphones - Available in 5 Different Colors for $0.00 Entertainment Amazon: Lord of the Rings: War in the North [Xbox 360, PS3] +...

  • Health and Fitness Tech On Display at CEA’s Industry Forum

    Updated: 2011-07-28 23:24:29
    These days it’s hard to find a hotter product category in the consumer electronics world than health and fitness technology.

  • Smart-phone data nibblers outnumber data hogs

    Updated: 2011-07-28 20:59:45
    Although the average amount of data consumed each month by smart-phone owners appears to be on the rise, many data users eat up far fewer megabytes than you might expect, according to the latest statistics culled for Consumer Reports from...

  • Intel's new Core i7-2600 processors speed up desktops

    Updated: 2011-07-28 20:22:24
    Desktop computers are setting a new performance standard, as evidenced by several models included in our latest batch of Ratings (available to subscribers) that use Intel's newest Core processors, the Core i7-2600 series. Because of the blazing performance of these...

  • Nintendo 3DS price drops from $250 to $170; 20 free games for U.S. owners

    Updated: 2011-07-28 16:33:00
    Nintendo announced today that on August 12, the price of its ground-breaking portable gaming device, the Nintendo 3DS, will be slashed from $250 to $170 in the U.S. The reason: To spur sluggish sales of the device, which can produce...

  • Daily electronics deals: Dell Inspiron 560 Pentium E6700 desktop PC

    Updated: 2011-07-28 14:30:00
    Today's electronics deals, courtesy of The Consumerist: Dell: Dell Inspiron 560 Pentium E6700 Desktop, 4GB RAM, 500GB 7200RPM HDD $299.99, free shipLenovo: Bluetooth Laser Mouse $14.40, free ship Entertainment Game Stop: James Bond Goldeneye 007 for Wii for $9.99 +...

  • New HTC, Sony, Casio smart phones: a 3D display, PlayStation play, and thick skin

    Updated: 2011-07-27 17:40:00
    Three new smart phones that want to be either your gaming system, camping buddy, or 3D movie viewer also perform pretty decently as phones, according to new test results from our labs: The Sony Xperia Play, $200 from Verizon; the...

  • E-book reader Ratings: The Kobo eReader Touch is decent, but no match against Nooks or Kindles

    Updated: 2011-07-27 15:00:00
    Tests on the Kobo eReader Touch confirm that it is indeed the best e-book reader from that brand we've ever tested, as we expected based on our first impressions. But the Touch doesn't quite rank with the best models in...

  • Daily electronics deals: Brother HL2240D monochrome laser printer

    Updated: 2011-07-27 14:30:00
    Today's electronics deals, courtesy of The Consumerist: Amazon: Brother HL2240D Monochrome Laser Printer $69.93 Buy.com: TDK 16x DVD+R Media 150 Pack $23.49 ShippedCircuit City: eMachines E180HV 19in Widescreen LCD Monitor $69.99Staples: Staples printable coupon: $100 off any tablet Entertainment Amazon:...

  • Social Media Day Detroit 2011: Ain’t No Party Like a Detroit Party

    Updated: 2011-07-27 14:00:20
    Livio Radio celebrates Social Media Day in Detroit, IL.

  • Apple's in-app-purchasing rules mean inconvenience for e-book buys

    Updated: 2011-07-27 06:28:56
    Do you use an app from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Kobo to get e-books and digital subscriptions on your iPhone, iPad, or other Apple device? Be warned: It's not going to be a simple swipe-and-tap process anymore. Apple has...

  • GPS giant Garmin buys Navigon, navigation world gets smaller

    Updated: 2011-07-26 20:15:01
    Charting a new course for the company, GPS leader Garmin has completed its acquisition of Navigon, a smaller rival. Garmin dominates in its U.S. home market, but it trails TomTom in Europe. Buying Navigon may help Garmin overseas, where the...

  • Companies to spend $130 billion on cybersecurity in 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-26 15:00:05
    U.S. companies will spend more than $130 billion dealing with data breaches this year, according to a study by the cybersecurity research firm the Ponemon Institute. The study says the majority of data breaches are due to company negligence (40...

  • Daily electronics deals: Olympus X560 waterproof 10 megapixel digital camera

    Updated: 2011-07-26 14:30:00
    Today's electronics deals, courtesy of The Consumerist: Walmart: Olympus 10MP Waterproof Digital Camera - Red for $69 w/ Free ShippingNewegg: Norton Internet Security 2011 Software (1-User/3 PCs) $4.99AR Free Shipping Entertainment BestBuy.com: Nintendo Wii Rocketfish Starter Kit (charging dock, wireless...

  • Tech Trends Happy Hour

    Updated: 2011-07-26 14:00:22
    CEA hosts a "Tech Trends" event where attendees were the first to hear which technologies will be hot in the industry.

  • Walmart.com offers streaming online videos from Vudu

    Updated: 2011-07-26 06:45:00
    Competition for online eyeballs is heating up. Retail giant Walmart launched on its website an instant video-on-demand service with Vudu, an online streaming service it acquired back in February. The new offering on Walmart.com is similar to the Vudu Web-based...

  • Google Places removes outside customer reviews

    Updated: 2011-07-25 23:15:44
    Google has removed outside customer reviews from Google Places, its website that offers details and recommendations for local businesses, and has replaced them with an option for users to add their own reviews. Google Places, which was known as Hotpot...

  • Problems with Nintendo 3DS handhelds from Amazon?

    Updated: 2011-07-25 16:55:00
    Online retail giant Amazon has temporarily halted sales of the Nintendo 3DS handheld gaming system, citing customer complaints that "there may be something wrong with our inventory of the item." Although the portable Nintendo game system is still available through...

  • Daily electronics deals: Groove headphones

    Updated: 2011-07-25 15:00:00
    Today's electronics deals, courtesy of The Consumerist: Buy.com: Lift Audio Groove Series Noise-Isolating Headphones $14.99, free shipSkull Candy: 2XL Groove Hanger Headphones $5.99, free ship Entertainment Amazon: Nintendo Wii Remote for $11 w/ Free Shipping Neither Consumer Reports nor The...

  • Gadget Buyback and Trade-in Programs Explained

    Updated: 2011-07-25 14:00:53
    Looking to sell an old gadget? Learn the pros and cons to buy back and trade-in programs

  • TVs and energy use: Do you care?

    Updated: 2011-07-25 06:00:00
    With much of the country sweltering under intense heat and households being asked to dial back their energy use, maybe it's a good time to ask: Do you really care how much energy your high-def TV is using? The truth...

  • CEA on the Radio!

    Updated: 2011-07-22 19:08:05
    CEA Staff are interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered and WAMU's The Kojo Nnamdi Show!

  • Looking at Tablets: A Transformative Technology

    Updated: 2011-07-21 20:49:57
    CEA's Market Research takes a look at the future of tablets

  • Summer, There’s an App for that!

    Updated: 2011-07-19 16:00:31
    Find out what mobile apps our Event PR Intern is using this summer.

  • Electronic Design Automation Revenue Increased by 16% in Q1 2011

    Updated: 2011-07-18 16:50:29
    The Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry revenue increased to $1446.4 million in the first quarter of 2011. According to the EDA Consortium (EDAC) Market Statistics Service (MSS), this is a 16% increase from Q1 2010, which had revenues of $1247.0 million. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2010, sequential EDA revenues decreased by 4.1%. The [...]

  • Tech Shopping in NYC

    Updated: 2011-07-18 14:00:30
    See what technology shopping NYC has to offer

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