Comdex

The iRobot-LE is the first multi-purpose robot that can be controlled through a Web browser from anywhere in the world. The robot gives people on demand remote eyes and ears and allows them to "project themselves" into another location. Over the Internet, users can "WebDrive" the iRobot-LE wherever a person can comfortably walk. The upcoming product demo marks the first time that the iRobot-LE and its WebDrive application will be shown to a public audience. Read more

Nov. 14 -- Hewlett-Packard, Philips Electronics and Ricoh Company Ltd., three of the six CD-ReWritable technology industry leaders supporting the DVD+RW format, today displayed prototype DVD+RW drives during a breakfast event held at Fall COMDEX 2000. DVD+RW supporters MCC/Verbatim, Sony Corporation and Yamaha Corporation also participated in the event. Read more

Tool Factory just launched The Incredible Emailer, a program that lets anyone enhance email messages with pictures and drawings. For the first time, it is possible to combine text, drawings and pictures directly onto an email message, without advanced computer skills. The Incredible Emailer automatically attaches your pictures and drawings to an email message, so users don't have to fuss with attachments. Send pictures of the newborn baby instantly to friends and family, or give Grandma a daily dose of the kids! Read more

BSQUARE is the first company to provide millions of computer users running Windows NT 4.0 PCs with an easy way to connect and use Pocket PCs incorporating Universal Serial Bus (USB) technology. BSQUARE's upgraded USB for Windows NT 4.0 connectivity software now supports Pocket PCs with USB synchronization cradles, in addition to supporting USB mice, printers, and keyboards on Windows NT 4.0. Read more

11/14/2000 -- Oracle and Compaq yesterday announced the December availability, through selected distribution partners, of a next generation Internet appliance based on the Oracle9i Application Server and the Compaq ProLiant DL360 ultra thin 2-way server. The Oracle9i Application Server's patented Web Cache technology will add unprecedented levels of scalability, availability and performance to the Oracle8i Database Appliance, the simplest way today to deploy e-business. Read more

Nov. 13, 2000-- Ricoh today advanced the future of digital imaging with the debut of its new RDC-i700 digital camera. Ricoh combines the power of the Internet with sophisticated imaging technology, producing an ultra-portable business productivity solution for anywhere, anytime image communications. Read more

Nov. 13, 2000--This week at Fall COMDEX 2000, Nokia continues to demonstrate a wide range of solutions that further the company's vision of a world in which voice, data and video communications converge into technologies that will enable an always connected society. Read more

11/13/2000 – ViewSonic today announced a series of products that expand the company's leadership in the Visual Technology industry. The company showcased eight new products at Fall COMDEX 2000, ranging from a family of micro-portable projectors to the latest in flat panel display technology. Read more

Nov. 13, 2000-- At the COMDEX/Fall 2000 trade show in Las Vegas, Socket Communications, Inc. demonstrated the first Bluetooth applications to work with Windows Powered Pocket PCs from Casio, Compaq and Hewlett Packard. Socket's Bluetooth Personal Network Card plugs into the CompactFlash slots of the popular handheld devices and uses Bluetooth wireless technology to exchange data cordlessly at ranges of up to 30 feet. Read more

Over 100,000 computer trade and industry professionals are gathered in Las Vegas this week for the 21st annual Comdex Trade Show. Billed as the world's largest computer and computer-related trade show, its here that plans and technologies are hatched that will soon be affecting our lives. Read more