Charbax is here
Consumer Electronics Shows that I video-blogged:
CeBIT
2007, 2006,
2005, 2004
IFA
2007,
2006, 2005
CES
2007
Other
E3 2006
WCIT 2006
Conferences
Reboot 2007
Lift 2007

Monthly Archives: January 2008

I really think Last.fm is fantastic

Tomorrow, Last.fm and CBS are announcing new features that are to be added to Last.fm. I am always amazed by the awesome music recommendations it gives me. I think that technology could be simply revolutionnizing for video. There are so many awesome videos out there on sites such as Youtube, imagine a Last.fm Video filter […]

My video-blog on a DivX Connected video-on-demand set-top-box

A plugin to watch all the videos from my http://techvideoblog.com directly on your HDTV or standard definition TV, with the remote control is available here:
http://labs.divx.com/node/1320
I think that the DivX Connected set-top-box standard is the beginning of the mass media revolution. Soon the box will cost below $100, currently it is available for £130 at […]

More facts about Intel vs OLPC

Truth is Intel makes huge profits the way the industry works today and does not want things to change. Intel management feel that their established business model domination is extremely threatened by a small open-source hardware and software project like the OLPC project.
Fact is Intel does not have a processor that consumes as little power […]

Aiptek unveals the Aiptek PocketDV AHD300 and AHD500 Pro at CES 2008

Taiwaneese cheap camcorder manufacturer Aiptek might actually become the first to provide a 1080p HD camcorder at consumer friendly prices of around $200-300. Today as far as I know, the cheapest 1080p camcorder costs tens of thousands of dollars at semi-profetionnal levels. Sony and Panasonic have always only provided interlaced HD camcorders so far.

So it […]

I just interviewed the Youtube founders

I just asked two questions to billionnaire Youtube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen through Robert Scoble’s Nokia N95 when he was taking in questions from the live audience broadcasting live video using http://qik.com.
I asked them the questions “When are people going to be able to make money on Youtube” and “When is Youtube going […]

Intel-powered XO is too expensive and consumes too much power

2 days before Intel CEO Paul Otellini would unveil the Classmate 2 or the Intel-powered XO at the CES, Intel announced that they are quitting the OLPC board.
Intel claims that they are quitting because of Nicholas Negroponte wanting them to stop the promotion of the Classmate/Eee to education in third world countries, but I think […]