CES: Pictures At An Exhibition

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In a back corner of the Sands Convention Center, far from the Blu-ray versus HD DVD controversy, sat the booth promoting a red laser optical disc-based high-definition video technology which made this 'tilting at windmills' Senior Technical Editor smile….

Hilton Hotel. Men's bathroom. Only in Vegas….

Yup, that's Hulk Hogan. I'm not sure who's fallen further, once-mighty Polaroid or the once-mighty Hulkster, now resigned to signing autographs in cramped show floor booths. He's quite a large and strong-looking man, by the way, so feel free not to tell him what I just said. And admittedly, I don't know how much Polaroid paid him….

Yes, Maury, they're here….

This is perhaps the ugliest speaker I've ever seen in my life.

Although these are a close second.

Your eyes are not fooling you. The game is called USB Rocket Babes. I was scared to ask. So I didn't. So don't.

You are getting very very sleepy….

This poor fellow was alternately bounced up and down and squeezed by the torture device….errr….massage chair. He looked way more stressed out when he exited than when he first climbed in.

I sense a deep disturbance in the Force every time I see an iPod plugged into something that was developed by Creative Labs.

But Mommy, I want to use Bittorrent to steal music, too….

I think Qualcomm was trying to get across that MediaFLO makes television extinct (and that phones based on their chips apparently also obsolete computers and cameras). Although I couldn't help noticing that all of the excavated gear was really archaic, and that the televisions all had really small screens. Apropos?