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Don't try this at home

The headline immediately caught my eye. Unlike pitches from male potency drugs and right-wing radicals, this e-mail seemed worth a look.
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Out with a whimper

And so it ends, the final CES keynote for Microsoft. And with very little in the way of new news, at least Microsoft fans won't have to look for much to surpass when the company begins holding its own news conference events.
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Xbox demo stops online when movie shown

As the Xbox demonstration was under way, a search to call up a Transformers movie resulted in the online stream being halted out of "respect to the intellectual property being shown to the CES audience."
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On to computers now

Moving on to Windows 8 demonstration now, showing Metro style apps that will allow operating system to use mouse, keyboard and touch across PCs and tablets.
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Seacrest joins Ballmer on stage

Ryan Seacrest is playing host to Microsoft's CES keynote address, sharing the stage with CEO Steve Ballmer. The event is kicking off with Windows Phone demonstrations, with Derek Snyder, a senior product manager at Windows Phone, demonstrating the capabilities.
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Nearly ready to go

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer will be hitting the stage in the next 15 minutes. Read updates here and on Twitter @NWHeraldBiz.
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Nokia shows off Windows LTE phone

At its press event this evening at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nokia announced three Lumia phones – the 710, the 800 and the 900 – to enter the market this year.
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LG goes big with TVs

Another CES press event from this morning involved LG Electronics, which rolled out a number of large TVs and a new Android phone for Verizon Wireless.

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