CES 2006 Content Index

Day Five:

• Vegas in pictures
  As we jump on a plane and head back to England, here are some of the images of Vegas and CES that have stayed with us.
  
  
• DFI shows media boards for 06
  DFI has some new media-centric boards for the coming year, and we also check out an unannounced ATI board.
  
  
• Burnout Xbox 360 hands on
  The updated version of Burnout Revenge for Xbox 360 is almost here, and we spend some time getting to grips with it.
  
  
• Dolby sounds off on 14-channel audio
  We check out Dolby's offerings, including Master Studio certified PCs, TrueHD for HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, as well as a screening of concept 14 channel audio content.

Day Four:

• Sandisk targets iPod with Sansa MP3 players
  Flash memory giant Sandisk have launched a two-prong attack on Apple's iPod range with two new Sansa MP3 players: the c100 and e200.
  
  
• MXM SLI for desktops; SLI notebooks to follow
  The MSI Geminium-Go! features two Go6600 MXM cards on one desktop PCI-E board in SLI. Even crazier is the idea that SLI is coming to a notebook near you.
  
  
• AMD talks up its digital home vision
  AMD's counterpoint to Intel's Viiv is a new programme that puts the PC at the centre of the digital home - but partners with an open-standards ecosystem. We have the low-down.

Day Three:

• Aopen shows its Viiv wares
  AOpen is refocusing on Pentium M and Viiv for 2006, and we take a look at its latest motherboard and barebones offerings.
  
  
• Seagate demos 500GB USB 2 drive
  We take a look at a 500GB hard drive that connects to the computer wirelessly, at full USB 2.0 speeds. Awesome!
  
  
• Nvidia decodes H.264 in hardware
  Nvidia is demonstrating H.264 and HD-DVD high definition acceleration using its GeForce 6 and 7 series of chips.
  
  
• World's smallest power supply - the picoPSU
  We've been looking at a PSU designed for smaller applications - is this the world's smallest PSU?
  
  
• Voodoo shows off gold-plated bling PC
  Voodoo PC is showing off a luxury system plated in 24K gold.
  
  
• Dell quad SLI spy shots
  We have some spy shots of the internals of the Dell XPS 600 Renegade system that showcases NVIDIA's Quad SLI.
  
  
• Intel promotes Blackberry, Google and Apple
  Despite making Windows Media Center the default choice for Viiv PCs, it seems the chip maker is more keen than ever to be seen as software and device-agnostic.

Day Two:

• Tom Hanks turns out to launch Viiv
  Intel wheels out the Hollywood big guns, as Tom Hanks, Danny DeVito and Morgan Freeman pitch up to support the new PC initiative.
  
  
• From MPEG to TV with minimum hassle
  A portable HDD with a video out? Looks like an easy way to share our content - we've got some details.
  
  
• The world of storage media
  We go hunting for the coolest innovations in media at the show. Lightscribe, Blu-Ray and flash inside.
  
  
• Intervideo brings video to the small screen
  Intervideo are doing some cool stuff with media processing on Pocket PC and the desktop. We chat with the guys behind the software.
  
  
• C-Media shows off streaming audio
  C-Media are showing off a cool wireless streaming audio device, as well as a voice-chat aggregator and USB phone.
  
  
• U3 platform offers personal computing on the go
  Fancy taking all your applications, as well as your data, wherever you go? A new generation of flash drives will let you do just that.
  
  
• HD-DVD for Xbox 360 confirmed
  Peter Moore, head of Xbox division at Microsoft, has confirmed that a HD-DVD drive will be added to the 360 later this year.
  
  
• Dell and NVIDIA showcase first Quad SLI system
  Dell and NVIDIA are showcasing the first Quad SLI PC at CES in Las Vegas. This baby comes with 2GB of system memory, 2GB of video memory, four GPUs and four logical execution threads inside the CPU, just to add insult to injury...
  
  
• Google to offer video and software downloads
  During tomorrow's scheduled press conference, Google is set to make a number of exciting announcements. We have early details on a couple of those inside...

Day One:

• Justin Timberlake comin' atcha' via Vista
  Justin Timberlake is going to be bringing his new album to the MTV music download service announced this evening, exclusively for Windows Media Player 11.
  
  
• Microsoft shows MCE scheduling over IM
  By using natural language recognition, it will be possible to use an MSN buddy to programme your MCE machine in the new version of Windows.
  
  
• Gates keynote showcases Vista
  Bill Gates has been demonstrating the media features of Windows Vista in his keynote speech this evening.