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Yeah, I’m still back at the office holding down the fort and missing all the Forum excitement in Las Vegas but I am enjoying regular updates via e-mail, podcast, and Twitter.

Industry Forum is our annual educational and networking event for CEA members.

Today, the consumer electronics industry achieved a milestone in environmental sustainability.

They’ve arrived. The 14 finalists in CEA’s inaugural i-stage competition took the stage for the first time Sunday to plug in, amp up and rehearse their make-or-break pitch for the next generation of social media and retail platforms, gaming and 3D video, and otherwise all-around cool tech creations.

As a child, I was always afraid of needles.

By Sarah Szabo
Three years ago, I gave my dad an MP3 player for Christmas. As a bit of background, the man used a record player until 1999 as his primary source of music, so this gift was a bit of a gamble. What if he was too set in his ways? What if he had never heard of an MP3 player (he hadn’t)?
The gamble paid off. In fact, that MP3 player catapulted my father into the world of gadgets. Over the past three years, he’s purchased a portable MP3 …

By Katherine Rutkowski
Who knew? While browsing a list of commonly challenged books (a truly librarian-geeky pursuit) it struck me that timing or dumb luck had afforded me the chance to find and read at least half of those titles with no risk or roadblock. As my born-to-immigrants parents would say “American citizens are the luckiest people on the planet.” Since reading has been my go-to hobby for decades, I’d have to agree.
Holla back Uncle Sam. And thank you, gracias and dzieki to Abuelo, Abuela, Dziadzio and Babka.”
But, to back …

Thought the current financial crisis was all about Wall Street?