Last Friday CEA, along with the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) filed a lawsuit challenging New York City’s new e-waste recycling law, which had been set to go into effect on July 31.

By Allison Carney Fried
I am excited to announce that Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer will again kick off the 2010 International CES as the preshow keynote speaker on Wednesday, January 6! Ballmer joined Microsoft in1980 after being the first business manager hired by Bill Gates and was named chief executive officer in 2000. This will be Ballmer’s second appearance as a preshow keynote after last year’s exciting delivery! Microsoft’s goal of delivering an integrated platform to enable a seamless experience for consumers across PCs, devices and services, Ballmer is focused …

One of the things you’ll want to especially look out for at the 2010 International CES is the brand new Sustainable Planet Tech Zone.

For those unfamiliar with Twitter, it’s a micro-blog where tweeple (people who tweet) share their thoughts, location, photos, activities, interests, interesting links, etc. in statements of 140 characters or less.

By Laura Hudson
I seem to be on a technology and kids theme recently. Of course, those are the two biggest focuses of my life. Recently, we were in the market for a new family car and decided with two kids, road trips and all of the “stuff” that goes along with that, we needed a minivan. We just took our first long road trip for summer vacation and once again technology helped save my sanity. We had a DVD player installed in the van and it is the best …

Chores done, I’m sitting in the den late on a weekend afternoon multi-tasking– watching The Sox (NESN cable), on a high-def 42-inch plasma and golf (CBS off-air) on an old 20-inch analog with a converter box. Reception is great on both.

By Katherine Rutkowski
Last week my 19-year old daughter Emma had appendicitis. When the emergency room doctor broke the news at 3:00 a.m. about the pending surgery she asked if there were any questions. Generation Y Emma thought for a second then said “does this place have WiFi?” She’s taking a summer class at a community college and the final in-class essay was due within hours so she had stored an extensive outline on her prized Mac notebook. After another bout of pain, she had second thoughts and asked if …

We’ve all been there…you’re a Netflix or Blockbuster Online subscriber and your latest movie sits shamefully gathering dust atop your TV cabinet or amongst that pile of mail on the coffee table.