By Tara Dunion
This week’s CEA Line Shows just concluded. But the cool products will live on for the foreseeable future.
Here are some video highlights that show the energy and excitement on display from some of the more than 60 companies exhibiting new products at the Line Shows this week.
You’ll hear from CEA’s Diann Groff and Nicole Vidovich as well as executives from Skype, Monster and Sony.
For those who attended, what was your favorite product? Was it ThinkEco’s modlet, awarded Best in Show, via attendee vote or something else?

ASHA’s “Buds In The Schools Week”: Teaching Kids To Enjoy Technology Safely

By Guest Blogger, Greg Weimann, Public Relations Manager for the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)
With support from CEA, thousands of Washington, DC area elementary school children had the opportunity recently to participate in the inaugural “Buds In The Schools Week”, a new iteration of the American Speech-Language-Hearing-Association’s (ASHA) award-winning Listen To Your Buds campaign which teaches children how to use personal audio devices safely.

Bud’s music coalition member Billy Jonas reminds students to turn down the volume on …

We announced recently that the 2011 International CES will feature a Broadband Communications Techzone .

By Richard Kowalski
The FIFA World Cup tournament begins today, and soccer (or football) fans are getting geared up to follow the action. TV sales are up in Europe, where the games are hugely popular. As a casual sports fan I plan on simply watching a few of the games on television. However, rabid sports fans will prove to us that where there’s a will (and a device), there’s a way to catch the matches almost anywhere.
I consulted our in-house sports fan and research analyst Ben Arnold to find out …

By Carolyn Slater
You’ve heard the saying “Don’t Mess with Success” (or is that “Don’t Mess with Texas?), so for the third year in a row, CEA is holding the highly successful i-stage contest. BTW, the “I” is for INNOVATION!
Our past two winners, Boxee and Regen have grown and prospered since their inventions debuted at the CEA i-stage contest. Their stars rose even higher after demonstrating them at the 2009 and 2010 International CES, respectively, in (turnkey) booths that were part of their prize package. This contest also has cash …