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• Sony unveils flexi-video screen, movie glasses at CES
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Sony Corp introduced on Thursday a bendable video screen, a WiFi camera and eyeglasses that display movies, saying the industry must keep innovating despite a severe economic slump.
• CES showcasing slimmer, energy-saving TVs
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - TVs, TVs everywhere but not a 150-inch in sight. With much of the world grappling with recession, technology giants at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas eschewed the one-upmanship that had characterized past gatherings and focused instead on unveiling slimmer, energy-saving televisions with Internet bells and whistles. […]
• Microsoft to let consumers test Windows 7 on Friday
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp plans to let consumers test the next generation of its computer operating system, Windows 7, starting on Friday and said the new software is "absolutely on track."
• Silicon Image announces at CES it aims to connect home media
  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Silicon Image Inc, the chip maker that helped create a widely adopted digital data transmission standard, on Thursday announced a new technology that will let users play and control their digital media on any screen in the house.
• Yahoo unveils partners for Web TV push at CES
  Las Vegas (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc unveiled on Wednesday a list of partners to aid its push to bring the Internet and television together, hoping their joint effort will finally connect with consumers.
• CES: Verizon picks Microsoft search over Google, Yahoo
  NEW YORK/LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc picked Microsoft Corp to provide Internet search services for cell phones, in what is seen as a blow to rivals Google Inc and Yahoo Inc.
• Nokia stops production of only WiMax device
  HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's top mobile phone maker Nokia said on Thursday it had ended production of its only mobile device using the U.S.-centered WiMax technology, another blow for the struggling wireless technology.
• Japan may promote lower mobile phone fees
  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government will seek to introduce new guidelines on mobile phone connection fees as early as 2010, which may lower rates for consumers, the Asahi newspaper reported on Thursday.
• CES: SanDisk unveils memory card-based music player
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - SanDisk Corp unveiled a portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs, signaling a shift in its strategy to compete against the iPod.
• Cisco sees acquisitions with focus on video
  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Chief Executive John Chambers said he expects to make a "stream of acquisitions" with a particular focus on video, as part of an effort to remake the company as a consumer electronics brand.