CNET Showcase

Brian Cooley was on hand to chronicle and summarize our second live CNET Showcase evening. Check out his report below.

Also see CNET's new dedicated Tablets section. It's where to go for the latest news and reviews in this new category of tech.

Our second live CNET Showcase event was all about the market for smaller-than-laptop computers: Slates, tablets, and Netbooks. We brought Dan Ackerman out from our New York office to argue with Donald Bell about the merits of different technologies and platforms, in front of a live audience.

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The video above is our discussion, in which we focus a lot on Apple's iPad and what it took to give it the market position it has: more than 3 million devices sold since it first … Read more

Join us tonight for CNET Showcase Live, a discussion on tablets, slates, and Netbooks. Here in our San Francisco headquarters, we've gathered the latest portable technology from Apple, Asus, Archos, Nvidia, Panasonic, Samsung, and Toshiba. We're going to be showing off the gear to our in-person audience after a good discussion about the market and various vendors' approaches to it.

You can watch the discussion live over at CNET TV (in the Reporters' Roundtable slot), starting at 6 p.m. PDT. There's a live chat right under the streaming window, so you can participate with other viewers … Read more

On Thursday, June 24, at 6 p.m. PDT here in San Francisco at the CNET headquarters, we're hosting our second CNET Showcase Live event. This time, the focus is on tablets, slates, and Netbooks, and it promises to be an informative hands-on event for the people who can make it.

I'll start the event with a discussion between me, Donald Bell, and Dan Ackerman on the market for small, portable computers, and an overview of the existing and upcoming products. Then we'll break to the best part: the demos.

We're going to have great products … Read more

The first CNET Showcase event, on 3D TVs, was enough of a success that we've turned right around and set up another one.

On June 24, we'll be putting on Showcase No. 2 at our San Francisco headquarters, this time focusing on slates, tablets, and Netbooks.

We'll kick off the event with a discussion among me and two CNET Reviews experts: Donald Bell (slates and tablets) and Dan Ackerman (Netbooks and notebooks). Then we'll open up a mini trade show, giving our live audience the chance to check out the latest slim and small computers and … Read more

It went about as well as we could have hoped. In our first live CNET Showcase event for local tech fans, we brought together five manufacturers, two independent experts on 3D, a whole mess of pizza, and dozens of active-shutter glasses to give people a 3D glimpse into the future of home entertainment. See Brian Cooley's video here for an overview of the event.

I kicked off the event by interviewing CNET TV reviewer David Katzmaier and Retrevo's Andrew Eisner about 3D in the home. We learned about the "Avatar effect" on the 3D market. We … Read more

We're getting ready for the first ever CNET Showcase live event, on 3D in the home. We've invited about 100 local CNET tech fans to learn about new 3D technology and products, and see demos put on by five leading 3D vendors.

We're going to start this event with a discussion that I'll be hosting with two 3D experts: CNET's David Katzmaier, and Retrevo's Andrew Eisner. After talking about the realities of 3D technology for consumers and taking questions from the audience, we'll break into a mini trade show, where the attendees get … Read more

I'm happy to announce that we're launching a little event series here in San Francisco called CNET Showcase. Our goal is to bring local tech enthusiasts together to talk about new consumer technologies with the people who are studying them and making them. And--bonus!--we want to give folks a chance to get their hands on new stuff in a more relaxed and educational environment than a store or giant jam-packed trade show.

Our first event is less than a week away, on Thursday, April 8, at 6 p.m. We'll be bringing in five vendors of … Read more