| Industry heavyweights square off in Las Vegas  Lifestyles of the not so rich and famous
While the money and attention at Comdex focuses on the main convention floor, scores of smaller companies and niche markets spend the week pitching their wares in comparative obscurity across town.
Home networking gets charged up
A pipe dream is about to turn into reality: connecting PCs and other electronic devices to the Net by plugging them into existing power outlets in your home. Comdex: Lost in space
reporter's notebook
Las Vegas is the epicenter of the technology world for one week each year, and every year the main topic is the difficulty in connecting to the outside world. Transmeta's not enough, IBM says
IBM says it suspended plans to come out with a Crusoe-based notebook because the chip didn't provide real gains in battery performance. As the wireless world turns
The desire to bring the Internet into every corner of people's lives works its way wirelessly through the Comdex trade show. Dubai bids to
become tech oasis
One of the seven members of the United Arab Emirates launches an intensive industrial
campaign to become a center for e-commerce, software development and hardware in the Middle East. EDS: Know your fundamentals
keynote
The rising death rate of dot-com companies proves one thing: Companies can't lose sight of basic business practices if they want to survive. PC powers eye consumer electronics
news analysis
PC manufacturers have tried, and often failed, to carve out a niche in the consumer electronics market, but this time the effort could be for real. Intel may license Pentium 4 chipset tech
The chipmaker is negotiating licensing deals regarding its new Pentium 4 processor with chipset manufacturers to secure a smoother supply of necessary parts. Ellison to Microsoft: Your software is too complex
keynote
Oracle's chief executive takes aim at his favorite punching bag, taking shots at Microsoft's software and once again predicting the death of the PC. Ballmer to Ellison: Your vision is fuzzy
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's vision for the future of computing, according to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, won't work. | 
Kodak introduces interactive 3D images
