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Faces in the crowd at CES

Michael Kanellos Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas.
Michael Kanellos

LAS VEGAS--There are close to 100,000 people attending the Consumer Electronics Show, including those who once wielded immense power. Wandering around the Hilton, the hotel next to the convention center, was John Sculley, former CEO of Apple. We tried to talk to him, but he walked faster than we did.

And who was that hanging around the Bellagio Hotel and Casino? Steve Ward, who was CEO of Lenovo until about two weeks ago. Lenovo folks are holed up in the Bellagio giving briefings on their new notebooks.