CNET has recently announced the winners of this year's Best of CES awards at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas. Gamers will be happy to know that Nyko's Wireless Nunchuk attachment for the Wii was counted as the winner for the gaming category. More details up ahead in the full article.

It's official: Microsoft will bring out the big guns in CES 2008 as Bill Gates and Robbie Bach take center stage with keynote addresses. This should provide a nice blast-off for an event which never fails to deliver glimpses of the latest in the gadgets scene. Are we expecting big announcements? You bet. Read the full article for more information on Microsoft's CES 2008 presence.

SanDisk Corporation, one of the biggest names in mobile storage technology, has come up with something new to fit inside everyone's pocket.

The Cruzer Titanium Plus USB Flash Drive comes with 4GB of internal storage space, as well as - get this - an online backup service provided by BeInSync. For more information on this nifty gadget, check out the full article after the jump!

This week's Blu-ray releases spans a number of genres. From Ocean's Eleven (Twelve and Thirteen) to Dragon Ball Z (two Broly movies). We also see Close Encounters of Third Kind, Prison Break, and three more shorts from the Masters of Horror.

Check out the full article for the full list of releases for your Blu-ray home entertainment system for this week.

*Article originally posted Nov 12, 2007 at 07:25AM

Students from all over the United States flocked to an abandoned Air Force base outside Los Angeles to compete in a race staged by the U.S. Defense Department. The goal is simple: Finish the race in six hours to win the US$ 2 million cash prize. With names like Stanford University, Cornell University, MIT, and other topnotch institutions in the running, who do you think took home the money and the bragging rights? Let's find out in the full story.

Read what went down in the robot car race after the jump!

No less than Microsoft founder and Chairman Bill Gates, Panasonic President Toshihiro Sakamoto and Intel CEO Paul Otellini will keynote the 2008 International CES organized by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in Las Vegas Nevada on January 7-10 of next year.

This was announced by the CEA as it ushers in the latest that the industry has to offer for people who like to live off the high-end. The show is known as a stage for previews of upcoming products and campaigns of each firm.

Gates is scheduled to kick things off with a pre-show talk discussing the state of the computer world and how his company is pushing it forward. Sakamoto and Otellini are set to do similar speeches as the first day progresses.

Some 2,700 exhibitors will show off their latest gear encompassing some 30 areas which include entertainment, wireless connectivity, audio and gaming. Products such as gaming consoles, TVs, notebook computers and portable audio are just some of the many devices which have been shown off in the past CES gatherings.

If you can't afford a vacation using Aquanautas' underwater helmet or if you can't create your own submersible webcam and you have some money in your pockets, then this contraption is for you. Vivitar presents their six-megapixel underwater digital camera -  the ViviCam 6200W underwater camera.

The digicam is waterproof to 10 meters, features 4x digital zoom, a 2 inch LCD display, SD card support, and a rubber armored exterior. According to Vivitar's VP for Operations, Eric Cole,

We're very proud to debut this suite of exciting new digital products which we feel announces a fresh take on our long heritage of quality and innovation in the photography industry...We feel these new products affirm that Vivitar, in collaboration with Syntax-Brillian, is emerging with a new sense of power and sophistication that we'll continue to exhibit throughout 2007 domestically and internationally.

The underwater digicam was featured at the PMA 2007 held at Las Vegas from March 8-11. No price tag has been revealed for now.

Pretty soon, you won't need to bring your assorted electronics chargers to work because in the near future, the only charger we'll need could be found at your office desks. Office furniture maker Herman Miller Inc. has obtained a license from Fulton Innovation for a thingamajig called eCoupled - a system that eliminates the need for dedicated chargers because it could charge just about anything - Smartphones, mp3 players, PDA...You name it, it could give it life.

How does this nifty contraption work? eCoupled transfers power through a magnetic field which means that the eCoupled device itself needs electricity. Herman Miller is embedding eCoupled in desktops and they are considering other uses for it. Aside from Herman Miller Inc., Visteon Corporation and Motorola Inc. are also working with this wonder device.

eCoupled was recently showcased in the concluded CES 2007 held at Las Vegas.

When it comes to videogaming, it would be safe to say that the recently concluded Consumer Electronics Show belonged to the triumvirate of Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. Each one came up with awesome news and updates about their respective next-gen hardware. But while the rest of the world was focused on the three, Toshiba Corporation was silently stealing the show.

Actually, the electronics manufacturer has been cooking this long before the CES. It would be remembered that back in December, there were talks about a Blu-Ray and HD DVD hybrid player that involved Toshiba. Also, the company has always maintained that they will defeat Sony in the Cell race.

And then the moment of revelation. A few days ago in Las Vegas, Toshiba announced that developed a triple-layer HD DVD-ROM (read only) disc with a capacity of 51 gigabytes. The HD DVD format being supported by Microsoft holds 30GB of media while Sony's Blu-Ray has the capacity to store 50GB. Accordingly, this is how they've accomplished the feat:

HD DVD discs hold 15GB per layer. In order to reach a dual-layer Blu-Ray Disc-besting capacity, an extra 2GB per layer was squeezed in, for a total of 51GB. Improvement in disc mastering technology has achieved further minimization in the recording pit, allowing for the boost in capacity to 17GB in single layer and a full 51GB on a single-sided triple-layer disc.

Lastly, Toshiba explained that the new disc has the same structure as that of a standard DVD and HD DVD, resulting to an almost negligible added cost of adding a third layer. They are aiming to get the approval of the new disc by the DVD Forum within this year.

Here's a cool feature for what's to come in mobile tech. Microvision has recently announced the release of their miniature digital projector - that little device on the right. The projector, according to Microvision, is designed to be embedded in future generation cell phones and PDAs, allowing users to beam images of their videos onto a nearby flat screen - like a wall. And to give you guys an idea of the unit's size, that rectangular object beside it is actually a mint chocolate piece.

Since the thing is still a prototype, don't expect to find it in your shops anytime soon. However, for the guys who want a closer look, Microvision will be unveiling this gadget on this week's CES event in Las Vegas. Given the other previous announcements regarding the CES, we're expecting it to be something a tech fan's Nirvana for the next few days.

Still, it would have been cool to see this thing mounted on a PSP or DS, and the possibilities it could mean for modding. Just think - Projector + GPS Pack = Shion's palm pilot from Xenosaga.