Videos

During the CES Unveiled event, Bill Detwiler got a sneak peak at some of the devices and technology vendors will showcase during CES 2008. Bill looked at Samsung’s Ubicell femtocell base station, several products from Logitech and Netgear, and AMD’s new Spider platform.

TechRepublic’s Bill Detwiler, Jason Hiner, and Shawn Morton jumpstart TechRepublic’s CES 2008 coverage with a late-night, pre-show rap session. They explain their strategy for covering the more than 2,700 vendors, discuss the impact Warner Bros. decision to end support for HD DVD will have on CES events, examine the conspicuous absence of several wireless telecom carriers, and share their insights on the gadgets and devices they can’t wait to try.

TechRepublic member Wally Bahny shares with us the tragic death of a Maxtor hard drive. In the video you can clearly hear the tell-tale sound often called the click-of-death. I don’t think this hard drive is coming back from the dead.

TechRepublic’s friendly neighborhood Trivia Geek (AKA Jay Garmon, the guy in the Superman t-shirt) makes his world video debut with a quick rundown of all the nerd-worthy activities to keep you occupied over the upcoming Geekend. Hey, it beats working for the next three minutes.