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Photos: When tech chiefs rock out...
Photo Here he is jamming at the Comdex tech show in Las Vegas in 2002. Bill Gates' recent CES appearance with ex-Guns 'n' Roses guitarist Slash (above) is one in a long line of memorable musical moments involving tech... [22 Jan 2008]
Gates: 'My work here is not yet done'
News The Tablet PC, a frequent staple of Gates' Comdex keynote speeches in the 1990s, remains a fairly niche product. While chairman Bill Gates is preparing to shift to part-time work at Microsoft next year, he's still a... [19 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: CES and business
Comment One final point on this subject - see how CES has boomed while Comdex fell by the wayside. And many of the names from Comdex simply turn up in the same town at the different time of year. I've had a few... [12 Jan 2007]
Gates wows Vegas with Vista keynote
News Since the demise of the fall Comdex trade show, Gates' CES speech has become a virtual state of the electronics industry speech. After months of touting Vista's geekier side, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates on Wednesday... [05 Jan 2006]
Exclusive: The headlines you won't see next year
News Sold out' Comdex makes a comeback Here we predict the stories that won't - or really shouldn't - appear on the pages of silicon.com over the course of the coming 12 months. Gates ends charity, spends all on women and... [22 Dec 2005]
Photos: Viva Las Vegas...and tech
Photo Comdex was by far the largest of the trade shows but declining turnout and a lack of industry interest mean the event has now been shelved - though there is still no shortage of interest in the major slot it has left in... [08 Jul 2005]
Apple faces lawsuit in iTunes patent row
News Specifically, the lawsuit said Contois owner David Contois showed off his idea for a computer interface for music-playing software at the November 1995 Comdex event and at a music trade show in 1996. A Vermont company... [22 Jun 2005]
Las Vegas at 100: Why it's tech's kind of town
Comment Comdex - which has been postponed indefinitely - and the Consumer Electronics Show are probably the two highest profile annual meets in recent times. Carol Pride, a techie herself in her role as CIO at Caesars Palace,... [16 May 2005]
Comdex: Over - and out?
News Computer industry analysts, marketers and journalists are now facing their first pre-Thanksgiving week in a quarter century without the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas. Comdex organiser MediaLive... [17 Nov 2004]
5 years ago: Sony says PlayStations to overtake PCs
News 16.11.99: Sony's PlayStation 2 will become a serious alternative to the PC, says company CEO Nobuyuki Idei at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas The Sony chief claimed this would come true because as the internet changes... [16 Nov 2004]
'Please God not another trade show'
News Tech professionals have hit out at the seemingly endless list of trade shows - from Comdex to CeBit, via Infosec and Storage Expo and hundreds of niche shows that clutter the calendar. And the dislike expressed by many... [26 Oct 2004]
Comdex 2004 shuts its doors
News Computer trade show Comdex, once the biggest event on the tech calendar, has been cancelled this year, a victim of the growing interest in shows emphasising consumer electronics and specialist IT gear. [23 Jun 2004]
5 years ago... UK technology showcase cancelled
News The hubbub and excitement that had surrounded events such as Comdex began to feel slightly more funereal as the dot-com crash took hold - huge conference centres started gathering dust as the crowds could be squeezed... [22 Mar 2004]
Sun goes for "hundreds of millions" of Linux desktops
News Sun announced the deal for an initial half a million open source desktop office software suites with the Chinese government-backed China Standard Software Company at Comdex in Las Vegas last month. Sun is aiming for... [04 Dec 2003]
Leader: Learning business lessons the hard way
Leader Whether there was a whole lot of learning going on at Comdex is arguable - staying focused on business issues and not just treating the get-together as a huge jolly may count but then that's hardly enlightened thinking... [21 Nov 2003]
