The last bit of CES news is trickling through and I must say I am a little disappointed. We will still get to read reviews from around the web, but the flow of new information from a plethora of different companies will not be the same. I honestly think I could type whatever I want here and no one would be the wiser. No one cares about what I have to say, all they want is the news!

Fairfax, VA- January 15, 2013 -ThinkGeek (NASDAQ: GKNT) was recently approached by Science Corps International (SCI), the elite superhero team, to reveal their existence to the world through a series of t-shirts depicting the elusive team’s members. It is also believed that the shirts will serve as alternative or lounge-wear uniforms for SCI’s members.

Austin, TX -- Jan 15, 2013) -- Mushkin, Inc., an industry-leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance and mission-critical computer products, today announces the U.S. availability of the 480GB Atlas mSATA solid-state drive.

Stockholm, Sweden - January 14, 2013  - Donya Labs, creators of Simplygon(TM) and the leading provider of automatic 3D-optimization solutions for the video-game industry, today announced a new licensing agreement with British developer Ninja Theory and game publisher Capcom for the upcoming game title DmC Devil May Cry(TM).

Las Vegas -- Jan 10, 2013 -- Share files from your phone or tablet with any device with a USB port. The mobostick AP is a wireless flash drive without internal storage. Your Android device is its storage. Mobostick allows devices to read it like a flash drive but the files contained in it are shared virtually from your phone or tablet.

Some of you may not know it, because they are a little less known in the US, but Adata is the second largest manufacture of ram in the world. Because of that, when I went to visit their suite I was really curious what they had up their sleeves. As a manufacture of SSD’s Memory, and other flash products I wasn’t sure if they would be showing off new variations of the same old thing, or something new altogether. It ended up being something new altogether.

Amidst the craze of Pepcom Digital Experience, we managed to catch up with Zak Wood from Trendnet, exhibiting the company’s latest offerings. With 2013 the projected approval date for the 802.11ac standard, Trendnet is already taking advantage of the technology to dip into a higher threshold of wireless speed.

Tablets, mini-PC’s, and All-in-One’s have been at many of the suites we visited this week, especially those who produce components to go within. There is no doubt this is a rising market, and it’s overlaps into the desktop realm as well, where small form factor builds are becoming more popular. Our tour began in a neighboring suite of the Venetian with Gigabyte’s offerings in the tablet realm.

Not everyone is so easily excited about new technologies as we are. To assume an attendee of the show is going to give every new external hard drive solution a chance is unfortunately unrealistic. Companies deploy many tactics to attract visitors to their booths, but when walking a convention center featuring more than 1,2000 exhibitors, choosing someone other than an exhausted engineer to show off your product can be the key to catching eyes. A little skin never hurt, either. 

CES is officially winding down and so is the news coming out. It certainly has been a busy week and I hope everyone has enjoyed reading all the different articles as much as I have. Next week will likely be back to lots of hardware reviews, hopefully some of those will be some of the stuff we saw at CES. I know I personally cant wait to see more about the NVIDIA Shield or the Razer Edge.

LAS VEGAS – Jan. 11, 2013 – Emerging technology company Qubeey, Inc., continues to receive recognition from throughout the industry. This week, at International CES 2013 in Las Vegas, Black Enterprise magazine presented Qubeey with the CES Best in Show award for Most Promising New Media/Digital Media Technology.

Taipei, Taiwan, January 10, 2013 – QNAP^® Systems, Inc. today announced that its recently released Turbo NAS TS-x69L series, available in 2, 4, 5, 6, 8-drive configurations, can now utilize its built-in HDMI port and new HD Station feature, turning the Turbo NAS into a comprehensive media player, allowing users to enjoy high-definition videos, pictures, music, and more right on the big screen TV in the comfort of home.

Santa Monica, CA - January 11, 2013 - Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), announced today that, according to data from the NPD Group, the Skylanders franchise crossed $500 million in retail sales in the U.S., inclusive of accessory packs and figures, and reached this milestone faster than any other kids' gaming property. Additionally, together Skylanders Giants and Skylanders Spyro's Adventure figures have outsold the top action figure lines in the toy category in the U.S., outselling such popular toy lines as Beyblades, WWE and Star Wars.¹

SteelSeries, like many companies, released some teaser images just before CES and they did exactly as planned: got people talking. The Apex, the first non-mechanical keyboard released for a long time, was announced and quickly a lot of questions began to form. SteelSeries saw a busy 2012 with the launch of many new products, especially in the portable market, and we suspect that trend to continue.

We just got back into our temperary office from Cooler Master’s CES party and I just wanted to share a couple photos. They did a small “fashion” show with their models showing off the goods (the goods being Cooler Master’s newest products pervs). While we stay up working on putting together more coverage for you guys/girls, you can click the read more here to see the photos.

LAS VEGAS (CES 2013) – Razer™, the world leader in high-performance gaming hardware, software and systems, swept CNET’s 2013 “Best of CES” awards for the Razer Edge, the world’s most powerful gaming tablet. The Razer Edge won all three categories for which it was nominated: Best Gaming, People’s Voice—as voted by the CNET audience—and the coveted Best of Show award.

Fremont, CA, January 10, 2013—Plextor (www.goplextor.com), leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital storage devices, will introduce the M5M Solid State Drive at CES 2013. The streamlined M5M provides the same high-performance and reliability expected of a Plextor SSD in a space one-eighth the size of a standard 2.5 inch drive, making it especially well-suited for use in ultrabooks.

Fremont, CA, January 10, 2013— Plextor (www.goplextor.com), leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital storage devices, will announce four new innovative storage solutions at CES 2013, including new entries into the enterprise and mobile storage markets. All four products will feature custom design and development from Plextor’s dedicated in-house team of engineers and world-class facilities.

Islandia, NY -- Jan 10, 2013 -- MaxxVault announced today that Platinum Partner SymQuest has won the MaxxVault Dealer of the Year Award 2012. This award is given in recognition of the partner that generated the most revenue opportunity amongst their peers. A MaxxVault Platinum partner since May 2012, the success of SymQuest is their ability to provide business hardware and software solutions that enhance productivity, security, and reliability while reducing costs. MaxxVault solutions have enabled SymQuest to fulfill this mission with all of their clients, no matter the size or industry.

Back in 2010, when we got our hands on the Momentus XT from Seagate, solid-state technology was an emerging, but expensive, technology. A hybrid drive that allowed a cache of flash memory and the capacity of mechanical drives allowed consumers to experience the vast improvements of SSD’s at a much lower entry price. Three years have given Seagate time to improve on this technology, and today I get a tour of what’s next with SSHD as they are now known, Seagate in general, and the recently acquired premium LaCie brand.