Neowin News Feed for: Comdex

The infamous Windows 98 "Blue Screen of Death" event happened 25 years ago today

John Callaham — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 12:48:01 +0000

The demonstration of Windows 98 with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on stage during a COMDEX keynote address on April 20, 1998, was highly memorable, but definitely for the wrong reasons. Read more...

Few tears shed for canceled Comdex

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:33:48 +0000

It's called a turkey, guys. It usually comes from a grocery store, requires quite a bit of thawing and hurts like heck if you drop it on your foot. The preceding clarification is for the... Read more...

Organizer cancels Comdex 2004

Wed, 23 Jun 2004 22:48:12 +0000

What a shock! Comdex 2004 has been canceled. Apparently Comdex needs time to restructure and plan where Comdex should be heading. Comdex over the past few years hasn't been generating the buzz that it... Read more...

Storage Vendors Pleased With Comdex

Sat, 22 Nov 2003 01:18:12 +0000

This week's Comdex may have been short in numbers of exhibitors and attendees, but it did bring out a large contingent of storage vendors, both on-site and off-site, showing a variety of products mainly for... Read more...

Comdex 2003: Bill Gates Keynote (On Demand)

Tom Warren — Mon, 17 Nov 2003 10:50:54 +0000

Bill Gates gave his COMDEX Las Vegas 2003 keynote address on Sunday, Nov. 16, at the Aladdin Resort & Casino Theatre. A Webcast of the keynote can be viewed on demand at the following URLs:... Read more...

Ballmer talks big on TabletPCs @ Comdex

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 18:51:10 +0000

Microsoft Chief Executive Steve Ballmer says TabletPCs could eventually account for one-third of all computers--by supplanting the laptop. Ballmer told CNET News.com that over the next three to four years, the... Read more...

UnitedLinux makes its Comdex debut

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 18 Nov 2002 15:04:44 +0000

The UnitedLinux effort will bear its first fruit Tuesday at the Comdex Fall 2002 trade show, with SuSE and the SCO Group announcing new products based on the common software underpinnings. SuSE, based in Germany,... Read more...

Nvidia to launch NV28M at Comdex

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 11 Nov 2002 10:03:24 +0000

ALTHOUGH EVERYONE EXPECTS the NV30 to be introduced at the first day of Comdex we can confirm that Nvidia will introduce one more interesting gadget. We can not say whether NV30 will be presented at... Read more...

Comdex Fall 2001 Coverage @ ViaHardware

Steven Parker — Tue, 13 Nov 2001 14:03:44 +0000

Seeing as Neowin is nowhere near Comdex Fall 2001, I hunted down a good coverage from an external site and I believe I have found one for you lot. ViaHardware has posted its coverage of... Read more...

Gates trots out various Tablet PCs at Comdex Fall 2001

Mon, 12 Nov 2001 18:01:53 +0000

Amid heavy security, a slumping economy and a declining PC market, Bill Gates tried to make the case to the Comdex masses that technology's best days are yet to come. Speaking at the... Read more...

Got laptop? Can't come into Comdex

Tue, 06 Nov 2001 02:09:32 +0000

In an effort to improve security after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the organizers of next week's Comdex trade show have banned the most ubiquitous of technology tools: laptop computers. "This year... Read more...