World's top gadget show plugging into the Internet

January 4, 2009 Attendees visit the Toshiba booth

Visitors make free phone calls at the Vonage display at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2008. Smart gadgets, lifelike video, and pocket versions of laptop computers are expected to be Consumer Electronics Show (CES) stars as the annual extravaganza follows its gizmos onto the Web.

Smart gadgets, lifelike video, and pocket versions of laptop computers are expected to be Consumer Electronics Show (CES) stars as the annual extravaganza follows its gizmos onto the Web.

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