BBC NEWS | Technology | Gadget market 'to grow in 2005'

BBC NEWS | Technology | Gadget market 'to grow in 2005'
"Gadget market 'to grow in 2005'
By Jo Twist
BBC News technology reporter, in Las Vegas

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Hybrid devices - such as this camera with wi-fi - were popular
The explosion in consumer technology is to continue into 2005, delegates at the world's largest gadget show, in Las Vegas, have been told.

The number of gadgets in the shops is predicted to grow by 11%, while devices which talk to each other will become increasingly important. 'Everything is going digital,' Kirsten Pfeifer from the Consumer Electronics Association, told the BBC News website."

EU reconsiders new data retention laws - Computerworld

EU reconsiders new data retention laws - Computerworld
"EU reconsiders new data retention laws
News Story by Simon Taylor

DECEMBER 07, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - European Union justice ministers are rethinking measures to force telecommunications companies and Internet service providers to retain data to use in the fight against crime and terrorism. ISPs are still warning that current plans could devastate the industry."

Wireless communications - VoIP

Wireless communications - VoIP
"BroadVoice Selected As VoIP Launch Partner
by Catalog and Web Retailer Hello Direct

Hello Direct is selling the BroadVoice service with a broad lineup of VoIP phone adapters used to connect standard telephones to the Internet, as well as VoIP ready phones, VoIP headsets, wireless VoIP phones, and 4-line 16-extension VoIP telephone..."