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"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go."
-- T.S. Eliot

Bowers and Wilkins introduced the P3 headphones. Learn more. These stylish slim, headphones are light weight, fit tightly on your head and fold up to store in your pocket. Available in black or white.

The excitement over tablet PCs and smartphones seems to suggest so.

According to the latest Nielsen survey of adults with children under 12 in tablet-owning households, in Q4 2011 seven out of every 10 children in tablet-owning households used a tablet computer – a nine percent increase compared to Q3 2011.

What do you do when you have the most popular downloaded app or earth? You take the game to another dimension. Rovio is releasing Angry Birds Space on March 22nd. “One small fling for a bird. One quantum leap for birdkind,” reads the teaser on the new game’s website.

These are all products featured at this year's CES. The Consumer Electronic Show is the equivalent of 31 football fields full of emerging technology. This show never ceases to amaze me. There is quite a bit to see and comprehend in only 3 days. This year there was not a major focus on new categories. What I saw was several enhancements to existing categories. It appears to be the year of personal connection. Many manufacturers demonstrated how you can incorporate several of your electronic devices to communication with each other. Upload pictures/movies from your phone or camera to your TV, tablet or PC, etc.. Have your washer machine or dryer text you and tell you it is time to switch the clothes to the dryer. Now if they could just fold and put away for you.

With electronic devices changing so quickly some may be wondering what is the best way to discard the old.   Do my old electronics have any value, should I resell, should I donate to someone who could use them, where can I drop off products to be recycled?  All great questions and all depend on what the old electronic item is that you have to dispose of. Best Buy and Staples offer a cash-back program. Recyclebank allows you to earn points for recycling. Gazelle.com has paid out over $25M for used consumer electronics. Close the Gap refurbs your old computers and sends them to underprivileged individuals in Africa.

At the end of September Sharp introduced their 80-inch Aquos LED TV.   This giant LED-lit flat screen television featuring Aquos technology will be the largest consumer available television, at the time of it's release.   The 80” LED also feature Sharp's signature Quattron quad-pixel technology. This means that a fourth color, yellow, is added to the traditional red-blue-green display.  The 1080p X-Gen LCD display also consumes less energy than standard CCFL LCD televisions.    Sharp also offers  60” & 70” LCDs.

These multimedia devices are designed for on the go, with small dimensions and lightweight designs.

North America accounted for 38% of global Blu-ray player shipments in 2010, according to new data from In-Stat.

Shipment of Blu-ray Disc players is set to replace DVD players during the next five years, reaching 105 million units shipped by 2015, according to new research by In-Stat.