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At CES, the next wave of gadgets meets the media that power them (Apple and Microsoft be damned)

Hip tech-centric events like SXSW and TED have muscled into its territory, Microsoft is bailing and Apple has always stayed home. And yet, the Consumer Electronics Show has still got juice for some 140,000 gadget hounds, journalists and other citizens of the world of tech set to descend on Las Vegas this week for the annual expo.

The launch pad for seminal devices like the VCR and Nintendo Entertainment System—and more recently, innovations including the Blu-ray disc, Microsoft’s Xbox and 3-D television—this is being billed as the second-largest CES ever, hosting more than 2,700 exhibitors and a roster of speakers from organizations ranging from NBCUniversal and NPR to NASA.

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