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CES Video Blog Roundup

  • Darren Waters
  • 12 Jan 07, 02:02 PM

Throughout the Consumer Electronics Show, the team from 大象传媒 TV's technology show 'Click' have been filing video blogs.

They are a record of their experiences as they make sense of the vast array of gadgets on display here in Las Vegas.

Click here to see Spencer Kelly's video blog from Sunday 7th January
Click here to see Richard Taylor's video blog from Monday 8th January
Click here to see Chris Long's video blog from Tuesday 9th January
Click here to see Dan Simmons's video blog from Wednesday 10th January

Click here to see a five minute roundup of all the 大象传媒's coverage from CES

What kind of laptop would James Bond have if he could choose?

  • Paul Mason
  • 12 Jan 07, 12:25 AM

Forget the snazzy bathing shorts, the new James Bond is a bit of a geek. He鈥檚 got Sony Vaio, a Sony camera, a SonyEricsson phone and a Sony GPS. Are you seeing a pattern here? Ah yes, the film was made by Sony. And shot on Sony cinecameras. Now what Sony鈥檚 doing with the new Bond movie is more than just product placement. The film is an illustration of the company鈥檚 entire corporate strategy. It鈥檚 called VERTICAL INTEGRATION. And like 007 himself, it鈥檚 a bit of a blast from the past.

Vertical Integration is when you try to do everything in the business value chain - from soup to nuts as they say here in Las Vegas. When Howard Stringer took over the ailing Sony, in 05, he bet the entire company on making the three divisions work together: entertainment, games and electronics. And from the look of things on the Sony stand at CES it is happening...

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