SANYO has announced what they call the thinnest, smallest and lightest camera, the Dual Camera Xacti VPC-CS1 - and this time, it can record in HD (1920 x 1080 pixels). It has an 8 megapixel lens to shoot pictures, 10x zoom, a mini HDMI port to view the HD video recorded in the clearest picture it can be and is compatible with the Eye-Fi card - allowing your images to be uploaded to a computer automatically without plugging it in.

This will come in one colour - silver - and have a price tag of $299.99. It will hit retail stores in February this year.

Featuring a 7-inch colour touch screen, Sony has brought out a competitor to the popular Chumby with the dash, the "personal Internet viewer" - according to its press release. The device also features an internal accelerometer that allows you to view it in portrait mode or landscape, built-in stereo speakers, a headphone output jack and a USB port to connect to electronic devices.

The device seems to suit the bedroom as it can be an alarm clock and a radio - granted if you have a Wi-Fi connection at your house. It also will have 1,000 applications - including apps from Blip.tv, Crackle, Epicurious and NAVTEQ, and will be able to run multiple applications at the same time.

The dash will be out in store shelves in April for US$199.

Microsoft has added new additions to the Xbox Live service, including a new Games Room - giving players a chance to play the old arcade games from Atari and Konami on both Windows PCs and Xbox 360 - but only the Xbox 360 will allow you to challenge your friends. Over 1000 games will be released throughout the next three years, though 30 games will be initially launched. Expect this in Spring.

Sony just wrapped up its press conference, and released a whole bunch of televisions, laptops and camera. This is one of them, the VAIO Z Series laptop. Just over three pounds in weight, it has a carbon-fibre aluminium chassis and has a 13.1-inch LED backlight display.

Features include a HDMI output port, Integrated wireless 3G technology from Verizon, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a solid state drive with a maximum capacity of 512GB - there is no option for a 2.5-inch hard drive. It has an option to upgrade to a Blu-Ray optical drive, and you can choose to have it run Intel Core i7 or Intel Core i5 with Hyper-Threading.

It will retail for US$1,899.99 and will hit stores in Spring.

Yes, you are reading that name correctly. My friends, Sony has released two new cameras that will comprise the bloggie camera line. These cameras will record in 1920 x 1080 MP4 video and features a 5 megapixel camera; and like the Flip, have a USB port attached to them so you can transfer the videos from the camera to the computer without having to find the cord to connect it to.

The MHS-CM5 camera has a pistol-grip design and has a 2.5-inch display that flips out from the side, along with 5x optical zoom. It also features a HDMI output, so clips can be played on your HDTV. The other one, the MHS-PM5 camera more resembles the Flip and features a 2.4-inch display, 4x digital zoom and SteadyShot image stabilisation - though it can't be use when recording HD material. There will also be a MHS-PM5K, which will allow the bloggie camera to capture 360-degree footage that can be viewed with the supplied software.

These cameras will be sold in retailers and is currently on sale online; and the PM5 will cost US$170, while the PM5K will cost US$190. The CM5 has a price tag of $200.

A keynote, a keynote. The very first keynote of CES kicks starts at 1:30PM today Melbourne Time, and like usual - TECHGEEK.com.au will do live coverage of the keynote. Will there be a HP/Microsoft tablet? Will we see more of Office 2010? Is there more Windows Live services coming out? All will be revealed when Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer takes the stage for his second CES keynote.

Edit [3:37PM]: Event is over, you can now replay our live coverage after the jump.

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Sony has announced that they will be bringing out five SD/SDHC memory cards, and three microSD/microSDHC memory cards - and yes, we're not kidding. The company known for pushing its own memory standards will bring out the SD cards in 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB and 32GB capacity and microSD cards in 2GB, 4GB and 8GB capacity. Pricing ranges from $14.99 to $159.99 for the SD cards, and $14.99 to $44.99 for microSD cards. It also looks like that the pricing between the microSD cards will be the same (well, up to 8GB) to the SD equivalent.

Does this mean the death of the Memory Stick - not really. Sony's head of consumer media, Shane Higby, has said that this will "complement" them.

LG has announced the first Blu-Ray Disc player to feature a 250GB hard drive - which is handy, especially when it is integrated with the VUDU service, allowing users to watch and purchase movies online. The BD590 can also copy their CD music collection, and use the Gracenote-powered MusicID feature so all the information of the album, including cover art and track listings, are added to the metadata.

The device also features 802.11n connectivity, and a USB and Ethernet port allowing photos and personal videos to be imported to the device to create a simple library of personal memories.

No word on availability and pricing.