The Palm website is seen on the Palm Pre smartphone at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada January 8, 2009. Palm Inc took the wraps off its overhauled mobile operating system and introduced the Pre touch-screen phone, hoping the move can help it win back customers from rivals like Nokia and Apple. Shares of Palm jumped more than 15 percent to $3.80 on the news.
WowWee's Spyball. A spherical robot designed to roll around before popping out a webcam to beam live pictures over the internet. The spyball can be controlled from any web-connected PC, and can also connect to any nearby PC, games console or mobile phone. The spyball moves using two tank-like tracks in its body. It changes direction by altering the speed of the tracks.
The Sony VAIO P Series Lifestyle PC is shown at the Sony booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 9, 2009. Sony says it is "the world’s lightest 8” laptop computer.
A Sony Cyber-shot DCS-G3 digital camera is shown at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 9, 2009. The newly-released camera, which will be available later this month for $499, contains a built-in wireless transmitter allowing the user to upload pictures directly to the Internet from the camera without a computer.
The Sansa slotMusic Player is a portable digital music system based on memory cards preloaded with songs. The music comes on 1 GB micro SD cards that can be played on any device that accepts the cards like many mobile phones.
A Samsung uVending machine featuring a touchscreen front is shown at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 9, 2009. The machine features a 46””flat panel display, WiFi, shock-sensor and built-in camera to deter vandalism. It will be introduced later in April at Simon Malls.
A mobile phone with a foldable AMOLED screen is displayed at an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) booth. The consumer technology trade show is expected to attract 2,700 exhibitors and 130,000 attendees.
An OQO computer with the first OLED PC with a million to one contrast ratio is shown at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2009.
Men wearing electronic glasses watch a demonstration of a 3D video game at the Mitsubishi Electric 3D-ready home theater booth during the opening of the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6, 2009. The glasses synchronize with the television using electronic shutters to fool the brain into thinking it's seeing in three dimensions.
JVC has developed a 32-inch LCD screen that is only 7mm thick. It weighs 5kg and uses an LED back-light
Kodak’s OLED photo frame is shown at the Kodak booth at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 9, 2009.
An engineer tests Intel's WiMAX smart car at the International Consumer Electronics Show. The car maintains a multi-megabit link from an antenna in the vehicle to nearby receivers that connects it to the Internet.
A woman tries out the gravitonus iClubby ergonomic workstation at the Intel booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 9, 2009. The workstation is powered by the Intel Core i7 chipset.
A semi-transparent AMOLED screen is displayed during a media preview event. The screen could have a variety of applications, such as for 'heads-up' displays in cars.
A Samsung 'show' mobile phone is displayed. In addition to the usual features, the phone also has a built-in media projector that can project videos or photos onto a larger screen. The phone is expected to be available in South Korea in a few weeks.
The Motorola W233 renew cell phone is seen at the Motorola booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 9, 2009. The renew phone, made from recycled plastic water bottles, is the world’s first certified carbon-free phone.
Dell shows off their new small printer during a Dell news conference at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2009.
The Flexicord HDMI cable from E-Filliate is shown at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. It can stretch up to 10 times its coiled length and doesn't pool messily behind your computer. The Flexicord range will include HDMI, USB, phono jacks and S-Video cables. Prices TBA.
A prototype 1/4”-thick LED television screen is shown at the Samsung booth at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on Jan. 9, 2009. No production date has been set for the screen.
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world's smallest man met the woman with the longest legs
One is the smallest man in the world, the other is the woman with the longest legs and the instructions from the former to the latter when they met this morning: 'Don't look up.'
At just 29.37in tall, He Ping Ping's little head barely reaches Svetlana Pankrtova's knees.
But then, her legs do go on a fair way - measuring 51.96in long.
A right knees up: The world's smallest man, He Ping Ping, and the woman with the longest legs in the world, Svetlana Pankratova, get together in London this morning
At 6ft 7in from head to toe, Pankratova is well short of being the tallest living woman. That honour goes to Yao Defen, who stands 7ft 9in.
But the Russian's relatively short body means that those pins are the longest ever recorded for a woman.
An impression she seemed keen to emphasise this morning by wearing what appeared to be the world's shortest skirt.
Not that He Ping Ping seemed to mind, happily posing underneath Pankratova's legs - and he even had a sneaky look up.
The 20-year-old had jetted in from his home in northern China to help launch the latest edition of the Guinness World Records Book in Trafalgar Square, Central London.
Brought to book: Little and large on the steps of the National Gallery this morning. The pair appear for the first time in this year's edition
Craig Glenday, the book's editor, recently told the Daily Record newspaper how much he enjoyed his work.
He said: 'It's a great job, and there's so much travel involved. Earlier this year I did my own world record for travel, which was 44 hours non-stop.
'I was in Inner Mongolia meeting He Ping Ping, the world's shortest man (74.61cm) who actually lives quite near Bao Xi Shun, the world's tallest man (2m, 36.1cm).
'I was on my way, via Paris, to Chile for a flight to Antarctica with the band Fall Out Boy, who were trying to set a record for the shortest time it would take to play on every continent in the world.
'Unfortunately the weather was so bad that we couldn't make it in the end.'
The Guinness World Record Book is out tomorrow.
PinpPing sits on a piles of the new book while Pankratova stretches out her long, long legs
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