COMMENTARY--This year at Comdex, Microsoft and a host of PC and chip manufacturers will unveil their plans to popularize the Web Tablet, a wireless computer--similar in size and shape to an ...

There won’t be a Comdex in Las Vegas this fall. That doesn’t even sound surprising, does it? But it would have been unthinkable in 1995, when Comdex founder Sheldon Adelson cashed out for $864 million ...

In 1997, the event drew more than 225,000 people to the city and the trade show floor covered a record 1.475 million square feet at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the Sands Expo Center and in tents ...

Comdex, the Las Vegas trade show that grew as fast as chip speeds during the technology boom, has flashed the blue screen of death. Organizers Wednesday canceled the annual gathering, which grew from ...

The high-tech crowd is making its annual pilgrimage next week to a Las Vegas trade show to place bets on the next round of winners in the computer industry. Some at the Comdex show are gambling that ...

COMMENTARY--For many of us, November has always been a time to gather with friends to feed on cocktail weenies, negotiate transportation difficulties and revel in the crass commercialism that makes ...

I always enjoy Comdex. I went a couple of times during the ’80s, and have been a regular since 1991. I’ve also been on the Comdex Conference Advisory Board since 1997, and I’m now the longest ...