Huge stores hawking a wildly diverse range of complex electronics, computers and appliances with minimal staffing virtually guarantees that repeat customers will be rare.
To do that, Capellas says Compaq will slap its well-known brand name on a wide range of products: from portable organizers to the Himalaya servers that power AOL's e-mail system to products still in development that will blur the lines between computers and electronic appliances like cell phones and stereos.
Energy Star, started in 1992, offers a standard for energy efficiency for products such as computers and kitchen appliances.
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Meanwhile, trading up is the name of the game for hard-line goods like computers, television sets and appliances, according to industry consultant Levin.
The computer industry is undergoing huge changes and soon a significant amount of computing may happen on devices that we do not traditionally think of as computers, computing appliances and other devices with no screens or keyboards that are controlled using voice commands.
Perennially sprinkled around the CES show floor are televisions, computers, home appliances, cameras and other gizmos.
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The massive show today spans n 1.9 million square feet of exhibit space (the equivalent of 33 football fields), and includes cars, computers, cameras, tablets, office equipment, and kitchen appliances, and home theatre and audiophile offerings.
Though the Korean electronics giant is best known for its cellphones, flat-screen televisions and household appliances, it also makes computers.
But by next quarter, he expects to introduce home products that he calls "Internet appliances" and small-business computers bundled with services delivered over the Internet.
The eneGoon is supposed to store enough electricity to power the typical stable of household electronics and appliances ranging from refrigerators to laptop computers for about half of a day.
Household appliances, radios, televisions and personal computers are considered safe for people with an ICD.
It also is in motherboards in computers, cellphones and solar panels, and some joints in appliances and power-plant equipment.
While same-store sales rose for categories like mobile phones, tablets, and appliances, they fell in segments like entertainment, computers, and TVs.
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And is reported by the Korean Herald to be working on domestic appliances not on phones or computers.
As computers get cheaper, many owners have come to view them as little more than appliances like televisions, and are unconcerned about protecting them from hackers.
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