• Forbes, Monday, January 8, 2007 11:45 AM

What's new at this year's Consumer Electronics Show? A scheduling oddity has Apple's Steve Jobs taking the floor at his own Macworld in San Francisco tomorrow morning at the same time Michael Dell takes the mike in Vegas.

CES, celebrating 40 years, is starting to look its age. Instead of launching revolutionary new products, the Las Vegas Convention Center will be offering variations on old themes.

High-definition TVs, DVD formats, video recorders and media-focused PCs and chips all hit the market in the past few years. So this year, expect more talk about tying the gizmos in your living room together--this time with new wireless standards, compatibility gadgets, video-and-music phones and faster, smaller TV and PC chips and drives. For tech fans, there are still several shiny new toys.

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