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Big Asian electronics makers, automakers, computer and phone companies and even pornographers will be out in force in Las Vegas next week, seeking to define their role as new technologies blur the lines between industries, and allow for media on the go. Full article here.

“Every TV set, set-top box, cell phone will have an Internet connection,” said Tim Bajarin, an industry analyst at Creative Strategies Inc. in Campbell, California. “If every device is connected to the Internet, it requires a different way of thinking about how to create products and how consumers use products.”

Personal computer and storage makers such as Dell Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Seagate Technology will seek to show how they can connect the living room to every other room of a networked home.

Curiously, Apple Computer Inc., the consumer electronics industry’s biggest pacesetter, will have a minimal presence in Las Vegas. Apple, whose iPod music player changed the way people listen to music and now watch videos, holds its own conference the following week in San Francisco