Las Vegas - CNET.com yesterday announced the winners of its fourth annual "Best of CES" 2009 Awards. The "Best in Show" and "People's Voice" awards went to the Palm Pre while ten companies were recognized as having the best products in their respective categories. The 10 category winners include:

1. Car Tech: Gracenote CarStars
2. Cell Phones and smartphones: Palm Pre
3. Computers and hardware: Sony Vaio P-Series Lifestyle PC
4. Digital photo and video: Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-G3
5. Gaming: Nyko Wand
6. GPS: TomTom GO 740 Live
7. Home audio: Samsung HT-BD7200
8. Home video: EchoStar SlingLoaded HD DVR?? 922
9. MP3 and portable video players: Samsung P3
10. Televisions: Panasonic G10 series

A detailed summary of the products selected and video embedded above of the winners and finalists showcasing their technology is available online.

San Francisco - CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) on Tuesday provided updated traffic data for its stable of websites, touting gains at sites including CBSNews.com, GameSpot and Last.fm. The company said year-over-year traffic at CBSNews.com was up 63%, while traffic at GameSpot was up 21% from a year ago and Last.fm saw a 26% increase in unique users and 21% rise in total minutes spent on the site.

Los Angeles - PaidContent reported on Thursday that CBS (NYSE: CBS), which acquired CNET Networks for $1.8 billion in May, plans to merge its CBSNews.com and CNET newsrooms, and in the process lay off an unknown number of staffers.

Arlington, Va. - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) said that it has teamed with CBS-owned (NYSE: CBS) technology media firm CNET to launch new indexes measuring consumers' confidence about the economy and expectations about consumer electronics and technology.

ImpreMedia Chairman and CEO John Paton announced today the appointment of Ricardo Venegas as the company's Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President effective June 30, 2007.
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San Francisco - A number of journalists whose phone records were obtained by private investigators working for Hewlett-Packard -- which at the time was looking into boardroom leaks to the media -- have decided to sue the company for invasion of privacy, CNET News.com reported on Monday.

Washington - The Bush administration has proposed that websites keep records on who is uploading videos and photos to their sites, for potential use in terrorism, child pornography and other investigations, CNET News.com reported on Friday.

San Francisco - A YouTube user associated with the blog network Gawker Media (Gawker, Defamer, Gizmodo, Valleywag) has posted dozens of copyrighted videos to the video-sharing site that feature appended ads for Gawker blogs, CNET News.com reported on Friday.

Washington - A forthcoming bill in the U.S. House would permit social networking websites to request a list of registered sex offenders' e-mail addresses and instant messenger screen names from the Justice Dept., so they could be screened out of their members' ranks, CNET News.com reported on Tuesday.

New York - CNET News.com reported on Tuesday that the CEO, at least six other executives and three members of the board of directors have left SpiralFrog, which is developing an ad-supported, free music download service.

Las Vegas - Technology news and information publisher CNET Networks on Thursday announced its 2007 Best of CES Award winners, naming Korean electronics maker LG's combination Blu-ray and HD DVD player Best in Show at the event.