As the huge Spring Comdex show is gaveled to a start by Microsoft Corp.’s Bill Gates at McCormick Place on Monday morning, uncommon dark clouds hang over the otherwise happy gathering of 100,… ...

The almost incomprehensible jargon of the computer world-chatter about Micro Channels, LANs, Unix, EISA, DRAMs, databases, Presentation Manager and gray-scale scanners-flowed thicker than the syrup… ...

Overall, attendance is expected to top 20,000, up from 18,900 in 1997, Chao said. More than 25 percent of the people come to the show from 22 countries in Latin America, Chao said.

LAS VEGAS, Nevada (IDG) -- If it ain't connected, don't bother. That seems to be the unofficial pregame mantra for the yearly Comdex computer show here this week, where vendors are showing off the ...

Comdex -- the Computer Dealers Exposition ... The LVCC offered more variety on a wider scale, from whizzy new MP3 players to Best of Comdex enterprise-class winners in SAN management and data mining.

Microsoft's Bill Gates gave his traditional trade show-opening keynote address Sunday evening in Las Vegas at Comdex Fall 2001. "Within five years," he predicted, "the tablet PC will be the most ...

The year was 1983, and a 28-year-old software mogul named William Gates was invited to make his first keynote address at Comdex, the computer industry trade show.

In just a few years, the giant Comdex conference, a showcase for the latest in computer technology, has given way in Las Vegas to the giant Consumer Electronics Show. This year, more than 120,000 ...

LAS VEGAS -- How bad is the mood going into the Comdex computer trade show this year? So bad that one of the show's organizers actually called drug company Eli Lilly & Co., maker of the ...