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which is an important thing to do right now, because we're posting things on our Facebook page from CES,

the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. This is my fourth day at CES, this trip,

seventh year in a row at CES. And it is such an interesting thing to see the progression of technology.

And at first glance, it seems like same old, same old, same old.

And then when you dig in, you see how things that were here in prior years,

maybe that failed, become so much a part of future change, success, new products,

things you actually want. And I'm going to talk about TVs straight ahead.

And what I'm seeing all around the Las Vegas Convention Center in the TV area,

and that's coming up just in a second, but I want to tell you, in just minutes,

I want to talk about a big fuss here at the show involves a dispute with the Chinese government

and a cell phone manufacturer and AT&T. And I'm going to tell you why it's the wrong battle

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