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Jan. 8-11, 2009 |
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2009 International Consumer Electronics Show
-- Las Vegas Convention Center, Central Hall #7153 (Wednesday-Sunday)
-- LAX Nightclub at Luxor (Friday night)
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PC.com is an online destination to explore, learn and ask questions about PC technology and purchasing options – geared to the consumer who may find the world of personal computers a bit confusing.
- TV personality and model Brooke Burke will host the red carpet at Intel's CES party, an invitation-only event from 7:30-11 p.m. Jan. 9 at LAX Nightclub at Luxor and headlined by rock group Counting Crows.
- Burke last month won Season 7 of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars." Outside of her busy modeling career, she gained fame as host of E! Entertainment Television's popular travel series "Wild On!" from 1992-2002.
- PC.com will be demoed at the Intel Media Center (Intel booth 2nd floor)
- Spokespeople will be on hand for media interviews.
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- PC.com, which went live in July after a 4-month beta test, is on target to reach 1.4 million hits during CES.
- Mario Lopez is next up for the "Celebrity Techovers" series on PC.com; Part 1 with Lopez is scheduled to go live on Dec. 29 with Part 2 ("the reveal" of his Burbank home – and the TV personality himself – getting teched up) slated for post-CES. Check out others now with Rob Lowe, Paula Abdul, Marcia Cross, Joely Fisher, Tori Spelling and Josh Duhamel.
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Registered CES media, schedule an onsite briefing through the contact below.
- News media covering the red carpet and Brooke Burke's appearance should check in at the party registration desk near LAX starting at 6:45 p.m. (Pre-party activity geared to broadcast and photography news media.)
- Media passes into the Intel CES party are very limited. Contact name below.
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David A. Dickstein, Intel Press Relations,
916-356-2211, david.a.dickstein@intel.com |
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