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Photos: Who's at Demo 2006?

Walt Mossberg (Wall Street Journal), Victoria Murphy Barret (Forbes) Michael Miller (Ziff Davis) and Ed Baig (USA Today) discuss the winners and losers at Demo 2006.
By Bill Detwiler, Contributor
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Walt Mossberg (Wall Street Journal), Victoria Murphy Barret (Forbes) Michael Miller (Ziff Davis) and Ed Baig (USA Today) discuss the winners and losers at Demo 2006.

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Vivid Sky introduced SkyBox, a handheld device for people who attend sports events. It has maps and services, such as ordering food, and tracks your position so it's delivered where you are. It also can access TV cameras in the stadium and find other people using the device.

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John Patrick of Attitude LLC led a?discussion on the state of security with Partha Dasgupta,?an associate?professor at Arizona State University specializing in cryptography; Hillarie Orman,??chief technology officer & VP of engineering, Shinkuro, Inc.; and Charles Palmer of?IBM Research.

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The final curtain at Demo 2006--the demogods chosen from among the 68 presenters.

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Patrick Cummings, president of iGuitar, plays some licks on this Mac-enhanced guitar. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Sharpcast CEO Gibu Thomas prior to getting on stage to launch a synchronizing platform that allows multiple computers, devices and the Web to work together. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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The MooBella vending machine renders fresh ice cream scoops with the help of software. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Kaboodle CEO and founder Manish Chandra pitches his community site that assists its users in making decisions on a variety of topics?especially shopping. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Cosmix co-founders Venky Harinarayan (left) and Anand Rajaraman created Kosmix Search, which takes an algorithmic approach to categorizing the Web into understandable categories.Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Riya CEO and co-founder Munjal Shah's photo search site uses face and text recognition to search for images and create tags automatically. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Demo 2006 host Chris Shipley and Hewlett-Parkard Senior Vice President of Marketing for Personal Systems Satjiv Chahil. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Caleb Chung, chief inventor at Ugobe, shows off his latest creation--Pleo the dinosaur. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Demo 2006 host Chris Shipley. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Jian Zhen and Andy Lark of LogLogic. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Truveo founder (acquired by AOL) Tim Tuttle and venture capitalist Jeff Clavier, an investor in the company. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Chris Bauman and Charles Jolly moved to Prague to startup their hosted email management service, Spourtit. The beer costs only 75 cents, Jolly said. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Betty Taylor of Krause Taylor Associates and Scalix founder and Plum advocate (her husband Hans Peter Brondmo is CEO of Plum) Julie Hanna Farris. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Jean-Louis Gassée, former Apple and Be, Inc. executive and now a general partner at Allegis Capital. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Bill Tam, CEO of Eqo Communications, and Christine Herron, director of investments for the Omidyar Network. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Greg Reinaker, CEO of NewsGator, and Ofer Ben-Shachar of RawSugar. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Brad Chase, a former Microsoft executive, and now advisor to Vizrea. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Journalists attending Demo 2006 gather for the Novak media dinner. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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Gibu Thomas, the CEO of Sharpcast. Get a first look at new and better tech -- Demo 2006.

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