Demofall 2005 features big ideas and rapid-fire product pitches that home in on mobile, consumer and enterprise trends.

Tech turns phones into back-seat drivers

Service mixes local search with GPS to give driving directions to restaurants and other destinations over cell phones.
September 21, 2005

At Demo, it's speed dating for products

Tech confab gives 65 companies a mere six minutes each to tell investors and customers why they should care.
Photos: Innovation on display
September 20, 2005

Time ripe for venture capital

Life sciences, new medical technologies offer valuable investment opportunities, president of VC organization tells colleagues.
September 21, 2005

Digital-music player dresses like a radio

blog Roku's Wi-Fi music system has the form factor of a radio, replete with knobs and buttons and an LED readout.
September 21, 2005

Demo gets in on the film loop

blog Photo-sharing services are hot, so it was no surprise that Demofall included a photo-sharing entrant.
September 20, 2005

Peerflix: compelling and problematic

blog Essentially a Netflix with no centralized processing center, Peerflix has an oddly compelling yet annoyingly problematic service.
September 20, 2005

New-style USB drive kicks off confab

blog U3 is the first of 65 presenters to show off their new product or service at this annual conference.
September 20, 2005