The annual Consumer Electronics Show is underway, as thousands of visitors and vendors converge on Las Vegas for what is billed as the largest electronics show of the year.

The organisers report that, while the economic downturn has undoubtedly had an effect, some 2,700 companies will be showcasing their wares this year to an estimated 130,000 attendees.

Check here for all the latest news, analysis and video straight from the show floor:

CES visitors down sharply
Attendance drops by nearly a quarter

Podcast Special: CES Round-Up
The highs and lows of this year's show

Dell teases with peek at ultra-thin laptop
New Adamo model showcased at CES alongside Inspiron Mini 10

Top 10 best and worst of CES 2009
The good, the bad and the Ballmer

VIDEO: Shots from the show floor
Intel, Motorola and Lenovo take their places on tech's big stage

VIDEO: Green tech on the show floor
Clean technology takes centre stage in Las Vegas

AMD plans fastest ever graphics supercomputer
Massively parallel system to bring HD to mobile devices via the cloud

Samsung monitor doubles as remote console
19in 930ND has PC-over-IP capability

Qualcomm showcases Android on Snapdragon
Demonstration shows Google's mobile OS could be used on bigger devices

Palm Pre wows Vegas crowds
New smartphone could lift Palm's fortunes

Palm Power
Silicon Valley Sleuth at the Pre launch

VIDEO: Palm Pre launch at CES
vnunet.com checks out Palm's touch-screen smartphone at CES 2009 in Las Vegas

Samsung launches green monitors
New range bolster the electronics giant's green credentials

Light Blue Optics demos handheld projector
Latest projectors half the size and twice the brightness of previous models

Universal power supply out this summer
Green Plug offers solution to power cabling

Sharp accused of OLED foolishness
Samsung leading in new screen technology

Sony unveils ultra-light netbook
Vaio P Series weighs less than the rest

OQO updates UMPC with Intel Atom
OQO's handheld PC gets a performance boost and a bright Oled display

Sharp plans massive new LCD manufacturing centre
Sakai City will produce tenth generation screens and solar cells

Tech giants team up on electronics recycling
National system set up for the whole of the US

Cisco plans home invasion
Company readies slew of new products

Analyst notes greener and smaller event
Low-key CES could indicate larger problem, however

Toshiba touts new green technologies
Better batteries and lower power use

Poor economy hits CES
Exhibitors and expected visitors down

Windows seeks to link 'three screens'
Convergence of computers, phones and TV

Microsoft releases first Windows 7 beta
General public can test drive the next version of Windows for the first time

Yahoo bets on internet TV as the future
Widget system goes live with TV manufacturers

Panasonic touts high-definition 3D
Company proposes standard for format

Downturn? What downturn?
CES was supposed to be a calm, low-key event this year

Speculation gathers over new Palm device
Company expected to unveil new handset at CES

Asus brings Eee Keyboard to CES
Computer maker touts fully functional PC housed in a touchscreen keyboard

VIDEO: CES 2009 preview
What's in store for delegates at the CES conference in Las Vegas