Last night, CEA celebrated the achievements of leaders who champion innovation in consumer technology and support a legal and regulatory framework that allows the industry to flourish during the ninth annual Digital Patriots Dinner in Washington, D.C. . Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) was honored as the Innovation Policy Ninja Award, which recognizes a policy maker who is forward-thinking and advances public policies that will spur innovation for decades to come. Rep. Walden puts his small...

  Researchers from Alcatel-Lucent’s Bell Labs and MIT are investigating whether using new algorithms for copying files like video could save energy in data centers by 35 percent, the MIT Technology Review reported this week. So-called storage area networks within data center servers rely on a tremendous amount of redundancy to make sure that downloading videos and other content is a smooth, unbroken experience for consumers. Portions of a given video are stored on...

  Today is our annual Lobby Day, and 40 CEA members are heading to Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to meet with more than two dozen members of the U.S. House of Representatives and their congressional staff to relay CEA’s 2013 innovation policy agenda. You can help support our cause and the American innovation economy by joining our “virtual” Lobby Day. Contact Congress today (and in the days and weeks ahead) about these two important issues:Patent Trolls...

Another successful CES on the Hill took place on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. last night. CES on the Hill brought members of Congress and their staff together with consumer technology industry executives. To share a mix of the latest innovations and the most critical technology policy, we've collected below the social media conversation from the event, from tweets to Instagram photos.  [View the story "CES on the Hill " on Storify]

  There are many things that come to mind when you think of Washington D.C.: The nation’s capital, the White House, monuments and museums, government agencies, traffic, city life. You may not immediately think of technology. However the D.C. area is a hotbed of innovation, from startups to Gov 2.0, and it has a lot more influence on technology than you may think. Just in time for CEA’s event today in Washington, CES on the Hill, here are seven experts you should...