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PC.com Sponsors Intel CES Party, Brooke Burke to Host Red Carpet

Consumer Web Site Expected
to Hit Milestone during CES

WHEN:   Jan. 8-11, 2009
WHERE:   2009 International Consumer Electronics Show
-- Las Vegas Convention Center, Central
    Hall #7153 (Wednesday-Sunday)
-- LAX Nightclub at Luxor (Friday night)
WHAT:  

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.

WHAT ELSE:  

  • 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.

ACCESS:  

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.

CONTACT:   David A. Dickstein, Intel Press Relations,
916-356-2211, david.a.dickstein@intel.com




 
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PC.com is sponsoring Intel's CES party on Jan. 9 at LAX Nightclub at Luxor in Las Vegas. TV personality and model Brooke Burke, fresh off her win on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," will host the event, which will feature a concert by rock group Counting Crows.