Intel to launch living Viiv in Las Vegas

CHIP FIRM Intel is set to launch its reference platform Viiv - or Infective DRM as our Charlie Demerjian keeps calling it - at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2006.

Launch, you know, is not the same as release, but Viiv is a consumery thing and Intel will be there, all guns firing and razzmatazz rolling.

Intel is telling selected hacks - we're not numbered amongst that crew, that you can now...

"...watch live digital and recorded TV programs, listen to music, check emails, burn DVDs, play PC games, surf the web--all under one roof. The Plix-Q media center will be made available in January 06. Ricavision, a leading provider of home digital entertainment solutions will be introducing the Intel VIIV-certified PLIX-Q Reload at CES. It features Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 allowing consumers to manage their professionals' lives while having access to high-quality music, video, and photos—all of which can be synced to portable devices."

You will of course have to stop by the Ergo Kiosk, which we believe is the name of the pavilion where Chipzilla will be. µ