Baietii de la Gizmodo s-au jucat cu focul la CES-ul din acest an si pana la urma chiar s-au ars. Prin "jucat cu focul" se intelege a stinge cateva zeci de monitoare si plasme de la CES.
Din pacate pentru ei, organizatorii nu au fost la fel de amuzati si au decis sa-i interzica accesul lui Richard Blakeley (cel razpunzator de stingerea monitoarelor) de la Gizmodo de la editiile viitoare ale CES. Cum era proverbul… cine rade la urma rade ca prostul… sau cum?
Comunicatul oficial al organizatorilor:
We have been informed of inappropriate behavior on the show floor by a credentialed media attendee from the Web site Gizmodo, owned by Gawker Media. Specifically, the Gizmodo staffer interfered with the exhibitor booth operations of numerous companies, including disrupting at least one press event. The Gizmodo staffer violated the terms of CES media credentials and caused harm to CES exhibitors. This Gizmodo staffer has been identified and will be barred from attending any future CES events. Additional sanctions against Gizmodo and Gawker Media are under discussion.
Si filmul in care cei de la Gizmodo se lauda cu nazdravaniile pe care le-au facut la CES 2008.