NVIDIA and LG Electronics have recently announced their brand new line of LG Z1 notebook computers which will be equipped with Microsoft’s Windows Vista and the NVIDIA Preface Personal Media Display (PMD). Preface is used to enable Windows SideShow, which gives consumers access to all their favorite things, right on the notebook lid. SideShow can be enabled even when the computer is asleep or powered off, allowing users to see their media playback, calendar, email, slideshows of their favorite pics, all on the notebook lid. The new technology allows the operating system (Vista) to drive displays and NVIDIA’s Preface lets users link to the data/programs they want displayed.

One of NVIDIA’s general managers, John Milner, said this about the new notebooks equipped with Preface technology: “In the consumer electronics market, the line between work and entertainment devices has become increasingly blurred. The LG Z1 with NVIDIA Preface technology allows consumers to get more from the notebook experience—they can be more productive throughout their workday and enjoy personal media along the way.”

The LG Z1 looks pretty slick, what with it’s glossy black exterior and white keyboard. It comes with 1GB of DDR2 memory, an Intel Core 2 Duo Processor, a 12.1 inch widescreen display, and of course the secondary screen embedded in the lid, equipped with Preface media platform.

Again, when SvenOnTech is on the job, what ever happens in Vegas doesn’t stay in Vegas very long. Point in case, Kiss co-founder Gene Simmons walking the Central Hall checking out all the stuff he could afford. And I mean all.

So here I am walking through the hall and this guy with cameras in front of him is in ahead of me. Sure, I’ll tag along with him since he’s clearing the path. Why not? It’s tough walking all these miles of halls with the tons of people here. When I catch up to this guy and walk to his left, I take a peak at him and I don’t recognize him. ‘Who is this guy and what’s the big deal?’ I’m asking myself as I cruise on with him. Finally, I hear someone yell, “You rock, Gene!” I look again and yes the light bulb comes on, Gene Simmons. It’s hard to recognize the guy without make up.

So I tag along for awhile and share some camera time with him (hopefully ). We come to a split and he makes a right while I go left. I see him down the way when I pop out next to LG’s 102″ plasma TV. I figure, ‘Ahh, I should probably get a picture,’ and I walk back to LG’s booth front desk. When I got there, he was talking to the lady at the booth and the guy next to her. Not able to hear much of what he’s saying, I get closer. I then hear him tell the guy, “If you want to kiss her, you’ve got to look straight in here eyes,” as he points his two fingers in a V shape and directs them to her eyes. With that, he stares into her gaze and leans her back as if to kiss her. She giggles like a high school girl about to be kissed by Bobby the quarterback for the first time. Simmons then stops, reels back up and turns to the guy and says, “That’s how you do it,” to a chorus of laughter. Only in Vegas, right?