The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2010, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, will open on January 7 in Las Vegas.

This year’s CES, which will open for four days, is predicted to serve as a barometer for the global electronic appliances market. The consumer electronics market has realigned among dominant players since the global financial crisis.

The CES 2010 will feature over three-hundred new companies with over 25-hundred electronics makers from around the globe. Approximately 20-thousand products featuring new technology and other strategic products will be revealed.

Dozens of Korean companies will participate, including Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics and smaller companies.

The CES serves as an exciting opportunity for IT buffs to get a glimpse of new technology early each year and to take note of new product trends among the electronics companies.