Electronics Show Revives Las Vegas Glow

Gadget makers will gather this week in Las Vegas for their massive trade show, with booths full of new wares and a spring in their step. And many hotels are posting a notice not seen in the recession-wracked city for some time: sold out. The official attendance projection for this year's Consumer Electronics Show is 120,000, but the group that organizes the closely watched event sounds confident that improved economic conditions will help top that target easily. "Everybody who is anybody will be at the show in some fashion," says Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association.