Flora often shows up as a guest on the CNET UK podcast, but she hosted the first show of 2010 thanks to the rest of the crew being lost in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show. In 2010, Flora will be co-hosting the show with its regular host, Ian Morris.

The craving is off the scale in Las Vegas this week, where all the latest tech is being shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show. Regular podcast host Ian Morris is there, along with Cravers Rory Reid and Rich Trenholm, stalking the best of the best on the strip. This week on the podcast, we spoke to Ian over the phone from the CNET lair at the top of the Mandalay Bay Hotel to find out more about the tech that’s got everyone talking at this year’s CES.

We also talked about sexy times on the Internet thanks to Britain’s big freeze, how Europe’s answer to GPS is almost not vapourware anymore, and the New Year Honours for British videogame makers.

Finally, in WTF we asked: “Would the Nexus One flip a tortoise on to its back in the desert, and if so, would it turn it back over again?”

Here’s a link to a list of the my latest news, reviews, blog entries and features, with the newest at the top:

http://www.cnet.co.uk/search/date/flora-graham/n-6iu/

This piece was also broadcast as a radio package on Digital Planet.

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But unlike most players, he doesn’t strum a little plastic guitar with his hands; Kuniholm’s right arm is amputated just below the elbow.

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This piece was also published as a written feature on BBC News Online.

Jon Kuniholm sits in front of the telly and plays Guitar Hero, the music video game. He’s sailing through Pat Benetar’s classic, Hit Me with Your Best Shot.

But unlike most players, he doesn’t strum a little plastic guitar with his hands; Kuniholm’s right arm is amputated just below the elbow.

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