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The battle for market supremacy between Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3 has entered the next phase, one where high definition (HD) features will play a key role in determining the winner. "Console and software vendors are working to take advantage of the new capabilities that high-definition content offers," noted Michael Wolf, a principal analyst with ABI Research...
"Strange Bed Partners" sounds like a viable name for a good movie. It also characterizes the new business alliance formed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and its erstwhile enemy BitTorrent -- a peer-to-peer network that has become synonymous with online trading of pirated movies The movie studio is allowing BitTorrent to sell and distribute its movie...
Sony is flexing its muscles at this week's E3 gaming conference in Los Angeles, showing off a motion-sensory controller and announcing pricing details for its much-anticipated Playstation 3 console. Sony Computer Entertainment President Phil Harrison announced the details of the next-generation PS3 on Monday, along with a launch date of November o...
Qualcomm and News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) on Tuesday announced plans to conduct technical trials of Qualcomm's MediaFLO technology in the United Kingdom The technical trial is expected to launch this summer. It will feature 10 channels of BSkyB content on a small number of non-commercial devices provided by Qualcomm....
Windows Vista will have robust built-in security features when released early next year, according to a new report that says the platform upgrade will be good news for PC users, but could spell trouble for the PC security software industry The Yankee Group said the security features Microsoft is building into Vista will largely eliminate the need f...
AT&T on Monday announced plans to expand its high-speed Internet service. The telecom giant will sell satellite-based access to customers in rural areas where traditional broadband over phone lines is unavailable The service, delivered via an operating agreement with high-speed Internet provider WildBlue, will be offered to AT&T customers in local ...
Dell said its first-quarter earnings and revenue would be lower than previously forecast, a direct result of price cuts made to help it retain market share amid stepped-up competition The one-time Wall Street darling saw its stock price take a significant hit, with shares dropping 6 percent in early trading to US$24.90. In addition to being a new 5...
Provisions in a proposed international treaty that civil liberties groups, developing nations and technology organizations claim will threaten the free flow of information on the Internet have been sidetracked by the pact's writers in Geneva The U.N. World Intellectual Property Organization's (WIPO) Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Right...
U.S. companies that have not globalized their production or service operations are prime acquisition candidates for Western and overseas investors. Following an acquisition, the new owners can gradually shift some or all of an acquired firm's work offshore to competitive locations, making the entire business more profitable and competitive The suc...
Global Positioning System technology exists in nearly all mobile phones, but is obscured from use on most except in emergency situations. Recently, however, the Walt Disney Internet Group announced that its new family-oriented Disney Mobile service will enable parents to tap into GPS location services to determine their children's whereabouts Disne...
Lest any doubt remains that U.S. customers do not appreciate hearing heavy accents when they're on the phone with contact center agents, a new survey reveals that this is, in fact, one of the top sources of frustration among those who call for assistance Difficult-to-understand accents was the top complaint, at 29 percent, in a recent survey that i...
Society is starting to open its eyes to the prevalence of online predators who lurk in cyberspace looking to befriend willing young Web surfers. Still, many of the organizations working to spread awareness worry that people are realizing the dangers too late Instead of working proactively with these groups or using their resources to research the p...
Yahoo unveiled details of a plan to update both its platform and tools for Web search advertising, in an effort to contemporize the lucrative business model that is driving dollars and competition among the Internet company and its chief rivals Google and Microsoft In announcing a revamped search advertising platform and new application program int...
Streaming digital audio and video, MP3 ripping and CD burning, podcasts, webcasts, satellite radio, digital audio broadacasting (DAB) and now streaming mobile wireless: The rapid advent of new digital audio technology has created a wealth of options and opportunities for technology providers, new and established music companies, musicians and music lovers alike...
For the last two weeks I've been talking about desktop operating systems, including why Linux is on the wrong path to be a true desktop operating system and comparing Linux to Windows Vista and Mac OS Leopard, where I concluded that Apple will have in 2008 the best opportunity in its history to grow share Both pieces briefly alluded to what will l...
Demand for noise reduction is the latest trend shaping the design of new mobile phones, this time leading not only to simplified phones, but to new layout and assembly methods According to findings in the recent Strategy Analytics report, "Filter Market: BAWs Enable Modules for Multi-band Handsets," the filters used in multi-band modules, including...
A New York state lawmaker has filed suit against Google, claiming the search engine has profited from helping users access child pornography and saying that the company has already demonstrated the ability to stop such searches through its dealings with the Chinese government Jeffrey Toback, a representative in New York's Nassau County Legislature ...
Nokia mobile phones will get the additional hardware they need to boost their ability to play music, mobile games and video, thanks to a new partnership with graphics-and-sound silicon providerATI, the companies announced this week Their long-term alliance will focus on increasing multimedia capabilities in mobile phones while reducing complexity f...
In a move to attract new users and entice existing customers to migrate to broadband,AOL andClearwire on Thursday announced an agreement to offer wireless broadband access Consumers will now be able to get AOL combined with high-speed wireless broadband provided through Clearwire's Wi-Max class service for as low as US$25.90 per month. Dubbed AOL H...
Another piece ofMicrosoft's ambitious advertising distribution strategy fell into place Thursday with the software maker's announcement that it had closed its rumored purchase of in-game advertising pioneerMassive Microsoft did not disclose financial details, but analysts have estimated the sale would be worth between US$200 million and $400 millio...
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