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    IFA: Thumbs up, lights on 07/09/2009 09:19:00

    On-off switches will be a thing of the past if Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology has anything to do with it.
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    Prototype uses gestures to control appliances 05/09/2009 01:28:00

    Thumbs up, lights on. Thumbs down, lights off. That's all a user would need to do with the GestureID project from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology. After more than a year of intensive research, the group presented its project at the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin.
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    Universal rousing an iTunes rebellion, report says 15/10/2007 10:12:01

    The head of Universal Music Group is enlisting the support of other major record labels to launch a new music subscription service that will try to loosen Apple's grip on the online music market, according to a news report late last week.
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    Microsoft, Toshiba team to advance HD DVD navigation 05/10/2007 07:56:56

    Toshiba and Microsoft this week announced plans to launch the Advanced Interactivity Consortium to extend interactive features in HD DVD, a high-definition format, in an effort to attract more users.
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    Panasonic HDC-SD5 19/09/2007 16:33:00

    Along with rival manufacturer Sony, Panasonic is touting the AVCHD recording format as 'the next big thing' in high definition video. The main benefit of AVCHD is its superior compression rate over MPEG-2; an old video codec which is around 50 per cent less efficient. This helps to alleviate the memory demands made by HD video, allowing substantial amounts of footage to be stored on everything from hard disk drives to DVD discs. While still in its teething stage and marred by certain editing restrictions, it is easy to see why both vendors are championing this new format - simply put, it allows you to capture more movies onto your chosen media with no loss in image quality.
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    BBC looks to court online viewers with media player 30/07/2007 10:59:10

    The BBC has released a public beta of its own software application for watching video online, hoping to engage younger people who are consuming more and more of their content over the Internet.
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    Apple posts QuickTime Security Update 30/05/2007 15:35:12

    Apple on Tuesday posted a security update for its QuickTime media technology. The update fixes two issues found with the application that could allow an outsider to execute code and disclose sensitive information.
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    With XPS as PDF killer, MS opens second front on Adobe 24/04/2007 08:49:46

    Silverlight, the rich media technology that Microsoft trotted out last week, isn't the company's only attack on Adobe Systems's multimedia dominance. In addition to Silverlight, touted as a potential Flash-killer, Microsoft is quietly putting the moves on Adobe's other popular consumer technology, the Portable Document Format (PDF).
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    Microsoft mulled Apple partnership, iPod rival in 2003 23/01/2007 13:57:47

    As far back as 2003, Microsoft considered introducing its own rival to the iPod or seeking a partnership with Apple, according to evidence introduced Friday at a Microsoft antitrust trial in Iowa.
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    CES - Toshiba expects to ship 1.8M HD DVD players in 2007, unveils 51GB HD DVD 09/01/2007 09:18:57

    New movie releases, more market entrants, improved technology and 1.8 million HD DVD players from Toshiba are the weapons companies plan to use in the format battle against rival Blu-ray Disc this year, according to company executives.
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    Opening up iTunes U 08/02/2006 11:46:35

    Apple's walled-garden approach places unnecessary limitations on its online educational content.
 
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