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Article | 10/10/2005 Intel buys digital TV assets for US$70 million
Intel has agreed to buy the assets of a U.K. company that makes components for building digital TVs and other consumer electronics gear, it announced ...
Article | 10/10/2005 Trojan software trashes PlayStation Portable
PlayStation Portable users looking to modify their gaming system so it can run software that has not been approved by Sony may find themselves running...
Article | 7/10/2005 Spitting chips: Modder sinks boot into Sony after victory in copyright case
"If Sony has any sense at all, they should be content with the money they make," Eddy Stevens said after his landmark victory against Sony Computer En...
Article | 6/10/2005 HD movie discs may not work with your HDTV
The likely format battle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc is bad enough for those eagerly awaiting the availability of favorite movies on high definiti...
Article | 6/10/2005 Toshiba shows HDD-based video camera
Toshiba has developed a digital video camera based on its miniature hard-disk drive and is showing it for the first time at the Ceatec Japan 2005 show...
Article | 5/10/2005 ARM unveils new Cortex chip core for mobile devices
Processor designer Arm's latest core design, the Cortex A8 processor, could be the core that allows ARM and its partners to expand their products beyo...
Article | 5/10/2005 Blu-ray support hinges on disc copy, says Intel
Intel, which last week expressed support for the HD-DVD format for high-definition video discs, is open to also supporting the rival Blu-ray Disc form...
Article | 29/09/2005 China Mobile looks to upgrade services
Personalized ringtones, ringback and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) are some of the services Chinese users prefer today and WAP (Wireless Applicat...
Article | 29/09/2005 Mobile world just opening up, media execs say
Mobile content and entertainment providers took the keynote stage at CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment on Wednesday and described a sunny future for mu...
Article | 28/09/2005 Microsoft and Intel throw their backing behind HD-DVD
Microsoft and Intel have decided to back HD-DVD, the next-generation DVD format being developed by the DVD Forum, the companies said in a joint statem...
Article | 28/09/2005 SanDisk puts DRM on flash cards
SanDisk took a step it hopes will transform the mobile media business, unveiling a storage technology called TrustedFlash that integrates digital righ...
Article | 27/09/2005 Universal, Clear Channel team on instant CDs
The music industry, shaken by decreasing CD sales, is turning to a high-tech, legal approach to the old "bootleg" concept of concert recordings.
Article | 26/09/2005 Also boosts convergence line-up
Also Technology is adding Casio's digital cameras and Maxell's digital media to build up its digital covergence products.
Article | 23/09/2005 Researchers to develop China-only version of HD-DVD
In a bid to cut costs for local electronics makers, Chinese researchers plan to develop a version of the next-generation HD-DVD optical disc format sp...
Article | 23/09/2005 Taiwan dives into LCD-TVs
A major science industrial park in southern Taiwan says it already has commitments from 10 companies to invest NT$24.1 billion (AUD$956 million) in a ...
Article | 13/09/2005 Microsoft targets Europe with TV-enabled set-top boxes
After lining up several big-name telecommunication service providers to offer its new IPTV (Internet Protocol television) technology, Microsoft is now...
Article | 7/09/2005 Philips turns fabrics into intelligent displays
Don't be surprised if someday in the bar or hotel lobby, the pillows or drapes in front of you suddenly light up and display some luxury goods. At the...
Article | 6/09/2005 Panasonic unveils fist-size SD video camera
Consumers looking for a fist-size, high-performance camcorder may want to check out the 3CCD SD Video Camera SDR-S100 from Matsushita Electric Industr...
Article | 31/08/2005 Mitsubishi recruits BCN
Mitsubishi Electric has given BCN Technology access to its complete range of IT products as part of a reshuffle of its wholesale channel.
Article | 24/08/2005 Time is running out for optical disc format compromise
A format battle between HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc in the race to replace DVD looks increasingly inevitable as time quickly runs out for a compromise. Su...

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