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Today, Sony has launched an all new home media server on the people of Japan that touts some interesting specs. Being called a multimedia server and NAS drive, the VGF-HS1 and VGF-HS1S come ...
Date: 7 May 2008 18:05 | 6 comments
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Two Italian carriers have announced today that they will be distributing the 3G Apple iPhone later this year, meaning that Apple is apparently abandoning its model of carrier exclusivity for the phone.
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Date: 6 May 2008 21:05 | 6 comments
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Yesterday, Popcorn Hour announced that its only product, the highly anticipated Popcorn Hour A-100 digital media streaming device is now available for pre-order directly from the company's site.
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Date: 4 May 2008 20:05 | 9 comments
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Samsung has introduced a new Blu-ray home theater system, the HT-BD2S which resembles its predecessor but has smaller satellite speakers and is available for over 30 percent less than its older ...
Date: 2 May 2008 22:05 | 8 comments
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Showing at its booth at the High End trade show in Munich, Pioneer has unveiled its latest HD projector, the KURO KRF-9000FD home theater projector.
The "Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) ...
Date: 27 Apr 2008 22:04 | 8 comments
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has revealed that the company is not likely to cut the price of its ever popular Wii and DS gaming systems in the foreseeable future.
"Our earnings projection ...
Date: 25 Apr 2008 17:04 | 10 comments
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Apple has announced the release of the fourth beta version of its popular iPhone software development kit (SDK).
Apple's developer website explains:"The fourth beta version of the iPhone ...
Date: 24 Apr 2008 20:04
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Sky, the British TV network has announced that its highly anticipated on-demand TV service Go!View will hit the Sony PSP this summer.
The service will allow owners of the gaming handheld ...
Date: 24 Apr 2008 19:04 | 4 comments
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Over the last month I've been working on a number of MPEG-4 AVC related guides. Devices from mobile phones to Blu-ray players, and numerous others in between the two extremes, are designed with ...
Date: 21 Apr 2008 14:04 | 1 comment
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The Hong Kong based manufacturer Sunlink, using technologies adapted from iView, have claimed they have produced "the first portable commercial product in the world with a built-in pico-projector."
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Date: 20 Apr 2008 18:04 | 6 comments
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Italy, France, Germany and Scandinavia have begun offering DVD movies on a new format called DVD-D which is unique because it is self-erasing.
By self erasing I mean that the content on the ...
Date: 18 Apr 2008 23:04 | 31 comments
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According to a Times Online report, the upcoming 3G Apple iPhone will be "radically different" appearance-wise then the current models available for sale.
As quoted by the article, "Industry ...
Date: 18 Apr 2008 22:04 | 5 comments
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Iomega has announced its all-new Media Xporter drive, a game console-oriented 2.5-inch portable hard drive that will provide storage for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles.
The company ...
Date: 17 Apr 2008 19:04 | 33 comments
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A prediction from Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter could turn out to be true if the UK demand for Wii Fit is anything to go by. Pachter said that Nintendo's upcoming Wii Fit title might have ...
Date: 16 Apr 2008 22:04 | 5 comments
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Qualcomm Incorporated unveiled the first-ever MediaFLO technology demonstration broadcast over the air to an in-vehicle entertainment system at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) ...
Date: 15 Apr 2008 04:04
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Philips, one of the best known consumer electronics companies on the planet, witnessed its first quarter profit drop 75 percent due to bad performing sales of television sets, particularly in ...
Date: 15 Apr 2008 04:04 | 3 comments
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An alliance of over 800 local television stations has formed with the goal of deciding an accepted standard for for sending local digital TV signals to mobile phones, laptops and other feature-packed ...
Date: 15 Apr 2008 03:04
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There have been several unconfirmed reports around the Internet recently that indicate Sling Media's SlingCatcher will be delayed until late this year. The SlingCatcher allows content to be ...
Date: 13 Apr 2008 07:04 | 1 comment
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According to Down Under website MacTalk, Australia may be among the first to get its hands on a 3G iPhone that isn't locked to a single provider through an exclusivity deal with Apple. A correspondent ...
Date: 13 Apr 2008 07:04 | 5 comments
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Famitsu publisher Hirokazu Hamamura has today said that Nintendo is "likely to introduce a new version of its DS handheld" at the upcoming E3 event.
Without specifically mentioning sources, ...
Date: 12 Apr 2008 22:04 | 10 comments
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Netblender will soon offer the ability to owners of an iPhone or an iPod touch that will allow the handheld devices to integrate with Blu-ray hardware. This new technology that will link Blu-ray ...
Date: 10 Apr 2008 04:04 | 4 comments
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The iPhone / iPod Touch version of the Safari web browser has become the most used mobile browser for Internet browsing, according to research from StatCounter. It sits ahead of the Symbian ...
Date: 10 Apr 2008 03:04 | 2 comments
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Sony has introduced its brand new headphones which it claims to be the first digital noise-canceling set, cutting out a 99 percent of ambient noise by Sony's calculations. The MDR-NC500D product ...
Date: 8 Apr 2008 01:04 | 16 comments
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After massive delays, Nokia's N-Gage service is finally up and ready for business, letting smartphone users download games.
"We are live! The games, the devices, and the community are all ...
Date: 4 Apr 2008 22:04 | 2 comments
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Sony Corp. has unveiled a small video camera capable of recording high-definition (HD) video to a flash memory card. The company claims that the video camera is the world's smallest and latest ...
Date: 3 Apr 2008 23:04 | 9 comments
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Orange France,, the service provider for the Apple iPhone in France has released the sales figures for the device in the country marking the first time an individual country's iPhones sold stats ...
Date: 2 Apr 2008 22:04
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Verizon has announced at CTIA today that it will be releasing a rebranded version of the HTC Touch dubbed the Verizon XV6900.
The exceptional touchscreen device is almost exactly like the ...
Date: 31 Mar 2008 18:03 | 6 comments
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TeleGeography, a research firm, has reported that New Zealand will be expanding its cellular networks and that iPhones could be on the way.
Telecom New Zealand's director of mobile operations, ...
Date: 30 Mar 2008 22:03 | 4 comments
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Vivitar has announced the upcoming launch of the DVR565HD High Definition Camcorder which should hit retailers by the end of April.
The company did not give all that much information on the ...
Date: 29 Mar 2008 21:03 | 3 comments
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At 0.9 inches at its thinnest, BenQ has introduced the V2400W, a 24 inch monitor inspired by the B-2 stealth bomber that "uses a new plastic injection technique that both curves the back of ...
Date: 17 Mar 2008 21:03 | 51 comments
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According to the French newspaper Les Echos, Microsoft officials have suggested that a third generation of its popular Zune media player is in the works and that a European launch of the player ...
Date: 17 Mar 2008 18:03 | 2 comments
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Although it was
announced months ago the Apple iPhone has finally made its
way to Ireland and Austria, via O2 and T-Mobile,
respectively.
In Ireland, the 8GB model of the phone will ...
Date: 15 Mar 2008 16:03 | 3 comments
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Samsung and Adidas have announced the launch of the miCoach workout tracking system in an effort to compete with the popular Nike+iPod program jointly run by Apple and Nike.
miCoach will ...
Date: 9 Mar 2008 16:03
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On Thursday Steve Jobs officially unveiled the SDK (Software Development Kit) that will be released for writing software to work with Apple's iPhone and various iPod Touch models. During his ...
Date: 7 Mar 2008 09:03 | 3 comments
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According to Greenpeace, consumer electronics are slowing becoming greener but still have a long way to go to eliminate the use of more hazardous and toxic chemicals and to become more energy ...
Date: 6 Mar 2008 23:03 | 10 comments
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Apple Inc. is looking to attract more business users for its iPhone product by improving e-mail capabilities. The iPhone's abilities for corporate e-mail have been cited as a big reason why ...
Date: 6 Mar 2008 21:03 | 1 comment
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German Police and Customs Officials investigating claims of patent violations have seized dozens of boxes of tech gadgets and equipment at CeBIT, a tech fair held annually in Hanover. The alleged ...
Date: 6 Mar 2008 21:03 | 4 comments
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According to MacNN, the BBC is working on a mobile version of its popular iPlayer software that will make the service available on the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch.
Visitors to the BBC iPlayer ...
Date: 6 Mar 2008 20:03 | 4 comments
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Sony Japan has announced that Japanese PSP gamers will be able to use Skype services beginning in two weeks, March 18th.
The company also said that the software will be included in the upcoming ...
Date: 4 Mar 2008 22:03 | 12 comments
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LG has announced the world's first 10,000:1 Digital Fine Contrast ratio (DFC) PC monitor is now available in the UK. The monitor, dubbed the L197WH allegedly has the "greatest clarity available ...
Date: 3 Mar 2008 20:03 | 7 comments
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The large research company iSuppli has said that it believes the Sony PlayStation 3 console will see another price cut during the course of 2008 leading to a huge Christmas for the system.
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Date: 3 Mar 2008 20:03 | 74 comments
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It's time again for my weekly Glossary updates. This week's highlights include some things you may already have on your computer, such as libavcodec and MPEG-4 encoders. If you're not already ...
Date: 29 Feb 2008 19:02 | 1 comment
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Recently, we have begun notifying you of the recent changes or updates to Afterdawn in an effort to keep you all informed.
For those that missed it, we recently expanded Afterdawn to Sweden, ...
Date: 29 Feb 2008 15:02 | 4 comments
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The mobile phone carrier O2 has announced that it will be the exclusive carrier for the popular Apple iPhone in Ireland following its successful launch in the UK last year.
The official debut ...
Date: 28 Feb 2008 21:02 | 5 comments
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After it announced in mid-January that Skype would be heading to European PSPs, Sony has confirmed that the wireless communication package Go!Messenger will also hit European PSPs by the end of the week.
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Date: 27 Feb 2008 23:02 | 16 comments
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PLDS, the joint venture between Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions, has announced the DX-4O1S, a new, faster BD-ROM external drive set to hit stores by April.
The player is only a BD-ROM ...
Date: 25 Feb 2008 17:02 | 4 comments
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The high-end electronics maker Onkyo has also announced that it will be ending support for HD DVD and stopping all production of HD DVD players.
Although a couple of companies have recently ...
Date: 23 Feb 2008 23:02 | 11 comments
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With new technology and ways to deliver video being introduced at breakneck speed, one thing most entertainment executives will admit to is that nobody knows anything for sure. To date no one ...
Date: 23 Feb 2008 09:02 | 4 comments
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Once again it's time for my weekly list of Glossary updates. Since I've spent the majority of the last week working on some guides for processing captured video I haven't been able to spend ...
Date: 21 Feb 2008 12:02 | 1 comment
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San Francisco based doubleTwist launched a new service today for transferring digital media between a variety of devices, including computers, portable media players, and mobile phones. The ...
Date: 20 Feb 2008 04:02 | 3 comments
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According to 9to5mac, Apple is preparing to drop the prices on its very popular iPhone and iPod Touch models, possibly as soon as next week.
The rumored price cut will be $100 USD for both ...
Date: 16 Feb 2008 22:02 | 11 comments
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According to market research firm In-Stat, over 400,000 of Apple's iPhone product are being used with the China Mobile provider despite the lack of availability of iPhone in China and breakdown ...
Date: 16 Feb 2008 07:02 | 1 comment
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Panasonic USA has revealed the release date details for its upcoming 32GB SD High Capacity (SDHC) Memory Card, suggestion for use with camcorders that utilize the AVCHD format. In April 2008, ...
Date: 16 Feb 2008 01:02 | 3 comments
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DivX has announced today that they have completed a licensing deal with Mtekvision, a global leader in advanced mobile semiconductor technology that will give rare DivX Mobile Certification ...
Date: 13 Feb 2008 23:02 | 2 comments
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A wireless device which would use the so-called "white spaces" between broadcast television channels for wireless communication has failed FCC testing.
This is the second test and second ...
Date: 13 Feb 2008 01:02 | 3 comments
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Nokia announced N96 multimedia phone or "computer" as they call it. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, the Chief Executive Officer of Nokia, announced today N96 and three other phones at Mobile World Congress ...
Date: 11 Feb 2008 12:02 | 4 comments
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According to the Nokia N-Gage website, users of the N81 mobile phone are now able to download the oft-delayed N-Gage mobile games platform as an open beta test.
The platform will allow mobile ...
Date: 9 Feb 2008 03:02 | 8 comments
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Toshiba has announced that it has updated two models in its Gigabeat media player line, one in the T series and the other in the V series.
The new T802 is an upgrade to the T401 and will ...
Date: 7 Feb 2008 21:02 | 1 comment
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As Jamie (Dela) announced last month, the staff here at Afterdawn is working on updating some of our core content in the Glossary. Along with additions like our new Topics feature we're planning ...
Date: 7 Feb 2008 20:02 | 1 comment
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A company in Isreal called Modu will be partnering with wireless carriers in three different countries to sell a new modular phone design. The phones will consist of a rudimentary phone meant ...
Date: 7 Feb 2008 18:02 | 4 comments
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Microsoft has announced that it has cut the price of its Xbox 360 HD DVD addon by $50 USD. The price cut follows recent decisions by Toshiba to drop prices on their HD DVD players.
The new ...
Date: 6 Feb 2008 22:02 | 36 comments
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Apple has announced that it has updated its iPhone and iPod Touch lineup by adding new models with double the memory capacity.
The new iPhone will feature 16GB of memory and will retail for ...
Date: 5 Feb 2008 21:02 | 15 comments
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Speaking to GamesIndustry.biz, the ELSPA has refuted recent quotes about Nintendo DS piracy in North America and instead said the original story contained false quotes.
In The Sunday Post, ...
Date: 2 Feb 2008 19:02 | 4 comments
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After a successful initial release in Japan JVC has announced that it will be bringing its two new Everio HD camcorders to North American markets.
The HD5 and HD6 will replace their bulkier ...
Date: 30 Jan 2008 23:01 | 1 comment
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Sony Europe has released the latest firmware upgrade for its popular PSP handheld which allows gamers to make and receive phone calls using Skype software.
Users of the new PSP Slim and ...
Date: 30 Jan 2008 22:01 | 16 comments
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A recent announcement from Apple regarding iPhone sales stirred up contreversy due to much lower numbers being activated for use with AT&T's wireless network. With a discrepency of nearly 1.5 ...
Date: 29 Jan 2008 04:01 | 35 comments
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Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) will be selling programming licensed from MTV on UMD for the PlayStation Portable (PSP). The MTV programming includes episodes of 'Beavis and Butthead', ...
Date: 25 Jan 2008 01:01 | 5 comments
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Despite increased sales and an increased profit margin over the year before, Apple's stock ended the day down more than 3% on Tuesday after the company reported both earnings for the last three ...
Date: 23 Jan 2008 22:01 | 3 comments
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As part of an initiative to come up with a common standard for connecting portable digital audio and video devices to everything from home stereos to car entertainment systems, the Consumer ...
Date: 23 Jan 2008 19:01 | 8 comments
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After announcing the addition of the Skype service to the Playstation Portable, Sony has said that it will be forced to delay the launch of the Skype enabled PSP in Japan. The delay seems to ...
Date: 23 Jan 2008 19:01 | 3 comments
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A Dutch company called Polymer Vision hopes to make a big splash this year with the introduction of their new Readius, a 3G mobile phone with a 5 inch display that folds into the device when ...
Date: 22 Jan 2008 06:01 | 13 comments
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The large Taiwanese handset manufacturer HTC has finally released its sales report for 2007 and it seems their Apple iPhone rival, the HTC Touch, is selling pretty well.
The Touch and Touch ...
Date: 21 Jan 2008 23:01 | 6 comments
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According to anonymous sources, the wireless carrier AT&T will soon begin offering the Apple iPhone to corporate and business accounts. The sources claim the announcement will come tomorrow ...
Date: 20 Jan 2008 23:01 | 2 comments
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Apple Inc. has fixed several security issues that affect the QuickTime media player, the iPhone and iPod Touch. The iPhone update fixes flaws with the Safari web browser, including one bug that ...
Date: 16 Jan 2008 05:01 | 1 comment
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At the Macworld 2008 event this morning, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that the company has sold 4 million iPhones since the device's release and that the device now holds 19.5 percent of the ...
Date: 15 Jan 2008 18:01 | 7 comments
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Apple and China Mobile have called off all talks for a Chinese launch of the popular iPhone device, meaning the phone will not be hitting China anytime soon.
China Mobile has an outstanding ...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 23:01 | 6 comments
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According to UK carrier 02, Apple has taken steps to prevent it from revealing any sales figures to the public for the iPhone. According to O2's head of media relations, Simon Lloyd, the sales ...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 22:01 | 3 comments
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Apple Inc. and China Mobile have broken off talks aimed at making the iPhone available in China. The mobile service provider has more subscribers than the population of the United States; about ...
Date: 14 Jan 2008 21:01 | 1 comment
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The software developer Reactrix Systems announced at CES that they have developed a gaming system intended for LCD TVs that will mimic the Nintendo Wii.
The system will allow players to "punch ...
Date: 13 Jan 2008 23:01 | 5 comments
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Although not officially confirmed, it seems that a mobile version of the SlingPlayer application could be in the works for both the iPhone and the iPod Touch.
According to an unanmed "extremely ...
Date: 12 Jan 2008 23:01 | 1 comment
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Although the cell processor is most famous for powering the PS3 game console, one of Sony's partner in the chip's development is now showing off what it can do in other electronic devices. At ...
Date: 11 Jan 2008 03:01 | 8 comments
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In an interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates said the company will not launch a mobile phone product to compete directly with Apple's iPhone. ...
Date: 10 Jan 2008 23:01 | 8 comments
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Despite having its specifications leaked by an FCC filing back in December, one of the biggest hits of this year's CES event has been Creative's inPerson, a striking Wifi video phone device.
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Date: 10 Jan 2008 22:01 | 3 comments
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Leggett & Platt Inc. is another company that wants to make people even more lazy around the house than they already are. Many people these days are used to having Internet access, television ...
Date: 10 Jan 2008 22:01 | 6 comments
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At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Sony demonstrated an upcoming addition to Blu-ray titles; lower-resolution versions of the video content. Using a PlayStation 3 (PS3) consoles, ...
Date: 10 Jan 2008 06:01 | 11 comments
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Sling Media, Inc. is demonstrating Clip+Sling at CES as part of the company's new SlingPlayer 2.0 client software. Clip+Sling gives Slingbox customers the ability to "grab" snippets of their ...
Date: 8 Jan 2008 23:01 | 2 comments
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Sling Media has given public demonstrations of its SlingCatcher product at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The SlingCatcher is a Set-Top Box that seamlessly delivers broadcast ...
Date: 8 Jan 2008 23:01 | 2 comments
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At the CES show this year, it appears Samsung wants everyone to know why they're one of the leading edge designers in next generation televisions by unveiling three econcepts that could change ...
Date: 8 Jan 2008 17:01 | 13 comments
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Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., the Japanese industry giant behind Panasonic, announced at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) that it will launch Internet-ready plasma televisions that support ...
Date: 8 Jan 2008 11:01 | 8 comments
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Creative has announced at CES that it will be adding a built-in speaker to its tiny media player, the Zen Stone and its cousin the Zen Stone Plus.
The Zen Stone comes in the 1 and 2GB variety ...
Date: 8 Jan 2008 07:01 | 1 comment
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At the CES event today, SanDisk has announced that it will be increasing the capacity of two of its popular Sansa media players, the Clip and the View.
The Clip, which is seen as a direct ...
Date: 7 Jan 2008 23:01 | 7 comments
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Sony has announced the VoIP application Skype and Go!Explore GPS receiver and software for PlayStation Portable. The announcement took place at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2008 roughly a ...
Date: 7 Jan 2008 13:01 | 6 comments
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Browsing through Sony's affiliated website shows an interesting tidbit of information for fans of their handheld gaming system, the PSP. There appears to be suggestions that they have worked ...
Date: 2 Jan 2008 19:01 | 20 comments
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LG.Philips LCD has announced they will be introducing th world's largest multi-touch LCD at the upcoming CES event. The screen, at 52 inches, is 5 inches largest than the next biggest in the category.
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Date: 31 Dec 2007 22:12 | 3 comments
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The website GearLive has leaked the upcoming 1.1.3 Apple iPhone Firmware update that is rumored to hit users in the upcoming weeks.
The update will allow all iPhone users to shuffle their ...
Date: 31 Dec 2007 22:12 | 6 comments
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For the week ended December 16th, sales of the Sony PSP handheld have more than doubled in Japan, with the system selling 184,610 units for the week as compared to 91,481 units the previous week.
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Date: 24 Dec 2007 20:12 | 20 comments
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Research analysts from the financial group GMP Securities have "confirmed" the ongoing rumors that Research in Motion will be releasing a touchscreen 9000-series BlackBerry device sometime in ...
Date: 22 Dec 2007 22:12 | 5 comments
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Although unannounced by Sony, GamesIndustry.biz has found that the recent firmware updates for the PlayStation 3 and PSP will give gamers "the ability to remotely play any PS One game on the PSP handheld."
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Date: 18 Dec 2007 23:12 | 12 comments
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It appears that DoCoMo and Softbank, two of Japan's largest cell phone carriers, are vying for an exclusive Apple iPhone contract, but Apple's intense revenue sharing ideals seem to be holding ...
Date: 18 Dec 2007 22:12 | 15 comments
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Remote PC access software company Orb has announced that they have added support for the Apple iPhone and iPod touch, allowing users to "stream their music, movies, and TV without being locked into iTunes."
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Date: 14 Dec 2007 21:12 | 5 comments
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According to research from Goldman Sachs, Apple will be releasing 2 revisions to the iPhone in 2008, one minor and one major, as well as a complete revision to the Apple TV.
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Date: 13 Dec 2007 23:12 | 6 comments
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