Remember just last month when I said “I’d like to see companies embrace the fact that DVD is still the mainstream format?” Based on a story in CED from this past week studios are starting to realize that’s the key, with one Warner exec saying “…. 64 percent of consumers said having a digital file gives...
Vista: no CableCARD streaming to other PCs (Ars Technica) | Ars Technica has a summery of last weeks No Streaming CableCARD Content to Other Windows PC's , and questions the ability to transfer content to portable device… Quote: “ It's hard to believe that Microsoft wouldn't enable this at...
Microsoft Announces Participation in Mobile DTV Alliance to Help Accelerate DVB-H Deployment in North America | Microsoft Corp. today announced its participation as a founding member of the Mobile DTV Alliance, a new organization created to promote the growth and evolution of the open standard for broadcast...
DirecTV Investor Meeting 2006 | On February 22, 2006 DirecTV outlined their plans to cover the digital home in 2006 and into 2007. I have yet to listen to the Investor Meeting in order to find out more details, however the Windows Media Webcast can be found here . An overview of DirecTV in the Digital...
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Microsoft Showcases Windows Innovations to Help Customers Navigate Through the Digital “World of More” Microsoft and MTV Networks Unveil New Windows Media Player 11 and Preview URGE, a New Digital Music Service New Windows Mobile-Based Portable Media Centers Show Off Latest Features, Popular Movies and...
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New Windows Mobile-Based Portable Media Centers Show Off Latest Features, Popular Movies and Sleek New Devices | In his keynote address today at the 2006 International CES, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates announced three new partners — Toshiba America Inc., Tatung Co...
Gates Outlines Vision for the Digital Lifestyle and Showcases New Products and Technologies From Microsoft | Highlighting key consumer products such as Xbox 360 and offering the first broad demonstration of the consumer features of Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect...
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Microsoft and RealNetworks, Inc. today announced three agreements valued at $761 million to RealNetworks to settle their antitrust case and create a new partnership to innovate and promote consumer choices in digital music and games. The three agreements include an agreement to resolve all the companies...
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Michael Gartenberg , Joe Laszlo , and Joni Blecher of Jupiter Research will be doing “Just the Facts” sessions at CES this year. Topic’s are covered below as well as on Michael Gartenberg blog. The Battle for the Digital Home - How the PC, Game Console and Set Top Box will fit into the role of the hub...
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Get Ready for Digital Convergence (SmartMoney) | “ Entertainment, media and technology are converging as never before. Homes are being pumped full of video, audio and data via cable wires, digital subscriber lines and satellite beams. One day, consumers will have vast digital libraries of movies, videos...
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