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Intel details new brand for entertainment PCs

Intel details new brand for entertainment PCsFor Windows MEDIA Edition?Now there is a no starter decision.More CARTEL evidence"... and will require Microsoft's Windows Media Center Edition."And we thought that the monopoly was bad.Deal with itMS' margins have been slipping, so have Intel's. They need to get out of commodity...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Digital music, Digital media, Desktops, brand, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., Diskman, MPAA, RIAA, PC, Media Center PC, Entertainment PC

Discussion threads 2005-08-24

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Is Sony eating hundreds of dollars on each PS3?

Is Sony eating hundreds of dollars on each PS3?where is the source codeI can't find the link to the GPLed source code that runs on PS3.Can anybody help me?Yes, does at the start of each new and different consoleto entrench itself in the bedrooms and livingrooms of gamers and multimedia...

Tags: Processors, Sony Corp., Sony PlayStation 3, Cell

Discussion threads 2006-11-16

Apple adds volume limiting to iPod

Apple adds volume limiting to iPodIs this what it has come to?OK… I think everyone needs to take a step back for a second and just look at how people are handling things any more. I hope that it isn't just me that thinks this is insane. The idea that...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Manufacturing, Apple Inc., Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2006-03-30

Three million Xbox 360s in three months?

Three million Xbox 360s in three months?Flash back timehttp://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-808159.htmlRep is taking care of me...My rep verified XBOX 360's are shipping all over the world on boats, trains and planes. My rep is going to grab me one of these babies. He is going to an old church steeple here in...

Tags: Game players, Rep, Microsoft Xbox, Sony PlayStation 3, rep, Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-11-08

Make open source compatible with content

Make open source compatible with contentWhere did you get this load of rubbish?"Already, U.S. content producers are losing their overseas markets, one by one, to local competitors."Back that up with some proof! The last numbers I've seen says that entertainment "content" is still the number one US export.Who cares?[i]It's...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Nothing, digital-rights management, open source

Discussion threads 2005-09-19

HP seeks larger role in iPod mania

HP seeks larger role in iPod maniaWell I have to admit that I never thought the iPodwould gain this kind of traction. Frankly when I first heard and saw the iPod and iTunes I was well not all that impressed by the device. I just was not into...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Major Label, information technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple iPod, music, IPOD IS

Discussion threads 2005-03-30

Dell's Rollins dismisses iPod as a 'fad'

Dell's Rollins dismisses iPod as a 'fad'Kind of show's he doesn't understand what he's saying[i]"It's interesting the iPod has been out for three years and it's only this past year it's become a raging success," he said. "Well, those things that become fads rage, and then they drop off. When...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Desktops, i-Pod, Dell Computer Corp., Sony Walkman, Apple iPod, fad, music player, portable music player, ROLLINS, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-01-18

Airline's interest in mile-high Wi-Fi dives

Airline's interest in mile-high Wi-Fi divesThat's all I need...."He also hinted that airline industry regulators are considering allowing the use of mobile phones on planes."Someone sitting on a plane next to me yapping for 6 hours straight. Or one of those ultra annoying Nextel phones chirping away the row...

Tags: Wireless LANs, Telecom & Utilities, phone, mile-high, cell phone, Wi-Fi

Discussion threads 2004-09-07

Mini iPod to debut outside U.S.

Mini iPod to debut outside U.S.Have they fixed the connector problem?There was mechanical/electrical design issue that caused damage to electrical conductivity on earphone jack connector.To be honest, only poorly educated engineer designs electric board the way that weak socket/connector is also a mount/support of the electric board. That's a basic...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple Inc., mini, pod, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2004-07-07