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- Toshiba delivers its Betamax address
- Toshiba delivers its Betamax addressThe writing was on the wallI think it was pretty much game over for HD-DVD once Sony bundled the BR drive in the PS3. Although that can be balanced by Sony's usual failures in introducing formats. See: Betamax, MiniDisc, Hi8, Memory stick and UMD.Too bad, I...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, Sony Corp., Sony Betamax, Toshiba Corp., Betamax address, DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-02-19
- Toshiba delivers its Betamax address
- Toshiba officially dropped its plans for HD DVD Tuesday after Wal-Mart, Best Buy, Netflix and a parade of others abandoned the high-definition video format for Sony's Blu-ray. The statement indicates the obvious--HD DVD was doomed. The writing on the wall has been there for a while with...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Sony Betamax, HD-DVD, Statement, Toshiba Corp., Hd Dvd, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- Could open source exist without the Betamax case?
- Could open source exist without the Betamax case?RIAA is Over-ReachingI agree that the Betamax time-shifting decision was a very big deal. I don't think it has much to say for open-source software, since software wasn't even subject to copyright until the 1976 copyright revision. When that was done...
- Tags: CD, open source, Sony Betamax, Betamax Case, RIAA, MP3 Ripping
- Discussion threads 2008-01-01
- Could open source exist without the Betamax case?
- The recording industry's legal claim that users can't even copy CDs they have bought envisions a world where the Betamax decision does not exist. The 1984 Betamax case, technically called Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., held that individuals have a legal right to copies of...
- Tags: Sony Betamax, Recording Industry, Internet, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-01-01
- Toshiba wants unified DVD format
- Toshiba wants unified DVD formatlower quality VHSVHS winning over Betamax was about more than technology. The first movies available for renting were VHS, due to JVC working with content licensing. This was an important factor.JVC also opened their technology to others, while Sony did *not*. (So you HAD to have...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Now IT, Sony Betamax, VHS, DVD, Sony Corp., Toshiba Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-06-27
- PCs' key role in HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray war
- PCs' key role in HD-DVD vs. Blu-ray warI Don't Trust SonyAfter the whole Sony Rootkit fiasco and their public response to it, I no longer trust Sony at all. I now avoid Sony as much as possible, so I am pulling for HD DVD over Blu-Ray.The war is already...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, PC, VHS, HD-DVD, porn industry, Sony Corp., Sony Betamax
- Discussion threads 2006-06-06
- Next-gen DVD format war frustrates retailers
- Next-gen DVD format war frustrates retailersdo not put anything on market untilone standard wins because I, like many i am sure, will not buy any until something is worked out where both formats work on same machine or atleast one format wins out....Manufacturers ought to work something out, but they...
- Tags: HD DVD, Consumer electronics, Middle America, HD-DVD, DVD, Sony Betamax, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-01-08
- Shining examples of how mainstream media doesn't 'get it'
- Shining examples of how mainstream media doesn't 'get it'There's nothing to 'get'"But the credibility of the blogosphere was poo-poo'd and no one knew or had the guts to say that newspapers as we know them are dead because of how technologies like RSS make it possible for us to build...
- Tags: Blogging, Advertising & Promotion, ThinkSecret, RSS, Sony Betamax, media, blog, blogger
- Discussion threads 2006-01-06
- When two standards are better than one
- When two standards are better than oneBravo! Ban ASCII and TXT! Great idea!I think you'd be better off just writing "I hate Microsoft" over and over, that's all I can see in your posts. It's pretty old by now, everyone reading your post is aware of your opinion here. But...
- Tags: OpenDocument Format (ODF), Quality, XML, style info, standards, VHS, OpenDocument Format, IPR, Sony Betamax, Microsoft Word, Word Format, MS-XML
- Discussion threads 2005-12-16
- Panasonic plays DVD maker to push next-gen format
- Panasonic plays DVD maker to push next-gen formatSingle Format of Paramount ImportanceTwo different formats will not make it to the market. We have seen it happen over and over. VHS beat out the superior BetaMax format, does anyone but me remember El-Cassettes...It will take years for the Next...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, VHS, Sony Betamax, DVD Maker, Panasonic, DVD
- Discussion threads 2005-05-04
- Customers aren't so stupid after all
- James Coplien said some rather dramatic things at last week's ACCU conference, among them the following: There's a pressure that unless you're one of the first three players in the market you don't have a chance," said Coplien. "Quality is suffering for time--people pay money for the first, not the...
- Tags: mover, Sony Betamax, security
- Blog posts 2005-04-27
- Customers aren't so stupid after all
- James Coplien said some rather dramatic things at last week's ACCU conference, among them the following: There's a pressure that unless you're one of the first three players in the market you don't have a chance," said Coplien. "Quality is suffering for time--people pay money for the first, not the...
- Tags: mover, Sony Betamax, security
- Blog posts 2005-04-27
- FAQ: Betamax--tech's favorite ruling
- FAQ: Betamax--tech's favorite rulingHR2391Is anyone else horrified with HR2391, which I understand is due to be voted on by the Senate imminently? In addition to all the peer-to-peer issues, this bill seems to make illegal to skip commercials. I hope some elected official had the sense to snip...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, Sales strategy, Peer to peer (P2P), file-swapping, DVD, Beta Max, Sony Betamax, MPAA
- Discussion threads 2005-03-28
- Is surround sound the future, or another Betamax?
- Is surround sound the future, or another Betamax?Car - bad exampleA car would be the worse senario for 5.1 unless there would only be one listener all the time. No one person would be sitting the 'sweet spot.' Even with regular stereo, I adjust the left side lower because thta...
- Tags: Consumer electronics, DVD, DTS, CD, music, Sony Betamax
- Discussion threads 2005-02-28
- States, artists urge top court to hear P2P case
- States, artists urge top court to hear P2P caseEFF Brief against Certiorari is good...The brief that the EFF filed against Certiorari is quite a read: http://www.eff.org/IP/P2P/MGM_v_Grokster/20041108_Final_Brief.pdfWhile the SCOTUS might take the case anyway, the brief nicely and substansively attacks the Petitioners' position without creating politics. In fact, the brief...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), P2P, Petitioners, SCOTUS, RIAA, Sony Betamax, Electronic Frontier Foundation
- Discussion threads 2004-11-08
Additional Resources
- MobileTechRoundup show #141, jkOnTheRun is aquired, Sony Reader, battery life, and more
- I had a good time recording MobileTechRoundup show #141 with the two newest members of the Giga Om Media group, James Kendrick and Kevin Tofel. Don't worry listeners and readers, you will still get the same content from those two and from me here on the podcast for the foreseeable...
- Tags: MobileTechRoundup, Sony Corp., Battery, Sony Reader, Kevin, Podcasts, Internet, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Sony Reader PRS-505 gets a major firmware upgrade
- My Sony Reader is an excellent piece of hardware that I thoroughly enjoy using during my daily commute. I skipped the Amazon Kindle and bought the Sony Reader and have not been one bit sorry about this purchase I made last fall. I just saw on my favorite eBook site,...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Firmware, Sony Reader, Firmware Upgrade, Sony Reader PRS-505, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- 2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel."
- July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...
- Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875
- Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875 is a thoroughly average, entry-level laptop. It wasn't too long ago that an average, entry-level laptop meant one that was underpowered and shabbily...
- Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875, laptop computer
- Product reviews 2008-07-23
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