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- Blu-ray vs HD DVD: final bonus round
- Blu-ray vs HD DVD: final bonus roundActually, why did *either* PS3 or Xbox have HD?Microsoft has a long history of half-hearted support of lots of stuff. No surprise there. If they weren't so big their endorsements would be meaningless. If they had taken Sony's approach and required the HD DVD,...
- Tags: HD DVD, DVD, Consumer electronics, Sony TV, Sony Corp., HD-DVD
- Discussion threads 2008-01-06
- Sony TV promises entertainment on the go
- Sony TV promises entertainment on the goAt the 2004 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sony introduces CNET's Patrick Houston to a fusion of traditional television and broadband technology designed to let mobile consumers watch TV and video and access the Internet--all without a PC.
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Advertising & Promotion, Sony TV, Sony Corp., TV, entertainment
- Videos 2004-01-09
Additional Resources
- Joost arrives for iPhone
- Back in April 2007 when I first wrote about Joost it was an invitation-only video streaming service from the wunderkind responsible for Skype and Kazaa. Back then it required you to download a proprietary client, then in October 2008 it morphed into a Web-based service. In its...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Joost, Corporate Communications, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Video, Marketing, Internet, Personal Technology, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Why Grandma Sandy and Aunt Roz don't want an HDTV for Christmas
- Answer: Rectangular peg, Square Hole. With the prices of HDTV's plummeting, one would think that people would be rushing to buy new sets, particularly with the analog TV mass-extinction event coming in February. But the reality is, many people have no intention...
- Tags: Cabinet, HDTV, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Photos: Top-rated reviews of the week
- Here are a few of ZDNet's favorite items from the past week, including Adobe suites, laptop bags, and a Panasonic flat panel TV. by CNET News.com
- Tags: Photograph, Laptop Computer, Notebooks, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2008-12-01
- Surveys show consumers love HDTVs, but show some confusion about HD programming
- Two recent research studies have found that the demand from U.S. consumers for HDTVs hasn't slackened despite the tough economy, but confusion remains about what you do with the TV once the set is purchased. You would presume that people are seeking out HDTVs in order to...
- Tags: HDTV, Survey, Blu-ray, Programming, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Mumbai Attacks : Knowledge is Power
- There is a huge difference between verified information, speculation, incorrect information and disinformation. The net is buzzing about the communication enabled by Twitter, Flickr, youtube, wikipedia and bloggers from Mumbai, with CNN stating "It was the day social media appeared to come of...
- Tags: Event, Knowledge, Twitter, Attack, Wiki, Security, Online Communications, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
- Rating Samsung's first notebooks for the U.S.
- If your holiday list includes a laptop, there's a new choice from an well-known name: Samsung. In October, Samsung announced that it was entering the U.S. market with six new notebooks, as well as a netbook. The timing wasn't great. After several quarters of double-digit growth, the PC market cooled...
- Tags: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, Laptop Magazine, PC Magazine, Notebooks, Modems, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Is on-demand slowly killing traditional broadcasting?
- I'm not a big TV watcher to be honest. In the UK, we have the "licence fee" which you need to pay the government before you even connect the telly to the wall. If you don't, you can bet your arse you'll have armed police storming the windows to your...
- Tags: On-demand, Broadcasting, Cloud Computing, TVs, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- I'm a PC and, yes, I love Vista
- * Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Todd Hooper It's true - I'm a PC. Searching through my 2006 emails recently reminded me it was two years ago this month when I loaded a beta of Windows Vista on...
- Tags: Security, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, NAP Agent, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- A quick Thanksgiving digression
- Here in the States, tomorrow is Thanksgiving and in between budgeting for FY10, trying to find areas of the FY09 budget to cut in preparation for trickle down effects from our state deficit, and redeveloping our websites, I'm going to be shuttling relatives from the airport and starting to cook....
- Tags: Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Food & Beverage, Internet, Manufacturing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Blockbuster joins movie-streaming race with 2Wire MediaPoint digital media player
- With Netflix pushing hard into the living room with the Netflix Player by Roku, Vudu offering an improved device (the BX100) with HD streaming, and, of course, Apple TV still hanging around, Blockbuster was bound to want to join the streaming movie club, even if the...
- Tags: 2Wire, Digital Media, Movie, Blockbuster Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- What mobile video users watch
- Type of Video Subscribers, 000 % of mobile audience Music Videos 639 32.8% Full TV/film 622 31.9% Movie Trailers 617 31.7% Comedy Videos 596 30.6% Weather Information 581 29.9% Local/National/World news 563 28.9% Sports action or...
- Tags: Mobile, Video, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- MacBooks: World's greenest family of notebooks
- Apple's latest Get A Mac television commercial proclaims the new MacBooks to be the "world's greenest family of notebooks." The ad touts the MacBook as completely recyclable and says that it uses a quarter of the amount of power of a single light bulb and has no mercury. ...
- Tags: Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Americans watch 142 hours of TV a month
- Nielsen Media Research found that an average American watches 142 hours of TV in a month. Last season the typical home had a television on for 8:18 each day. Americans aged 65 and up watch more than 196 hours per month. by AM
- Tags: Hour, TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, AM
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Going back to Windows Media Center
- I'd been using Media Center as my primary DVR since shortly after the release of Windows Vista several years ago. At the time, my intention was to learn more about the other TV-oriented technology at Microsoft, which was of particular interest to me as I worked, at the time, in...
- Tags: Channel, Windows Media, Media Center PC, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Digital Video Recorder, CableCard, Media Center PCs, DVR, Digital Video, Cable, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- ZDNet Holiday Gift Guide: Top desktops for any budget
- Desktops get little love these days as more and more users opt for notebook PCs. Laptops have closed the gap in recent years in terms of features and performance. But the fact remains that desktops deliver a lot more bang for buck. In fact, you can...
- Tags: Game, Hard Drive, Dell Computer Corp., Gateway Inc., PC, Memory, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Quad-core System, Studio, Flash Memory, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- 2008 Holiday Buying Guide: Midrange home theater setups
- Last week, I gave some recommendations for budget home theater setups. This time, I'm looking at home theater products for a slightly larger budget: TVs that cost between $1,000 and $2,000, plus slightly more expensive components. Even with the additional outlay, it doesn't add up to...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Home Theater, Video, 1080p, Blu-ray, PN50A550, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Corporate Communications, DVD, Personal Technology, Marketing, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
- Black Friday '08: Deals, steals & specials guide
- There's always a lot of madness surrounding consumerist pseudo-holiday Black Friday, but with the economy in a chokehold, this year's event has been hard to predict. Will there be good deals because of a tanking economy, or did companies sign off on their specials before the...
- Tags: Circuit City Stores Inc., Home Theater, Savings, HDTV, Price, LCD, Laptop Computer, Approx, SKIP, Home Entertainment, GPS, Tv & Home Theater, TVs, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-11-23
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: MP3 players
- I rarely see people carrying portable CD players anymore as it is much more convenient (size of players, amount of music, battery life) to burn your music to digital format or simply buy it online and download it to your PC/Mac. Many MP3 players support video too, but I'll focus...
- Tags: Device, Apple iPod, Page, MP3 Player, Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Video, Apple iPod Touch, MP3, Music, Zune Device, E-series Walkman, SanDisk Fuze, Zen X-Fi, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
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White Papers and Webcasts
In this video we hear from Sudip Chahal, Principal Engineer with the Intel IT Enterprise Architecture Group, talking about a new white paper from IT@Intel, "Evaluating Two- and Four-Socket Server Virtualization Platforms."
