If you missed the latest podcast from our friends over at CNET, I'll fill you in. Eric Franklin and Dong Ngo have a lively conversation about one of the latest marketing ploys, or as they put it, "company shenanigans."The ploy? Dynamic...
We reported last week on Sony's initiative with bold business plans to carry through 2010 and beyond. What got lost in the shuffle was Sony's commitment to make 90% of its electronics network-enabled by 2010. That means your computer talks to your...
Don't hate me. It's just my job, and they make me do it. Yes, I am one of those cursed recording engineers who mixes television commercials, and mixes them to be as loud as possible. It's not my fault, it's just the way it is. You know how loud...
The new tru2way technology that was set to allow manufacturer to make set-top boxes and built-in tuners that would work with any cable operating system isn't growing the way the industry predicted. A new research study by ABI Research is...
NBC is making history, not just with unprecedented coverage of the 2008 Olympics from Beijing, but with how they're presenting and measuring that coverage. No other Olympics have had the technology available for new viewing opportunities, and NBC...
Sony Electronics' president and chief operating officer Stan Glasgow is getting around. His latest dinner companions are dishing the dirt on news Glasgow shared last week. In a report on Barron's, the dinner talk wandered from olive oil to OLED....
Wait! Stop! Don't be afraid of your LCD TV! The rumors about its toxicity are waaay overblown. The guy in the next-door cubicle has probably already warned you about nitrogen trifluoride, and how it makes your TV into a ticking greenhouse time bomb....
The Japanese Web site, AV Watch, is reporting that energetic Pioneer engineers have demonstrated an optical disc with 16 data layers, yielding a capacity of 400 GB. Moreover, since it's engineered to work with specifications such as numerical...
The 4K revolution has begun, led by none other than Hollywood heavy-hitter Will Smith as Hancock. Yup, the much advertised movie is finally here (don't you love this time of year with all the summer blockbusters?) In a style befitting a big-budget...
The British equivalent of the RIAA is making moves that would make its American counterpart proud. The British Phonographic Industry, (BPI) who represents the British recording and music companies, is working with Virgin Media to stem the illegal...
Sales reports are usually pretty dry reading. No difference with the latest report from the Entertainment Merchants Association (EMA) following sales trends in TV, home video and video gaming. However, this time, the numbers from this 32-page...
DreamStream, creator of military-strength encryption code, has a reason to celebrate. The MPAA has approved DreamStream's anti-piracy technology to provide a secure online file streaming system. They're claiming it's hack-proof. When will they...
We just reported that Sony's coming out with a 27-inch OLED display in the somewhat-near future. But, before you start saving up for that, check out the latest technology Sony's working on. Sony is taking over a Pioneer manufacturing plant so they...
Does it get any better? The clever code jockeys at Millard Software have released a beta version of software that enables an iPhone or iPod Touch to receive XM Radio. Yep, grab your jailbroken phone with firmware version 1.1.4, uXM beta v.53...
All these years you've been wandering around like a schmuck looking at the world with plain old "regular" vision. Live in shame no more! The time has come to step up to . . . HD VISION! If you're anything like me, you're tired of living...