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A battle reminiscent of the titanic Athens versus Sparta wars continues to play itself out in the consumer electronics space. Dating back to the 1970s, industry giants Sony and NEC have developed competing standards for recoding information on a variety of media from VCR tapes to CDs. Their latest s...
Virgin Mobile and BT Livetime announced a partnership yesterday to pilot live digital mobile TV. The duo will work with Microsoft, Sky, Argiva and GCap Media to do a four-month trial run over the DAB digital radio network. The television service offers Virgin Mobile's customers access to live digita...
Revenge is sweet. Record-breaking box-office receipts came in for the opening of the final installment of the "Star Wars" series this past weekend. Having grossed US$158.5 million from Thursday to Sunday, "Revenge of the Sith" currently stands as online ticket seller Fandango's top-seller for openin...
E3 is the conference to go to if you are into gaming. Computer games, console games, even phone games are here, and the show is all about demos and entertainment. No place else in the world lets you try out not-yet-released titles, see characters and equipment that only exist in the virtual gaming...
Consumers are seeing more television on their mobile phones as another company rolls out a mobile handset service, most recently from UK provider Orange, which will offer customers there top TV shows and channels, such as Cartoon Network and CNN, for a monthly subscription. The service, which is thi...
Not to be left out of the furious technology tussle that has Sony and Microsoft gaming over their next-generation consoles, Nintendo touted the deep game support and backward compatibility of its own Revolution console this week. While Microsoft and Sony have touted improved power and graphics in th...
The very first thought that crossed my mind when I saw the new Xbox was that this is probably what would have resulted if the rumored merger between Sony and Apple had been successful. It borrows heavily from design elements common in the most aggressive products from both companies and seems to mis...
At the same time that they may be working toward a single solution for the next-generation DVD video disc, Sony and Toshiba appear to be advancing their own, separate solutions and downplaying a blending of the technologies. Industry analysts indicate that both companies -- and backers which include...
A recent U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling against the Federal Communication Commission's requirement of broadcast flag anti-piracy technology may give consumers more control over how they watch and record broadcast content, including digital television. That programming may be limited, however, ...
Turner Broadcasting System (TBS) figures if people like to watch classic movies and old "Seinfeld" episodes, they will also be interested in discontinued, out-of-date video games, including arcade and classic console hits. The media giant, a division of Time Warner, said its GameTap games-on-demand ...
The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA) is heading up an effort to develop a rating and filtering system for mobile content. The wireless industry trade group is launching the initiative amid the growing interest that the adult entertainment industry, including Playboy, Hus...
The electronics giants who have battled for years over the next-generation DVD format appeared to be moving to avert a war this week, with Sony and Toshiba -- promoting different high-definition DVD formats known as Blu-ray and HD DVD, respectively -- leading an effort to come together. Today, Pana...
While several reports today are saying that rivals Sony and Toshiba, who are each touting their own standard for high-definition DVD, are discussing a standard optical disc format, the companies are distancing themselves from that statement. They both seem to have the consumer's interest at heart, w...
"I want my MTV" is being replaced with, "I want my Xbox," as Microsoft plans to unveil the second version of its Xbox video game console with a half-hour MTV television show hosted by "Lord of the Rings" star Elijah Wood next month. Although gaming enthusiasts still do not know the name of Microsoft...
MTV this week announced the launch of "MTV Overdrive," an Web-based channel designed for broadband users who want their MTV -- online. Overdrive will launch on April 25, 2005 with exclusive, MTV-style content, including music videos, live music performances, short-form programming and artist intervi...
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