Alles over Universal Disc Players to Dominate the Market - Researcher | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Neowin.net | 2007-01-25 23:58:06
Following the commercial launch of the universal player that can tap both Blu-ray and HD DVD markets there are many more similar devices incoming according to technology research firm ABI research, which believes that such hybrid players will essentially end the war of formats. However, due to high pricing of blue-laser players their mass adoption is still far ahead. ABI Research believes that by creating a player that accommodates both Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs, the Korean manufacturer LG Electronics may have created a precedent that the rest of the industry will have to follow. "We believe that universal players will come to dominate the high-definition DVD player market," said Steve Wilson, the firm's principal analyst of consumer electronics. The research firm also speculates that Samsung is expected to release its own universal player "soon", and others, including large consumer electronics vendors, may follow suit "before long". ABI Research forecasts sales of 2.4 million players in 2007, rising to 55 million in 2011. View: The full story News source: Xbit Labs Read full story...
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Alles over Hackable Zune to Dominate the World, Kill iPod? | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Gizmodo | 2006-11-27 21:08:45
The MicrosoftZune is a typical 1.0 release for the Redmond giant—clunky and plagued with problems—but could it emerge as a big hit and the anti-iPod? ComputerWorld's Mike Elgan thinks allowing hackability in the Zune could thrust it to the top of the marketplace, giving it customizability and enhancing its popularity. While he levels some harsh haterage at the first Zune, he points out lots of Zune hacks already emerging. He also sees the possibility of a newer, looser Zune prevailing in the DAP market, predicting that "Microsoft could create a Zune that's more desirable than the iPod," somehow dominating the market like PCs have slam-dunked Macs in market share.
His suggestions for Zune hacking, leading to its world domination, after the jump.Let people transform the Zune into an Xboxgame controller, a TV remote control, a portable presentation device, a wireless PC hard drive or a Vista gadget emulator. Give me a wireless keyboard and a Zune version of Pocket Outlook, and I'll never buy another iPod. Build ClearType into Zune and make it the ultimate eBook reader (and sell eBooks on Zune Marketplace).But Mike, so far, the Zune is just as locked down as the iPod is, maybe even more so. Plus, the iPod has gotten such a tremendous head start here. By the time the next version of the Zune is released, Apple will have an iPhone and a widescreen videoiPod on the market. That's going to be awfully hard to catch up to, isn't it? – Charlie White
Zune: So you want to be an iPod killer [ComputerWorld]
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Alles over Porn On The Swedish News | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Attu sees all | 2006-08-25 18:29:34
Sweden's state broadcaster SVT on Monday faced ridicule for mistakenly showing a porn movie in the background of a news broadcast over the weekend.
Viewers of a 5-minute news update at midnight Saturday could see explicit scenes from a Czech porn movie on a TV screen behind news anchor Peter Dahlgren.
The monitor -- one of many on the wall of a control room visible behind the studio -- normally shows other news channels during broadcasts. http://attu.blogspot.com/2006/08/porn-on-swedish-news.html
Alles over Porn Dominates the Spam Battlefield | rss feed | toevoegen | e-mail nieuwsalarm | Slashdot | 2006-07-06 21:18:26
An anonymous reader writes "New York Times has published an article that explores the economics that control what type of spam shows up in your inbox. The study was done by CipherTrust and shows that porn spam is 280 times more effective than spam advertising pharmacy drugs. Paul Judge offered the following towards an explanation: 'If you look at some of the oldest and most successful forms of business on earth, they revolve around sex.'"
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