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Blu-ray Awareness on the Rise
According to a study from Interpret, a media research company, in just two years around 60% of U.S. households now know what a Blu-ray disc is. At the same time it is being reported that the number…
Circuit City Residential Installer Jobs Cuts Coming
This week Circuit City Stores Inc. said that it is shrinking its Firedog home installation business in response to the national economic slowdown centered around the home construction industry. While…
Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Explosive Hit For Ubisoft
Soon after Ubisoft bought the rights to Tom Clancy’s name, the latest game in the franchise has breached and cleared the 2 million sales mark. That's 2 million copies, not 2 million dollars. Rainbow…
Judge to RIAA: You Have Burden of Proof
Anyone who has a pulse has followed the RIAA lawsuit saga over the past several years, with the RIAA suing various customers, also called litigants, over illegal file-sharing practices. The chief…
CTIA Wireless ’08 – Merging and Leapfrogging Technologies
The mobile-device industry’s annual US trade show powers up today at the Las Vegas Convention Center. In this era of merging technologies, it’s difficult to imagine an industry that hasn’t been…
Sony BMG Sued for Software Piracy
So when is copying IP not theft? When it is someone else's IP; at least according to Sony BMG. Like a mugger who wears shoes that light up while running, apparently someone at Sony BMG called up to…
WiFi Hotspots About to Go Global?
An interesting turn of events this week showed how some companies may change the way we think about connecting to the Internet in public places. Currently, users have to search out dedicated Wi-Fi…
Music Subscription Service Buzz Grows
As last week's leak that Apple may be in talks to convert iTunes over to a subscription-based service that is included with all iPod sales still simmers, this week has several music companies in…
Sony Launches Mobile Movies
It looks like movies may be coming to mobile phones as Sony Pictures Television is teaming up with AT&T to bring an actual linear TV channel to the mobile phone market. Dubbed "PIX", the mobile phone…
Turn Off Your Home Theaters to Observe Earth Hour
Tomorrow marks the second annual Earth Hour event where major cities around the world will be turning off their power for a full hour. For home theater buffs, perhaps now is a good opportunity to…