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CompUSA Closing Doors After Christmas
You'd think with all the talk of hot electronics sales and a growing base of HDTV users that the larger chain stores would be flourishing and basking in the glory of increased sales and untold…
BD+ Cracked? So Much for Happily Ever After
This "fable" is about the MPAA who believed they should have control of how people watch movies in their homes. The MPAA wanted to make sure that the people would be unable to do anything with those…
Rumors of Laser DLP from Mitsubishi Surface for CES
After several years of trickling out details, Mitsubishi announced plans at the iSupply Flat Information Displays (FID) 2007 conference for a private preview of a laser based DLP rear projection set…
Dept. of Justice sides with RIAA in MP3 File-Sharing Lawsuit
The Bush administration officially sided with the RIAA in the latest file-sharing lawsuit. Jamie Thomas, a middle class single mom in Minnesota has been ordered to shell out $222,000 for making 24…
Did Wal-Mart Benefit Black Friday HD Player Sales?
Results for Black Friday sales related to the two HD optical disc formats have been trickling in and sales of both discs and player appear to be up compared to this time last year. A small glimmer…
PlayStation 3 Year One
Sony Computer Entertainment American (SCEA) CEO Jack Tretton talks about PlayStation 3 year one:
"I don't think there's any question that there were missteps…”
MPAA get DMCA Takedown Notice, Taste of its Own Medicine
In what is one of the tastiest ironies I’ve come across lately, the Motion Picture Association of America has had a Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notice issued to the ISP hosting a…
Wal-Mart and Amazon Deal DRM-Free MP3, a Sign iPod is Weakening
Digital Rights Management (DRM) has long been a source of aggravation and confusion for digital music fans. The pesky layer on MP3 music files purchased from most online music vendors is designed to…
Xbox Live Dashboard December 07 Update
Facebook-like social networking and full game downloads are among the items to be included in an Xbox Live Dashboard update tomorrow. It includes a few interesting items even if it fails to measure…
Impact Acoustics Rotating HDMI Adapters
Impact Acoustics tossed me a new product announcement the other day that really got my attention. They have a new line of rotating, swiveling HDMI adapters which finally solve that issue of…