items tagged with Video
Skype hype to soar as 100 billion minute milestone reached
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-18 00:35:27
Skype, the p2p Internet phone company that has put the fear of God into just about every telecommunications company on Planet Earth, has reached a milestone that will have those telcos quaking in their boots even harder – 100 billion Skype-to-Skype calls that were, effectively, free – while also winning an award for their ‘paradigm shifting’ 3 Skypephone.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-18 00:35:27
Skype, the p2p Internet phone company that has put the fear of God into just about every telecommunications company on Planet Earth, has reached a milestone that will have those telcos quaking in their boots even harder – 100 billion Skype-to-Skype calls that were, effectively, free – while also winning an award for their ‘paradigm shifting’ 3 Skypephone.
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Japanese public TV broadcaster NHK says Toshiba to declare HD DVD dead
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-16 06:56:06
Japanese news website Akihabara News is reporting that Japanese TV network NHK has run a report saying HD DVD is ‘officially’ dead, although Toshiba are still yet to make their own official announcement.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-16 06:56:06
Japanese news website Akihabara News is reporting that Japanese TV network NHK has run a report saying HD DVD is ‘officially’ dead, although Toshiba are still yet to make their own official announcement.
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Wal-Mart waves goodbye to HD DVD
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-15 21:01:11
Yes, HD DVD truly is the ‘Hopelessly Doomed Digital Video Disc’ now with Wal-Mart’s decision to ditch the ailing Toshiba format and go exclusively Blu-ray.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-15 21:01:11
Yes, HD DVD truly is the ‘Hopelessly Doomed Digital Video Disc’ now with Wal-Mart’s decision to ditch the ailing Toshiba format and go exclusively Blu-ray.
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‘Reliable sources’ say Toshiba to drop HD DVD - soon
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-15 10:10:20
Warner, Best Buy and Netflix go Blu-ray exclusive; Blu-ray player and disc sales still far outstrip HD DVD; those up to 50% price cuts had little effect and US $2.7m ‘Superbowl’ ad campaign promoting HD DVD players as great DVD upscalers seems to have flopped: all the world is waiting for now is an official announcement that HD DVD is dead.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-15 10:10:20
Warner, Best Buy and Netflix go Blu-ray exclusive; Blu-ray player and disc sales still far outstrip HD DVD; those up to 50% price cuts had little effect and US $2.7m ‘Superbowl’ ad campaign promoting HD DVD players as great DVD upscalers seems to have flopped: all the world is waiting for now is an official announcement that HD DVD is dead.
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PacketVideo sends DVB-H TV thru Wi-Fi for iPhone, Nokia and WM phones – cool!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-02-14 19:31:48
Got a smartphone with Wi-Fi, and want to turn it into a pocket TV that can receive DVB-H signals? You don’t need to wait to buy a new DVB-H equipped phone as mobile video pioneer PacketVideo has come up with a nifty solution aimed at the iPhone, iPod Touch, and other Wi-Fi smartphones.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-02-14 19:31:48
Got a smartphone with Wi-Fi, and want to turn it into a pocket TV that can receive DVB-H signals? You don’t need to wait to buy a new DVB-H equipped phone as mobile video pioneer PacketVideo has come up with a nifty solution aimed at the iPhone, iPod Touch, and other Wi-Fi smartphones.
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Software Watch: Skype 2.7
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-02-14 14:41:00
Skype 2.7's major new features are compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 plus support for video calling at 640 x 480 pixels and up to 25 frames per second.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-02-14 14:41:00
Skype 2.7's major new features are compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 plus support for video calling at 640 x 480 pixels and up to 25 frames per second.
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Universal Pictures Australasia to release ‘at least’ 20 HD DVD titles in 2008
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-03 22:55:48
If you thought HD DVD meant ‘high def dead video disc’ and that Blu-ray had won the war, Universal Australia’s announcement of at least 20 new titles in 2008 is certainly comforting to local HD DVD player owners – but is it enough to stem the tide of consumer support for Blu-ray?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-03 22:55:48
If you thought HD DVD meant ‘high def dead video disc’ and that Blu-ray had won the war, Universal Australia’s announcement of at least 20 new titles in 2008 is certainly comforting to local HD DVD player owners – but is it enough to stem the tide of consumer support for Blu-ray?
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Telstra gets touchy-feely with the HTC Touch Dual 850
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-03 21:26:26
HTC’s iPhone-esque ‘Touch’ has been upgraded to include a slide-out keypad and a 3.5G HSDPA chip running on Telstra’s 850Mhz Next G network. HTC’s first Touch didn’t really touch me at all, especially in the midst of iPhone mania, so just how touching is HTC’s new version?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-03 21:26:26
HTC’s iPhone-esque ‘Touch’ has been upgraded to include a slide-out keypad and a 3.5G HSDPA chip running on Telstra’s 850Mhz Next G network. HTC’s first Touch didn’t really touch me at all, especially in the midst of iPhone mania, so just how touching is HTC’s new version?
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Skyfire unveils iPhone-like browser for smartphones
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-01-29 18:52:05
If you’ve ever wished that your mobile phone’s screen could render web pages as you see them on a desktop computer, including Flash video, AJAX, Java and more, don’t look up to an iPhone – look up to the Skyfire.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-01-29 18:52:05
If you’ve ever wished that your mobile phone’s screen could render web pages as you see them on a desktop computer, including Flash video, AJAX, Java and more, don’t look up to an iPhone – look up to the Skyfire.
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VoIP provider Engin misfires badly
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-01-24 23:06:54
Faced with poor subscriber growth, despite blowing millions on its sales and marketing efforts, the company is slashing costs, postponing its plans for ADLS2+ services and relinquishing its exclusive right to offer the TiVo personal video recorder in Australia.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Industry
2008-01-24 23:06:54
Faced with poor subscriber growth, despite blowing millions on its sales and marketing efforts, the company is slashing costs, postponing its plans for ADLS2+ services and relinquishing its exclusive right to offer the TiVo personal video recorder in Australia.
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Format-shifting provisions under review
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-01-24 00:22:26
The operation of legislation allowing certain format-shifting activities of movies and photographs is under review.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-01-24 00:22:26
The operation of legislation allowing certain format-shifting activities of movies and photographs is under review.
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January sales show HD DVD finished
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-01-23 04:41:14
The Blu-ray camp has won the high definition video format war and can start popping the champagne corks. It was a brave fight but based on the latest US sales figures of standalone HD video players, it's time for Toshiba and the rest of the HD DVD camp to throw in the towel and concede defeat.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles
Category: IT blog
2008-01-23 04:41:14
The Blu-ray camp has won the high definition video format war and can start popping the champagne corks. It was a brave fight but based on the latest US sales figures of standalone HD video players, it's time for Toshiba and the rest of the HD DVD camp to throw in the towel and concede defeat.
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Prices slashed as HD DVD nears ‘High-Def Dead Video Disc’ status
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-22 00:40:30
Toshiba Australia’s huge 50% price drop on three HD DVD players with a stack of free movies either signals the clear out stock at relatively cheap prices, or a price-led effort to revive HD DVD’s fortunes – which is it?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-22 00:40:30
Toshiba Australia’s huge 50% price drop on three HD DVD players with a stack of free movies either signals the clear out stock at relatively cheap prices, or a price-led effort to revive HD DVD’s fortunes – which is it?
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HD DVD: When all else fails practically give them away
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-01-22 00:30:46
Toshiba has slashed the prices of HD DVD players in Australia to the point where the company is practically giving them away in movie bundling deals.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-01-22 00:30:46
Toshiba has slashed the prices of HD DVD players in Australia to the point where the company is practically giving them away in movie bundling deals.
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Consumers prefer iTunes movies to Blu-ray and HD DVD?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-21 07:17:00
Apple have sold 7 million movies since their introduction on iTunes back in September 2006, outselling high-def movie sales on Blu-ray or HD DVD – with more competition still from the Xbox 360’s movie download service, Amazon’s Unbox and others – but downloading hasn’t won the race just yet.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-21 07:17:00
Apple have sold 7 million movies since their introduction on iTunes back in September 2006, outselling high-def movie sales on Blu-ray or HD DVD – with more competition still from the Xbox 360’s movie download service, Amazon’s Unbox and others – but downloading hasn’t won the race just yet.
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MacBook Air a balanced package
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-01-17 19:21:00
A (non-iTWire) colleague has questioned Apple's wisdom in fitting the MacBook Air with 2G of soldered-in RAM with no upgrade capability.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-01-17 19:21:00
A (non-iTWire) colleague has questioned Apple's wisdom in fitting the MacBook Air with 2G of soldered-in RAM with no upgrade capability.
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Shock: Apple’s new crop a bit of a yawner...
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-15 16:43:10
The Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008 has come and gone, and there’s no 3G iPhone, no MacBook Tablet, MacBook Nano or iPhone Pro, no Blu-ray drives and no iPhone notes synching. So what did Steve Jobs bring down the mountain?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-15 16:43:10
The Steve Jobs keynote at Macworld 2008 has come and gone, and there’s no 3G iPhone, no MacBook Tablet, MacBook Nano or iPhone Pro, no Blu-ray drives and no iPhone notes synching. So what did Steve Jobs bring down the mountain?
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Beyonwiz DP-S1 PVR finally comes of age, but TiVo looms large
Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2008-01-14 20:08:57
The Beyonwiz DP-S1 personal video recorder was an unfinished masterpiece when released last year but, after a series of firmware upgrades, it's finally delivering on those early promises.
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Written By: Adam Turner
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: New Products
2008-01-14 20:08:57
The Beyonwiz DP-S1 personal video recorder was an unfinished masterpiece when released last year but, after a series of firmware upgrades, it's finally delivering on those early promises.
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Porn companies feel online piracy’s pinch - and don't like it
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-14 05:16:56
Faced with the threat of piracy through X-rated video sharing sites, at least one adult content producer is suing their video sharing competition, while the on-demand nature of online video dents DVD sales.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-14 05:16:56
Faced with the threat of piracy through X-rated video sharing sites, at least one adult content producer is suing their video sharing competition, while the on-demand nature of online video dents DVD sales.
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Universal and Paramount – Holding Dearly onto HD DVD, for now
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-14 01:26:02
Although the concept of one high-def video format would be appear to be of universal and paramount importance, especially after the VHS vs Beta wars, we thankfully live in a world where competition, the markets and consumers determine the winners. HD DVD has certainly received what appears to be a knockout blow – but is it truly lights out for this high-def contender?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-01-14 01:26:02
Although the concept of one high-def video format would be appear to be of universal and paramount importance, especially after the VHS vs Beta wars, we thankfully live in a world where competition, the markets and consumers determine the winners. HD DVD has certainly received what appears to be a knockout blow – but is it truly lights out for this high-def contender?
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