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Brit gets nod as Sony CEO
News Sony's board of directors unanimously approved the selection of a British executive as the company's new chief executive and chairman amid a management shake-up on Sunday at the electronics and entertainment giant. [07 Mar 2005]
Desktop sales drag down PC market
News There are a number of reasons for this, including rapidly falling system prices, enhanced wireless experiences and expanded multimedia/entertainment functionality," Shiffler said. Despite this push, the price and complexity of entertainment-focused... [16 Feb 2005]
Intel re-orders itself for the future
News The Digital Home Group will develop computing and communications platforms for use by consumers in the emerging digital home, with emphasis on living room entertainment applications and consumer electronics devices. [18 Jan 2005]
Intel restructures for the digital future
The Digital Home Group will develop computing and communications platforms for use by consumers in the emerging digital home, with emphasis on living room entertainment applications and consumer electronics devices. [18 Jan 2005]
Digital X-Ray Sensors for Military, Commercial, and Homeland Defense Applications
White Paper The digital revolution that had its origins in the entertainment domain of the commercial sector during the latter part of the 21st century has made its presence known in the military, as part of the Digitization of the Battlefield, and is... [05 Jan 2005]
Britney tops the Google charts
In the world of entertainment, animated characters dominated Google's list of the most popular TV shows, with "The Simpsons" outpacing the "Pokemon" cast and the kids from "South Park". Among computer goods, Froogle tracked tablet PCs as most... [24 Dec 2004]
"We want Britney" say web surfers
News In the world of entertainment, animated characters dominated Google's list of the most popular TV shows, with "The Simpsons" outpacing the "Pokemon" cast and the kids from "South Park". Among computer goods, Froogle tracked tablet PCs as most... [24 Dec 2004]
Samsung shows off hard-drive based mobile
By the end of 2005, they will have 5-megapixel cameras and 2GB of flash memory for storing entertainment files. Samsung has unveiled a mobile phone with a 1-megapixel camera, two colour screens and a 1.5GB, 2.5cm hard-disk drive. [07 Dec 2004]
India sees mobile gaming boom
News Mobile phones are also emerging as a leading entertainment device. The Indian mobile-game business currently makes up about 5 per cent of the global wireless market, but it's growing fast, market researcher In-Stat/MDR said in its study. [25 Nov 2004]
Mobile gaming booms in India
Mobile phones are also emerging as a leading entertainment device. The Indian mobile-game business currently makes up about 5 percent of the global wireless market, but it's growing fast, market researcher In-Stat/MDR said in its study. [25 Nov 2004]
Lastminute.chairman quits.com
News He has also seen the company undertake a period of rapid consolidation across the travel and entertainment sector. Leighton will be replaced by Brian Collie, director of global retail and ecommerce at BAA. [26 Oct 2004]
Nokia planning RFID in phones
News Entertainment trade show in San Francisco, Nokia was demonstrating an early prototype that was built in collaboration with VeriSign, which is proposing a central repository for RFID data that companies can use to relay information about inventory... [25 Oct 2004]
Ringback tones coming to European mobiles
News However, in only February this year, mobile entertainment company Netsize put a figure of $1.5bn across Europe by the end of 2005. The growth of ringback tones in Europe is set to mean hundreds of millions of euros in extra revenues for mobile... [24 Aug 2004]
Grokster and Morpheus 'don't violate US copyright'
News Dorman describes the decision as a victory for the technology industry and for fans, artists and owners of entertainment content. Entertainment industry executives in the US must now embrace peer-to-peer technology and work with software developers... [23 Aug 2004]
File-swapping could hit digital books for millions
News While text publishers face some of the same DRM issues as entertainment studios - consumer acceptance, hackability versus ease of use -the industry also poses some unique challenges. There's no Napster for books yet, but creators of text and images... [19 Aug 2004]
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