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News We were delayed by a national project upgrading our green screens with Sony colour monitors, so we are still assessing interface options," he told Silicon.com, "But behind the screens, the technology is pretty much... [22 Sep 1999]
Argos pie-eyed at TV bungle
News Catalogue giant Argos is wiping egg from its online face after accidentally offering Sony 21 inch TVs for sale at just £3 each on its website. The offer was unsurprisingly snapped up by many happy surfers. [09 Sep 1999]
European Digital TV to skyrocket technology budgets
News From this survey, companies most often cited as leaders in customer management were BskyB, Sony and NTL. PricewaterhouseCoopers Media 99 survey has revealed that a quarter of European media companies expect to spend as... [06 Sep 1999]
Benchmark seeks to set DLT standard
News Benchmark argues that DDS users are showing increased concern over the future of the market - one of the key manufacturers, Sony, said two months ago that it won't be producing a DDS5. Start-up storage company Benchmark... [03 Sep 1999]
Linus speaks to the masses
News Speaking at San Jose's LinuxWorld, Torvalds also confirmed that Sony will be putting the free operating system on its next generation of Playstations. Linux inventor, Linus Torvalds, says the operating system should... [11 Aug 1999]
SDMI consortium agrees digital music format
News The big record labels - BMG, EMI, Sony Music, Universal and Warner Music Group - have opposed the illegal downloading of music in the controversial MP3 format via the Internet since its introduction. The Secure Digital... [30 Jun 1999]
High-street shops get digital music delivery
News Sony Music Entertainment has inked a deal with Red Dot Net to digitally distribute all Sony's back catalogue. The major advantage for any retailer is it can effectively sell the entire... [10 Jun 1999]
Net music sales set to boom
News According to MTI, direct downloading of music from the Internet - which currently accounts for less than 8 per cent of the Web music trade - will become more and more popular and threatens to take music out of the control of major... [26 May 1999]
IBM and RealNetworks team up to fight MP3
News IBM already has the support of BMG, EMI, Sony Music, Universal Music, and Warner Music. IBM and RealNetworks are set to work together on a project to deliver music online. The partnership will create another format... [13 Apr 1999]
Sony launches media Web sites
News Sony yesterday announced the launch of three separate Web sites, aimed at the media and broadcasting industry. A database is provided to allow customers to browse Sony products. Sony... [13 Apr 1999]
Sony and EMI join forces for online music
News Sony and EMI's music divisions are set to jointly develop commercial Web sites, according to a report on the Financial Times. The two firms have so far refused to comment, but Robin Duke-Woolley, principle consultant at... [26 Mar 1999]
Brann lands a MAN
News Brann's customers include Microsoft, Sainsbury's and Sony. Direct marketing company, Brann has installed a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) based on Gigabit Ethernet running over fibre. The Bristol MAN uses Foundry... [09 Mar 1999]
Creation backtracks over MP3
News A Creation spokesman insisted the move was not a response to pressure from Creation's parent company, Sony. He said Sony is still considering the issue and had asked Creation to wait until a decision has... [01 Feb 1999]
Sun's Jini gets high-profile backing
News Sun is announcing 35 licensees for its Jini technology, including IT heavyweights such as IBM, Cisco, 3Com, Sony, Toshiba and AOL. The Java-based software allows networked devices to talk to one another - creating... [25 Jan 1999]
Western Digital and Sony to develop home server
News Hard disk drive maker, Western Digital (WD) is to join forces with Sony to develop multimedia storage products for the home consumer market. A WD statement claims the convergence of broadcasting, communications and IT... [16 Dec 1998]
