Google plans to announce Friday a new service that will allow consumers to buy and download videos from its Web site, and a downloadable bundle of software applications, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
"We aren't commenting on any new planned services," a Google spokesperson says. "All
Posted by iMark on 2006-01-05
Article Source : EE Times
LONDON — Crown Castle International has renamed its mobile TV subsidiary Modeo LLC and said at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas it would launch commercial services in 30 of the largest markets across the U.S. this year based on the Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) standard.
Internet Companies Storm Consumer Electronics Show
Posted by inet on 2006-01-05
Article Source : NewsFactor
Internet giants Yahoo, Google, and Microsoft are set to dominate the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which takes place in Las Vegas every year at the beginning of January.
Terry Semel, chairman and CEO of Yahoo, and Larry Page, cofounder and president of Google, are delivering keynote speeches along with
Posted by iNext on 2006-01-05
Article Source : Reuters
BellSouth, the No. 3 U.S. local telephone company, said on Wednesday it signed a deal to receive satellite video services from SES Global as it moves ahead with test plans to deliver television over the Internet.
The deal with SES Global's U.S. arm, SES Americom, expands on a trial BellSouth
Sling Media plans to unveil on Thursday software that would enable a mobile device to access a person's cable TV service from anyplace where there's a high-speed Internet connection.
The software, which runs on Microsoft's Windows Mobile Platform versions 4.0 or 5.0, is scheduled to be launched at the Consumer Electronics Show
Asian governments attempting to control the free flow of information face a struggle as their citizens increasingly turn to the Internet for alternative views.
As Internet penetration rates surge across Asia, governments, including those in China and Vietnam, are finding it harder to deal with political challenges arising from the availability of
Do you want to catch "Saturday Night Live" on Sunday, or "Nightline" in the morning? Would you like to watch the football game in a doctor's waiting room or 2,000 miles from home? Or, what if you're suddenly in the mood for an old episode of "Dragnet" or one of last year's hit films?
Posted by inet on 2006-01-05
Article Source : EE Times
SAN JOSE, Calif. — More details were disclosed on Tuesday (Jan. 2) about the formation of two U.S. nanotechnology centers, especially the one in New York.
As reported last month, seeking to accelerate nanoelectronics research in the United States, a consortium of companies announced its first research grants under the Semiconductor Industry
Microsoft plans to issue a critical security patch next Tuesday that is designed to fix a graphics Windows flaw that came to light over the Christmas period.
The flaw allows attackers to take over a user’s machine by distributing specially crafted files from malicious websites.
Helped by the ability of game players connecting at McDonald's restaurants, Wi-Fi hotspot provider Wayport said Wednesday its customers made almost 10 million paid connections at its 12,000 locations in 2005.
The company claimed that the number of connections was the most it's ever served and was an 83 percent increase compared
