Sony Electronics is starting its retail expansion with a splash, opening the doors to three newly remodeled Sony Stores and several brand new Sony Gallery experiences in just a few short months. Following the success of the most recently ...
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JUST how smart can smart televisions be? Well, they're becoming smart enough to watch you as much as you watch them, they're smart enough to listen to what you say, and they can study and analyse your viewing habits. Indeed, smart TVs ...
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Once a white-hot PC product that sold in the tens of millions of units annually, netbook computers are now marking their final days, with the rise of tablets causing their shipments to wind down to virtually zero after next year, according ...
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Like Paul Hewson and Declan MacManus—Bono and Elvis Costello, respectively—Boxee is hoping there's some magic in a name change: The company is rebranding its Boxee TV media player as the Boxee Cloud DVR. The price will remain at ...
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Sony Corp showed 56- (3,840 x 2,160-pixel) and 30-inch (4,096 x 2,160-pixel) OLED monitors capable of displaying 4k2k video and targeted at broadcasting companies in Sony's booth at 2013 NAB Show, a trade show of broadcasting equipment, ...
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If you've been wondering how much cheaper smaller-sized Ultra HD sets will be than their gargantuan ancestors, we're starting to get an idea of prices. Sony just announced that its least expensive UHD TV to date—a 55-inch ...
Sony will soon launch 4K TVs far smaller and cheaper than existing models, along with a 4K media player and download service, all aimed at bringing the next-generation TV format into the mainstream. The company said Monday it will launch ...
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Microsoft's next-generation Xbox console is going to use AMD processors. Bloomberg reports that sources close to the "Xbox 720" games system say it will use an AMD computer chip instead of the IBM Power PC, as Microsoft looks to reduce ...
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LiveU (www.liveu.tv), the leader in portable live video-over-cellular solutions, today announced that LiveU is now compatible with Sony's professional PDW-700 camcorder for live video coverage. Supported by a LiveU dedicated bracket, ...
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Youth research agency and games development studio, Dubit has bolstered its team with two new appointments. Adam Woodgate (pictured left) joins the firm as research manager. He arrives from BBC Worldwide, where he spent 20 years in ...
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JUST how smart can smart televisions be? Well, they're becoming smart enough to watch you as much as you watch them, they're smart enough to listen to what you say, and they can study and analyse your viewing habits. Indeed, smart TVs ...
Despite stronger-than-expected growth during the fourth quarter, 2012 was still a miserable year for the semiconductor market and suppliers, with only eight out of the Top 25 chipmakers managing to eke out revenue growth—but nine ...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has a warning for organizations that post a lot of business and personal information on public web pages and social media sites: Don't do it. Phishers, the agency said in an alert this week, look ...
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The brand-new Canon Vixia HF G30 is a pricey full-sized HD camcorder, at $1,700. The high price means it has a lot of high-end features—a 3.5-inch OLED touchscreen display, wireless capability, and a 20x wide-angle zoom lens. It also ...
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It's no secret that Samsung is up against Apple in many ways, in products, sales and innovation. However, even in the face of Apple's patent infringement lawsuits, Samsung is still climbing the charts. The electronics giant sold ...
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