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News.blog: Web censorship hampers Olympics journalists

News With the opening of the Beijing Olympic Games a mere nine days away, members of the media have learned that there is at least one thing they can expect not to be open: the Internet. This development is only the latest in a long string of headaches...

Tags: international, chinese, press, broadcast

30 July 2008, 8:39

News.blog: WWDC set to be big for Apple

News Convention Center in San Francisco to address a gathering of Apple's developers and the media. Expect to hear new details about the future of Apple's Mac OS X and Web business next week at the Worldwide Developers Conference -- and we think there...

Tags: wi fi, mac os, community, jobs

6 June 2008, 9:35

Photos: Tech and art combine at Sundance

News A sort of media center 2.0, New Frontier on Main is geared toward filmmaking and art from the cutting edge of cinematic culture. In addition to art installations, it hosts panel discussions on topics like Hollywood adapting to the Web and the...

Tags: artist, gallery, led, wall

22 January 2008, 9:16

Photos: Innovations at Macworld

News MyView's personal media viewer for the iPod had conventioneers temporarily off in their own worlds. Center in San Francisco. Crumpler brought style to the Moscone Center show floor with its cases for Apple products, including its newest laptop case...

Tags: tech, networks, macbook, macworld

17 January 2008, 8:38

Ultraportable speculation at Macworld

News Analysts and the media have suggested that a new laptop, with half the thickness of currently available models, might be announced. Banners at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, where the event will be held, reportedly read "There's something in...

Tags: apple

15 January 2008, 8:52

Bill Gates bids farewell to CES

News In the more near-term realm, Microsoft said Samsung will start offering an adapter that lets its flat-screen TVs act as Media Center extenders. Bill Gates may be stepping away from full-time work later this year, but he still has a few things he...

Tags: microsoft, demand, speech, copies

7 January 2008, 5:37

DRM ineffective, says security expert

News A security expert who once worked for Microsoft has said he may dump the company's Windows Media Center in favor of Ubuntu-affiliated Jesper Johansson -- a former senior program manager for security policy at Microsoft who moved to Amazon in...

28 September 2007, 9:51

The iPod grows up

News Home media centres? And if the persistent rumours are fulfilled on Wednesday during the latest episode of The Steve Jobs Show (a product presentation at San Francisco's Moscone Center), the iPod is about to get a whole lot more powerful.

5 September 2007, 8:32

Samsung touts improved Q1 Ultra

News While not all of the Q1 Ultra's media features are available on the Ultra-XP, Berg stressed that the hardware is the same as the Ultra-V's. In a press conference and reception at the Samsung Experience store at Manhattan's Time Warner Center...

8 May 2007, 11:56

Microsoft sells 20 million copies of Vista

News The company eventually added the Tablet PC and Media Center editions, and over time, Media Center became the dominant version on retail shelves. Microsoft claims Windows Vista is off to a fast start, having sold more than 20 million copies since...

27 March 2007, 9:15

Apple takes aim at TV

News Established companies like Intel and Microsoft have sold plenty of PCs carrying the Viiv and Windows Media Center logos, but there's little evidence that people are actually using those PCs in concert with their televisions -- and most of those...

Tags: apple, television, demand, watching

13 March 2007, 10:31

IBM tool helps the blind watch YouTube

News The tool, which works with Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Mozilla's Firefox Web browser, is designed to handle any file that is embedded in a Web site, including Adobe Flash or Windows Media files. Just because someone is blind, it doesn't mean...

13 March 2007, 9:48

Photos: Sling shows off at CES

News Sling Media's CES booth was located in the South Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. Sling Media was one of the many companies making big product announcements at CES 2007 in Las Vegas. Though it's still in beta testing, Sling Media expects...

11 January 2007, 11:05

Apple unveils device to link PC to TV

News Early attempts based around Microsoft's Windows Media Center Extender program have received tepid support, due in part to how complicated it can be to set up. Apple thinks it's come up with the missing link between the PC and the television.

10 January 2007, 9:35

Gates brings it home for Microsoft

News One of the more striking designs is a round, white Vaio Media Center PC from Sony. Microsoft also revealed new content partners for its Media Center PC. HP currently has two Media Vault storage products, the MV2010 and the MV2020, ranging from £249...

8 January 2007, 11:00