Sony invites Toshiba & Microsoft to join the Blu-ray camp
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| "We would love to have Toshiba & Microsoft on board," said Don Eklund who was
| at the IFA.
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http://www.hdtvinfo.eu/news/hd-video-formats/sony-invites-toshiba--microsoft-to-join-the-blu-ray-camp.html
Related:
Two Studios to Support HD DVD Over Rival
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| But money talks: Paramount and DreamWorks Animation together will receive
| about $150 million in financial incentives for their commitment to HD
| DVD, according to two Viacom executives with knowledge of the deal but
| who asked not to be identified.
|
| The incentives will come in a combination of cash and promotional
| guarantees. Toshiba, for instance, will use the release of “Shrek the
| Third” as part of an HD DVD marketing campaign.
|
| Paramount and DreamWorks Animation declined to comment. Microsoft, the
| most prominent technology company supporting HD DVDs, said it could not
| ^^^^^^^^^
| rule out payment but said it wrote no checks. “We provided no financial
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| incentives to Paramount or DreamWorks whatsoever,” said Amir Majidimehr,
| the head of Microsoft’s consumer media technology group.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/21/technology/21disney.html?ei=5088&en=d4e1f285e2f41437&ex=1345348800&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=1187698143-B5wO3L/F+4r1NyAsum87vQ
They pulled a Baystar, probably. Someone wrote a check. Who can it be if not a
Microsoft proxy like Citrix (for XenSource)?
Blu-ray outpaces HD-DVD in U.S.: Home Media Research
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| Blu-ray high-definition movie discs outsold films on the rival HD-DVD format
| by 2-to-1 in the United States in the first half of 2007, Home Media Research
| said on Tuesday.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUKN1419176920070815?rpc=44
Live Search stealing website passwords, apparently
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| The funny part of the article is that Perfect 10 are alleging the MSNBot is
| clever enough to hack the Perfect 10 site
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http://www.blogstorm.co.uk/blog/is-msn-stealing-passwords/
Porn company Perfect 10 sues Microsoft
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| The latest suit alleges that Microsoft's MSN image search feature creates
| unauthorized thumbnails of content owned by Perfect 10 and includes links to
| see a full-size versions of the images for free.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=986112477&rid=-50
Is Toshiba Giving Away The Razor [HD DVD] To Get You To Buy The Blades?
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| I just received an e-mail tonight from the folks at the EMA (Electronic
| Merchant's Association), who are responsible for a big industry event next
| week, the Home Media Expo.
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http://www.dvddossier.com/2007/07/a2-toshiba-hd-d.html
Microsoft cuts Xbox DVD player to $179
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| Attaching the players to popular game consoles is seen by both camps as a way
| to get the technology into millions of homes, and pique consumers' interest.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6198919.html
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