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Blu-Ray: Still No Big Whoop
Will Apple release Blu-Ray-equipped iMacs for the holidays? Maybe–and it probably makes sense, since it’s been a while since iMacs got meaningful new features other than ongoing refinement of their...
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Blu-ray as an Xbox 360 Accessory, Says Ballmer. Wait, What?
Is Microsoft planning a standalone Blu-ray player to go with the Xbox 360? It would appear that way from a quote Gizmodo dug out from its interview with Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer. Asked...
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Sony Getting the Antitrust Eye Over Optical Drives
It’s not quite clear why it is happening, but Sony disclosed Monday that its Optiarc division in the US is under investigation by the Justice Department for possible antitrust violations. Sony Optiarc...
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Blu-ray’s Last Chance to Shine
I think Sony’s finally gotten the picture: either drop your prices, or forget about Blu-ray ever catching on. Data from NPD is showing that player sales in 2009 stand to increase 54 percent over last...
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Samsung is Really Serious About 3D TV
With the vast bulk of the still very emerging 3D TV market in its veritable hands, Samsung plans to place 3D TVs in more people’s living rooms by bringing out more entertainment content and less costly...
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So Help Me, I’m a Blu-ray Player Owner
Back in October of 2009, I wrote that I found Blu-ray boring and that I hoped to avoid it by segueing directly from DVD to a 100% digital approach to home video that didn’t involve shiny discs. The...
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Blu-ray’s New Format War: The Old School DVD
Win the battle, lose the war. The saying might as well apply to Sony’s Blu-ray high definition disc format (I’ve used it before on this topic), which continues to struggle for relevancy. Even with...
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Going Totally Digital
My friend Louis Gray says he’s swearing off physical media altogether. (He even turns his nose up at USB drives.) I appreciate his initiative, even though I’m not going there myself–I just bought a...
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The Blu-Ray Cup is Fifteen Percent Full
Retail research company NPD is out with a new report on Blu-Ray, and among the tidbits in its press release is the fact that 15 percent of consumers surveyed by NPD report having used a Blu-Ray player...
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No Blu-ray or DVD Playback for Wii U
Last week, I wrote a list of unanswered questions about Nintendo’s Wii U, the upcoming home game console revealed at E3. But I neglected to ask one biggie: Will the Wii U be a game console or a...
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TechReads for July 16, 2014
Why that Comcast rep wouldn’t let Ryan and Veronica just cancel. (Adrianne Jeffries/The Verge) Because doing so would cost him money. Fox tried to buy Time Warner. (Andrew Ross Sorkin/Michael De La...
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The New Features in Jawbone’s Up App Are All About Eating
Thanks to wearable fitness gadgets such as Jawbone’s Up and Up24 wristbands, it’s now very easy to get some sense of how many calories you’re burning as you go about your everyday activities. But...
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Microsoft to reorg, cut up to 18,000 jobs. (Satya Nadella/Microsoft)
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How to Animate Your Dragon
A DreamWorks Animation artist works on How to Train Your Dragon 2 using Premo Mr. Peabody and Sherman, the computer-animated movie which DreamWorks Animation released in March is–of course–the tale of...
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A Celebration of James Garner’s Polaroid Commercials
They weren’t the best thing he ever did, or the one which we’ll cherish the most. But with the sad news of the passing of James Garner, it’s worth pausing to remember the commercials he did in the late...
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I’m Going to Want a Car With Built-In LTE…Eventually
Buick owners enjoying their car’s built-in LTE in a photo provided by GM Last week, General Motors invited me to a press event at which it showed off some new Buicks. Normally, such events involve...
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RIP, Jim Frederick
Jim Frederick, the first editor I had during my time as a tech writer for TIME, died unexpectedly on Thursday night. He was only 42, and I’m still in shock. The loss would be incalculable no matter...
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Apple University revealed. (Brian X. Chen/NYTimes) Apple’s in-house training program sounds very, very Apple-esque.
View ArticleI’m Over at Fast Company. Join Me, Won’t You?
Just a quick reminder: I’m now happily ensconced in my new gig as technology editor for Fast Company. That means that the vast majority of my tech writing will appear on FastCompany.com. To see what...
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That Time I Interviewed Click and Clack
Back in the summer of 1997, I got my one and only assignment for a magazine called The Web, back when it seemed like it made sense to publish reviews and profiles relating to websites on dead trees. It...
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