Bill Gates Looks Ahead at “Next Digital Decade”  —  Microsoft announces new entertainment partnerships with Disney-ABC Television Group, MGM and NBC Universal.  —  At the 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates and Microsoft President …

Source:   Microsoft
Link:   http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2008/jan08…

NBC Universal Selects Microsoft and Silverlight to Power Olympics Video  —  Just received news out of NBC Universal that they have selected Microsoft to host the online video portal for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  The site will be available at NBCOlympics.com and will be powered by Microsoft’s Silverlight platform.

Source:   CenterNetworks
Author:   Allen Stern
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Breaking News: NBC Universal Selects Microsoft and Silverlight to Power Olympics Video  —  Just received news out of NBC Universal that they have selected Microsoft to host the online video portal for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.  The site will be available at NBCOlympics.com and will be powered by Microsoft’s Silverlight platform.

Source:   CenterNetworks
Author:   Allen […]

CES: Sony plays up its huge lineup of gear  —  Just got out of the Sony press conference.  I’ve dashed off some stuff that will appear in tomorrow’s CES story but here’s a look at what I wrote.  —  Sony Chairman and chief executive Sir Howard Stringer took the stage at Sony’s press conference Sunday […]

Long line for Gates  —  Lining up for the Bill Gates keynote.  —  Each year I write about the insane lines and crowds at CES.  The only place I don’t have to wait is the women’s bathroom because the female to male ratio is about 1 to 100.  —  With Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates set […]

CES gadget: Sony re-enters the GPS navigation market with some cool features  —  Sony is introducing a couple of new global positioning system navigation (GPS) devices at its press conference today at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.  The so-called nav-u car GPS navigators include …

Source:   Tech Talk with Dean Takahashi
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SAMSUNG Expands Its Q1 Ultra Line With New High-Performance UMPC  —  Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC Features Intel Core Solo Pentium CPU, Named 2008 CES Innovations Honoree  —  Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, a global leader in digital media …

Source:   samsung.com
Link:   http://www.samsung.com/us/news/newsRead.do?news_seq…

Samsung High End Plasma: Series 7 Getting Ethernet and Amber Tinged Frames  —  The Catch: Samsung’s high end 1080p plasma line comes in three sizes, 50, 58, and 63-inches.  The press release is thin on specs but its got the ethernet port for RSS downloads of stock, and weather info.

Source:   Gizmodo
Author:   Brian Lam
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Philips partners with Rhapsody for digital music  —  LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Dutch electronics group Philips is forming an alliance with digital media company RealNetworks to offer online music using Philips’ music players, the two companies said on Sunday.  —  Philips, which is redefining …

Source:   Reuters
Link:   http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080106/wr_nm…

Toshiba, defiant, says HD-DVD, down, not out  —  Breaking new records in press conference brevity, Toshiba’s CES presentation speed through why its TVs are the best and not a whole lot of detail on the fate of its HD DVD format after Hollywood’s biggest studio Warner Bros decided to back Sony’s Blu-ray exclusively.

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